<p>I'm a sophomore getting my feet wet, and I'm interested in majoring in green science, specifically, environmental design and architecture, and environmental health engineering. I'm also intrigued by science policy. I'm a competitive student in at least the top 10% of my class if not the top 5, I get 4.0 or close to 4.0 grades, I'm the student body treasurer and I attend a prep (not boarding) school in upstate NY, so I tend to consider schools that are selective. I expect to do pretty okay on the SAT.</p>
<p>If it makes any difference, I'm taking:</p>
<p>Chemistry
Precalculus
World History 10
World Literature 10
Digital Photography
Gods & Humans
French II</p>
<p>It would be awesome if you could suggest a college with a concentration in "green" programs. :D Thank you so much!</p>
<p>It may be worth your time to look into the Eco League. They’re a group of five great schools that all specialize in Environmental Studies and Environmental studies. They include such schools as The College of the Atlantic.</p>
<p>I believe Middlebury is the only small liberal arts college ever to field a team in the DOE’s Solar Decathlon competition. It is the USNWR #5-ranked LAC. It also has the oldest undergraduate Environmental Studies programs in the USA.</p>
<p>Here are the top-20 Environmental undergraduate programs per the latest US News:</p>
<p>Stanford University
Stanford, CA
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Purdue University–West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Pennsylvania State University–University Park
University Park, PA
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
North Carolina State University–Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
Texas A&M University–College Station
College Station, TX
University of California–Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
University of Colorado–Boulder
Boulder, CO
University of Washington
Seattle, WA</p>
<p>^ That is a ranking only for undergraduate environmental engineering programs at schools that offer PhDs. It does not cover strengths in other varieties of “green science” (environmental science, architecture, policy, etc.). It also does not cover schools that do not offer PhD programs.</p>
<p>I know first-hand that the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences Environmental Studies program is exceptional.</p>
<p>The professors are highly qualified and work as environmental advocates, scientific researches, business consultants, and a broad range of other professions outside of teaching. You learn in the classroom and in the field. I studies for four weeks on Catalina Island, CA, conducted a directed research on ecology and invasive mustard plants, and I NAUI Scientific Diver Scuba Certification. The school also offers a Maymester in Guam and Palau with scientific research diving on coral reefs, and a summer trip to Belize to explore population dynamics and tropical rain forest environments firsthand. I went to Guam and Palau and I refer to my South Pacific coral reef research often during interviews and while meeting people.</p>
<p>I am extremely satisfied with my college education. I myself and looking at grad school in sustainability management and consulting, Teach For America, or scientific research.</p>