<p>Thanks guys! I know I didn’t give a lot of info, but I’m just trying to get some basic ideas of where to start in my search… at this stage I’m not discriminating by the specific location, activities, or sports, cost isn’t a problem, etc, and I’m trying not to really think of selectivity yet. I tried to use the search tool on collegeboard to get ideas, but I just wasn’t picky enough! So I figured I’d try to get a more subjective view here. I’m specifically considering physical sciences, but again, I figured I’d be general in this post. 
Also, for “cool” I would agree with mom2collegekids’s definition.</p>