<p>I plan to go into math. Does anyone know any schools with good mathematics programs. Thanks for any input!</p>
<p>Many schools have good math programs. Chicago, MIT, Princeton, Cornell, St Olaf. The list goes on. What are you looking for besides math? Which state do you live in?</p>
<p>Sorry, I probably should put up some more specifications. I live in Illinois (but do not want to go to college in my state) and I want a place where it snows and has about 5000-10000 students.</p>
<p>If you're fairly open to a lot of schools, I'd choose the best reach, match, safety, and financial safety schools you can and plan to go to the one of those you like best. If they're good schools, their opportunities in Math at the undergrad level should be fine. And, at this point, who's to say that you won't find another interest besides math?</p>
<p>My son is also interested in math, and I agree with gadad's basic approach. Good luck in your applications.</p>
<p>It might also help if you give us some sort of idea at what range of schools you're able to get into. Pretty much all the Ivy League schools+MIT have everything you're looking for (good math programs, snow, not Illinois, roughly right size). However, they are highly competitive schools, and even most of the best students would consider most of them a reach (at least they should, with the way college admissions have become).</p>
<p>Based on your scores/grades from another thread you are competitive everywhere. There are good math programs in many schools. I would look at Harvey Mudd, Caltech, U Chicago, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Stanford, many others. For safeties consider Reed, Grinnell, Haverford, St Olaf.</p>
<p>I'd go for a slightly bigger school that has a graduate program, if you plan to continue on with math past undergrad. Much wider range of classes, and the upper level classes will be offered more frequently. I was looking at St Olaf's math department web page, since I had never heard St Olaf before. A lot of their upper level classes are only offered every other year or sporadically, which can make fitting everything in before graduation a hassle. They also don't have any classes past the basic introductory graduate-level material (complex analysis/real analysis/topology/modern algebra), and most of the top students at good schools take at least a few classes past that. Apparently Reed at least offers those classes every year, but they seem to have very much beyond that (topics classes appear to almost exclusively on computer science applications). I think there was one LAC that had a non-trivial selection of classes past that stuff, but I can't remember which one (not one of the schools listed).</p>
<p>Don't overlook the University of Chicago, even if it is only a short distance away. Its math and economics departments are outstanding; great for pre-law, if that might be a choice. Princeton and Harvard are also renowned. Take a look at their math club websites and you'll see how deep their resources are. For a safety, look at U Michigan - with rolling admissions, you could have an acceptance by December.</p>
<p>Math is a tricky major, psychologically speaking. So many people "hit the wall" as they go through upper-level mathematics, and find that they would prefer to major in something else. The other posters have hinted at this, but I will tell you straight out - you are very likely to wind up with another major.</p>
<p>If you are interested in sciences in general, I would certainly recommend Cornell, where your stats are at or above the level of those accepted from our HS.</p>
<p>Northwestern has a great math dept. (watch the movie "Proof" ;)), and fits the specifications you're looking for.</p>