don't know where to look!

College Search & Selection
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<p>hi i'm going to be a senior this year and would appriciate some input.
let's see...
F, white, rural CT<br>
GPAs very wierd at my school (but i have a 5.1/6, the 6 being unattainable)
huge improvement from Bs to As from soph to junior year.
top 10-15% of class.
CR 800 M660 W730
subject tests ush-790 lit-750
APUSH 5, taking calc, bio, eng. language next year (not too many offered or fit)
i want to major in chemistry and eventually work in the pharmaceutical industry. i REALLY liked lehigh and bucknell academicly but am a little hesitant because of the partying reputations(not that i'll never party, i just don't want to <em>every</em> night). i'm looking ideally for a small to medium sized school, a "college town" feel, with involved students, in the northeast. </p>

<p>anyone have any suggestions? thanks!</p>

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<p>bumpp.
anyone?</p>

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<p>Don't worry about the "party" reputation of a school. You are bound to find hundreds of students who don't care to party until they drop, even at the biggest party schools.</p>

<p>Here are some schools I think you should check out. Don't let the size or location discourage you.</p>

<p>Brown University (reach)
Cornell University (reach)
MIT (mega-reach, but what the hell)
Northwestern University (reach)
Princeton University (see MIT)
University of Pennsylvania (reach)
Swarthmore College (reach)</p>

<p>Boston College (match)
Tufts University (match)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (match)
University of Rochester (match)</p>

<p>Bucknell University (safety)
Lehigh University (safety)</p>

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<p>Tufts is a reach too -- not on the level of Princeton, perhaps, but certainly on the level of Cornell and NU.</p>

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<p>I'm surprised! Do you all really see Bucknell/Lehigh as "safety" schools based on this profile? Can you elaborate?</p>

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<p>well im sure leigh is a lot easier to get in than Princeton</p>

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<p>
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I'm surprised! Do you all really see Bucknell/Lehigh as "safety" schools based on this profile? Can you elaborate?

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<p>well, assuming her extracurriculars/essays/recs are as good as her other stats, I would say they are reasonable safety schools. </p>

<p>Swarthmore is a great school (not that I'm biased or anything) but there are 2 major problems - the chemistry department is quite small (the professors are good but it's not one of the strongest departments at the college) and there isn't really a "college town" feel, in that it's quite isolated and a small school to begin with (take a 30-minute train ride and you're in downtown Philly, though, so it's not that bad).</p>

<p>I think Brown would be a great choice. UPenn is just as bad as Bucknell and Lehigh in terms of partying reputation (although Alexandre makes a great point about that).</p>

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<p>you might like some of the NESCAC schools, such as bates, colby, connecticut college, hamilton, trinity, etc</p>

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<p>I agree with lolabelle,</p>

<p>Tufts is a hard school to get into. It may not fit in with the other reach schools reputation-wise but certainly not sub-par.</p>

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<p>thanks everyone! i'll check some of your suggestions out. =]</p>