College Search: Urban, Quirky, Liberal, Science ... Also Chances for schools I'm Applying to.

College Search & Selection
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<p>Reed in particular is very well known for being strong in the sciences despite being a liberal arts school. In fact it is just below MIT and Mudd in the NSF list of schools that produce the most Science and Engineering PhDs:</p>

<p><a href=“Top 50 Schools That Produce Science PhDs - CBS News”>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-50-schools-that-produce-science-phds/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>5 of the top 10 and 5 of the next 10 are LACs. </p>

<p>American University would probably be good match culturally- it is very liberal, has public health and gender studies and is in an urban location.</p>

<p>Bryn Mawr is not urban but sounds like it would be a good fit otherwise.</p>

<p>BU has a great Public Health program and a relationship with Partners in Health, but culturally is probably not a good match.</p>

<p>Of your list, Barnard sounds like the best fit to me. NYU, Temple and UPenn are probably not what you are looking for. MIT and Mudd are also not quite right. Wellesley and Scripps/Pitzer would probably provide the right political climate for you.</p>