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OP, me too! Its going to be really tough choosing between Harvard and Stanford
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<p>Your location would suggest otherwise. ;)</p>
<p>GEESUS.</p>
<p>what are your stats?</p>
<p>can u post your stats man?</p>
<p>yeah. could you post them ??? :P</p>
<p>that is the best "problem" i have ever seen.</p>
<p>narrow down to three choices and visit them. my friend's sister got in Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Swarthmore. And bascially she crossed out Yale cause she thought the weather was sad and cloudy the day she visited. Then she went to the bathroom at Harvard and thought the water was too cold for winter, and crossed that off the list.
She's now a happy student at Stanford</p>
<p>Yes, after coming to Duke, I can certainly say the science and math courses have very little grade inflation and my courses are pretty tough. If you are really that concerned about GPA (I have no idea if you are or aren't), than I would stay away from Duke. </p>
<p>I love it here though. I know posting on CC at 1 AM on a Friday, how great could it be? but I have a formal tomorrow and tons of work, so no partying tonight.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think you are going to end up at Stanford, Pton, or Yale. Once you apply to those schools, it's pretty tough to pull away from the prestige factor.</p>
<p>"Specifically, I have heard the bio classes at Princeton are easy to get "A's" "</p>
<p>Completely not true at all. Molecular Biology is surely one of the hardest departments at Princeton to do well, along with Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. </p>
<p>"I've heard stories of rampant grade inflation at Stanford and the top ivies (Harvard and Princeton.)" </p>
<p>Princeton is actually pretty well known to have severe ** grade deflation **. Several motions have been proposed by the University Student Government (USG) to oppose a new grading policy that promotes deflation, but as far as I know not much has been changed.</p>
<p>As for the OP, I have already told you this on the Princeton forum, but it would be extremely foolish to disregard Princeton because it does not have a specific Environmental Science degree. Many people have the wrong perception that Princeton's Certificate programs are less involved because they are not majors. In fact, if I were to compare majors to Princeton certificates to minors (at other schools) by their level of academic commitment and involvement, Princeton certificates are much more involved than the average college minor in any given department. In fact, the Environmental Science and Neuroscience certificates are two of the best examples of this along with the Creative Writing Program. Princeton offers many very high level courses in Environmental Science, and has myriads of opportunities available for study abroad, internships, and research in the field as the basis for your junior paper and senior thesis. </p>
<p>As I said in the other post, I actually believe that a major in a dedicated Environmental science department, because of the field's nature as the combination of a variety of natural science disciplines, mainly atmospheric science, oceanography, geology, chemistry, biology and ecology, as well as social disciplines like anthropology, public policy, sociology, and even involves certain engineering disciplines like civil engineering. </p>
<p>You may disagree with me, but an environmental science major may actually end up making you less well rounded because environmental science is informed by so many scientific and social areas of study, and it may help to have a stronger foundation in a formal discipline like chemistry or geosciences when you pursue environmental research.</p>
<p>So honestly I think you should look at Princeton just as much as Stanford and Yale. I am looking to obtain my degree in ecology and evolutionary biology with a certificate in environmental science. Wildlife conservation and management is a big thing for me, and understanding of ecology, behavior, and physiology of organisms is key to do that. </p>
<p>Princeton definitely offers the goods when dealing with the study of our planet, and if you do decide to visit Princeton, I strongly encourage you to visit Princeton Environmental Institute, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and the Department of Geosciences </p>
<p>Princeton April Hosting is coming up on the 12th, and here's your invitation.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</p>
<p>I'm sort of in a similar predicament (though my accepted list isn't nearly as impressive as the OP). I've been accepted to:</p>
<p>UPenn
Dartmouth
University of Chicago
Carnegie Mellon
Rice
Syracuse</p>
<p>Still haven't heard from Northwestern or NYU.</p>
<p>I think I've narrowed it down to UPenn, UChicago and Dartmouth, but all the (great) schools are completely different from eachother. I'm from San Francisco, so I'm a lifelong city kid. The rural location is what is turning me off about Dartmouth. I have a quirky personality, but I've heard that the students at UChicago are weird. I've encountered a LOT of wierdoes in SF. There's a reason all of my schools are over 2000 miles away from home. UPenn is great, but so far I haven't heard any negative things about it. It seems almost too good to be true.</p>
<p>I want to get an MD/MBA for Grad school, but I am unsure of what my major/minor will be (most likely Biology and Econ)</p>