<p>Hi, I am a female senior from maryland looking to expand my college list. I am currently applying to MD- college park (blah), Boston University, Johns Hopkins, MIT, UPenn, and Columbia. </p>
<p>I am looking for schools based in a city (similar setting to those above besides Maryland) with strong academics (I have a 2340 SAT (800M/800W/740CR) and a 4.0 UW GPA with 11 AP classes) especially in the biomedical or chemical engineering departments. I would also like for the school to have good financial aid (my parents make between 60-65k and have nothing saved for me) or good scholarship opportunities. </p>
<p>NYU would also be a good one, its right in the middle of Manhattan, I cant think of anything more “city” than that.
If you are willing to go out west then UCLA could be an excellent fit for you.
For a cosmopolitan feel I would also suggest McGill, which is located in the heart of downtown Montreal (a very cool area) which also has a strong biological sciences department.</p>
<p>Well UChicago doesn’t have any engineering programs, with the soon to be exception of biomedical engineering. Again, that is only an exception, there definitely aren’t any plans to offer other types of engineering. So, if you’re interested in the Chicago area, the strongest recommendation by far would be Northwestern (although Evanston isn’t exactly 15 minutes from the city).</p>
<p>Engineering takes a lot of schools out of the mix but if that is what you want to study, you should only pursue schools with that course of study available. Here are a few ideas: Villanova (Phila), Vandy (Nashville), Northwestern (Chicago), Tufts (Boston). GA Tech (Atlanta) USC (LA), UT (Austin), Rice (Houston), You might also consider UMichigan and Cornell although they are not in cities, they both have huge and busy campuses.</p>
<p>With your stats, desired major(s) and wanting good aid I’ll second Case Western, U Rochester, Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh. If you’re visiting CMU and UPitt are right next to each other.</p>
<p>Define city? I assume you mean urban areas with 200,000 or more people.</p>
<p>Boston University (BME)
Carnegie Mellon University (ChemE)
Case Western Reserve University (BME)
Columbia University (ChemE)
Georgia Institute of Technology (BME and ChemE)
Johns Hopkins University (BME)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BME and ChemE)
Northwestern University (BME and ChemE)
Rice University (BME)
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (ChemE)
University of Pennsylvania (BME)
University of Texas-Austin (ChemE)
University of Washington (BME)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (ChemE)
Washington University-St Louis (BME)</p>
<p>NYU would not be a good recommendation for the OP - their FA awards stink. Nor would UCLA, the OP would still need to pay the $23K OOS charge even if she got merit aid. I doubt UT would work either due to being OOS. If the OP really feels MIT qualifies as being in a city (it’s in Cambridge across the river from Boston) then U of Oklahoma.</p>
<p>A couple of suggestions (don’t know too much about financial aid so feel free to take out schools that don’t have good aid)</p>
<p>George Washington University
Tulane University
Columbia University
Boston University
Vanderbilt University
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology</p>
<p>Maybe University of SC honors college - great program, good scholarships for your stats especially if you qualify for McNair and can stack with automatic $6000/year for NMF. Top rate honors program gives you good opportunities for fellowship/scholarship/work with professors, etc.</p>
<p>^Columbia, South Carolina pales in comparison to some of the other cities mentioned (to put it nicely)…not to mention that the University of South Carolina isn’t even the best engineering program in that state (and the OP has a 2340 SAT score and 4.0 GPA)</p>
<p>^^Yes, I know how big Columbia is. The suggestion is more a nod to concerns about financial aid. With her top stats, OP can get in lots of places but needs to run some NPC and see if the schools she like will leave her with a financial gap that the parents cannot meet. At some schools even her high stats will not make it a slam dunk for good merit aid if that’s what she needs.</p>
<p>MIT is in the **city **of Cambridge, and all you have to do is walk over the Longfellow Bridge and you are in Boston. Or go one or two stops on the subway. Really there is no distinction in terms of the “citi-ness” of MIT versus BU or any other Boston school. It isn’t like the distinction between BC and the city of Boston where the school is on the edge of Boston and is more suburban looking. So MIT is very much a city school!</p>
<p>Th financial aid she will get at the privates will likely dwarf scholarships given by the public schools. </p>
<p>But, I am appalled at some of the schools suggested on here: University of South Carolina? Really? GWU as a suggestion is also extremely expensive with very bad aid (to clarify the previous poster’s suggestion)</p>
<p>In addition to the above being extremely poor engineering schools, she clearly qualifies for and has worked hard for a more challenging and prestigious school. She has FAR better options with way larger chances at aid. University of Maryland with in state aid being a primary example. </p>
<p>Also, some of the schools on here are not quite urban. Caltech is in Pasadena and Northwestern is in Evanston, NOT LA and Chicago, respectively. The proximity is not like MIT and Boston.</p>