Help me choose a University

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi, I'm from the midwest and am looking to go mainly east coast or west coast, Private Universities only though.
Basically what i'm looking for is:
-Definately rain periodically, that's a must
-Snow in Winter- not like twenty feet, but definately a white christmas
-Good education - premed and prelaw programs, nationally renound in them
-Not too hot, definately sunny but sometimes breezy sometimes just hot
-Beautiful and large campus, having gardens, nice architecture, lush vegetation
-Close to a city or in the city, nothing TOO secluded from a large city
-selective, a top 25 school preferrably
-Medium size campus, anywhere from 1000-10,000 total undergrads
-Professors who make themselves readily available to answer questions
-Low teacher/student ratio(15:1 and lower) and class size<20-30 as the majority of classes</p>

<p>Any ideas?
Much appreciated</p>

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<p>If you were any pickier, you'd have to open your own university to meet those standards. Anyway, if you think it's worthwhile check out Princeton, that fits most of it off the top of my head. Columbia, too. if being near a big city wasn't in your standards, I could give you 10 more schools that fit this</p>

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<p>Sound like a Yale to me.</p>

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<p>Was I really that picky?
And being in/near a big city is good, but being in/near a medium size city is also fine I suppose :)</p>

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<p>Probably the most shallow criteria on CC,</p>

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<p>Brown sounds perfect.</p>

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<p>Bobby100- Well, I'd look into it, but I want a broad list of colleges before I choose personally which I like, those are just basic criteria, sorry for the way you feel. I'd love to hear what was after the comma though, incase you had any universities :) Thank You!</p>

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<p>,well given that incredibly important criterian, lush vegetation, I'd go with Emory.</p>

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<p>Great
I feel it's all the little things like 'lush vegetation' that make spending four years of your life at a university a fulfilling experience.</p>

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<p>That's insanely sad...You arent going to some resort, you're going to college.</p>

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<p>Is it so wrong to want to live four years of your life at an aesthetically pleasing location? Give him a break.</p>

<p>That said, if you can give up on the snow bit you might find Emory to your liking.</p>

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<p>
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-Definately rain periodically, that's a must
-Snow in Winter- not like twenty feet, but definately a white christmas
-Not too hot, definately sunny but sometimes breezy sometimes just hot

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How about a biodome? </p>

<p>Basing your college search on the weather just seems somewhat insignificant. Is there a specific dew point you're looking for?</p>

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<p>If you look in the NW (Seattle, Portland), you'll find plenty of rain during the winter months. Snow is infrequent in these metropolitan areas but plentiful a short drive away. I guess that's true of most of the biggest metropolitan areas on the East Coast too, though with less rain.<br>
White Christmas-- you probably won't be on campus at Christmas anyway.
Whitman meets a lot of your criteria, but it's not urban.</p>

<p>I do not recommend a pre-anything program. It really isn't an advantage at most professional schools. You'll have to take chemistry to get into med school, but that doesn't necessarily mean pre-med. Choose a school that is strong overall and do well in a field that interests you.</p>

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<p>Wasington U in St Louis. Urban with one of the largest gardens in the US butressing it. The seasons apply, too.</p>