<p>Bates C
Carnegie Mellon U
Oberlin C
Reed C
Rutgers New Brunswk
U Illinois Urbana
Whitman C</p>
<p>id like something with a strong physics department. something that doesnt have a student body filled with kids who pop their collars. i want it to be very pretty too. a LAC is good but it doesnt matter too much. </p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Have you looked at Carleton?</p>
<p>why do you need another one? I felt like I needed another (I had 7 already) but then I looked and saw I didn't need another one, I just for some reason, wanted another one. :o</p>
<p>Carleton, Lawrence, Grinnell and Macalester all fit your criteria, though how "pretty" they look is going to be subjective. All 4 will look pretty in the next few weeks thanks to the change of seasons in the Midwest.</p>
<p>Grinnell is soooo pretty! (Well, in my opinion)</p>
<p>Might try Bowdoin or Holy Cross both have great campus life. No fraternities at HC.</p>
<p>there are no frats at bowdoin, either.</p>
<p>how about emory ?</p>
<p>Ohio Univ.. its party rep is overrated and the ppl are really nice and open-minded plus it is gorgeous</p>
<p>Consider Michigan State. Awesome physics dept; competing for the (national) Rare Isotopes Accelerator (RIA) w/ U of Chicago's famed Argonne lab... Super gorgeous campus. On top of that, you can enroll in the small, science oriented Lyman Briggs School, a nationally-renowned residential college (classrooms, faculty offices, labs inside residence hall), which is also within MSU's high-quality college of Natural Sciences ... meaning that a number of Lyman Briggs' faculty have dual appointments in physics, chemistry, and biological sciences. Check it out.</p>
<p>... also, consider Case Western Reserve. It has an outstanding physics tradition: the famed Michelson-Morley, which attempted to measure the properties of light and led to Einsteins Theory of Relativity, was performed by Case and Western Reserve profs over a century ago. Its campus is in the beautiful University Circle area of Cleveland. A lot of smart kids are attracted to this school and its popularity is on the rise, but its still surprisingly a low key, humble school.</p>
<p>Hey there...here is one more suggestion. I don't know if you might be looking for any type of scolarship $$ but you might want to consider Hartwick, in upstate NY. They just opened a brand new 12 million dollar science center and it's impressive. It's also a beautiful campus. I mention scholarship $ because from the schools you are applying to it sounds like you have a strong academic record. I know Hartwick is looking to attract a more competitive student body than they have in the past....and they are achieving this. One way they are doing so is by being competitive in offering scholarship dollars to very strong HS students.</p>
<p>hey blah bowdoin is flying me out to visit their campus for a few days next month.. i can tell you about that when i get back if you want</p>
<p>wesleyan maybe?</p>
<p>Amherst College is a definite choice. Great physics department, just built remarkable new science facilities and they are looking for more students to expand their physics department, so that is a plus to your application.</p>
<p>Be careful though....Amherst is along with Wesleyan in the stratosphere of LAC...at the very top competition wise. I suggested Hartwick as a reasonable addition to your list without sacrificing quality. I'm not suggesting that you wouldn't be competitive at Amherst or Wesleyan, but it seemed you were listing the schools in your original post in order of competitiveness...with Bates and Carnegie Mellon at the top. Amherst will trump all of these. Hartwick will be at the lower range of competition of the schools you have listed, but you may indeed get offered some nice merit $$ if you are a strong student, which it seems you are by the schools listed.</p>