<p>I'm looking for a relatively small (-15000 undergrads, give or take) college or university that is good with the physical sciences, but where I will also have the opportunity to study a broad range of topics. I would like it to have access to a city, (not necessarily be in one), I want it to be highly ranked (for grad school purposes), and a place where I have a good chance of admission with 2040 SAT. So far I have found Claremmont McKenna College, Brown University(long shot, but i have legacy), Case Western, and University of Rochester, does anybody know of any other good schools that can fit those criteria? I really need help, thank you in advance.</p>
<p>How does the 2040 break down? If math +CR is 1420 or over you might want to consider Tufts. Brandeis would be slightly easier score-wise, has great sciences and is close to Boston. What do you consider “access” to a city? Wesleyan isn’t too far from NY. There’s a difference between the schools with 15000 students and the schools with 2000, so you might want to think more about size. So many top schools have good science and a broad range of topics that you haven’t narrowed things too much. You could consider Hopkins although it’s going to be hard if you are under 1400.</p>
<p>the SAT was 730 cr, 680 math, and 630 writing. I looked at tufts, and their scores seemed a little out of my range, and Brandeis has almost 0 job recruiting, which was a major turn off, although I plan to go to grad school. The other problem is my GPA is only 3.667 unweighted, which will prob not get me into JH, event hough I had loooked at it and do like it. I want to study physics. As far as sccess to a city, a good example would be that Udel has an amtrak station on campus, and it can take students easily to New York or other places. I dont want to be in a big city, but I want to be able to be in a big city, if that makes any sense. As far as size goes, I want to avoid being taught by grad student like what would happen at U of Michigan, or UVA.</p>
<p>Holy Cross and Tufts.</p>
<p>HC has great job recruiting and internship program: [College</a> of the Holy Cross](<a href=“http://www.holycross.edu/sip/sites/internships/]College”>http://www.holycross.edu/sip/sites/internships/)</p>