Help me find the perfect college?

College Search & Selection
1

<p>My mom is injured so we aren't visiting colleges this year. I need your guys' help for choosing a perfect college!</p>

<p>I love studying and reading. I love doing homework. I'm more of a humanities person than a math person. Getting good grades gives me the best feeling in the world. I love art, music and being creative. I love to be with nerds. I hate competition.. It makes me lose trust in people. I love the sun and the outdoors. I want to be either a teacher or a doctor in the future. I also would like to stay in the northeast.</p>

<p>I have a 2090 sat at the moment, going for a 2100 something on my next try. My GPa is about 3.8.</p>

2

<p>Your home state ? Intended major ? 3.8 weighted or unweighted ?
How much can your family contribute per year ?</p>

<p>Here are some good universities in northeast
With those stats, you can get into the following colleges

  1. University of Connecticut
  2. University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  3. Boston University
  4. Northeastern University
  5. Pennsylvania State University-University Park
  6. University of Maryland-College Park
  7. Rutgers University
  8. Syracuse University
  9. SUNY Binghamton</p>
3

<p>3.8 is Unweighted. My school doesn’t weight. </p>

<p>My AP’s include AP English Language, AP Biology, and AP US History (so far). My home state is New York. My family’s income is >200,000. I intend to major in either film, biology, or american history. Or language.</p>

4

<p>I also would like a school with a strong Pre-Med program.</p>

5

<p>Have you visited schools near you (even if you’re not interested in them) to get a feel for size (large/medium/small)? Are you an LAC (small classes w/discussion) or a Research U person (love that cutting edge but generally larger classes)? What about location (city/suburb/rural)?</p>

<p>For sunshine and outdoors - do you mean open space or good weather? The northeast isn’t going to do a lot with sunshine in the winter - the outdoors you’d just have to dress for.</p>

<p>Do you need merit aid or can your folks pay for anywhere you want to go (loans are limited)?</p>

<p>Pre-med can be good at pretty much any school.</p>

6

<p>No…I haven’t. I guess I should. I like big schools with smaller communities within. I like larger classes for subjects I don’t care about, and smaller classes for subjects I care about. </p>

<p>I don’t really care if the school is in a city/suburb/rural setting as long as there are job and internship opportunities.</p>

<p>By sunshine and outdoors, I mean good weather. But I’m not really sure if that’s a big deal. I mean, I kind of have seasonal depression, but Idk if that should be a matter of importance.</p>

<p>I do not need merit aid.</p>

7

<p>For film, look at Emerson College (MA)
Others to take a look at:</p>

<p>Sarah Lawrence (NY)
Syracuse University (NY)
Bennington College (VT) Rural
Hobart & William Smith (NY)
Wheaton College (MA)
Connecticut College (CT)
St Lawrence University (NY)</p>

<p>With that kind of income level you probably will not get need based aid.
You could look at schools that offer merit aid.</p>

8

<p>Uhhm… No so I’m not gonna get into any Ivy’s ? :(</p>

9

<p>^^^ You could always try Ivies, but they are reaches for everyone due to the competition. There’s definitely no harm in trying if you want to.</p>

10

<p>

</p>

<p>This is funny. You must not be from the northeast because you would know that they don’t have a lot of sunshine during the school year. Also, “good weather” is a subjective term, so it’s difficult to address unless you quantify it.</p>

<p>You should be thinking about whether you want an urban or small town environment. What size of school would you be comfortable in? What are your financial needs?</p>

<p>Do a google search for a site that does a college match. Play around with that for awhile to get a sense of what might be important to you.</p>

<p>You have a lot of research ahead of you.</p>

11

<p>OP lives in New York, so obviously is used to all kinds of weather!</p>

12

<p>With “good weather” = sunshine I’m guessing that snowbelt cities like Syracuse, Buffalo, and Rochester should be out. If the OP wants to stay in the northeast, they can’t avoid the snow, but there are areas that tend to get less than those places.</p>

<p>I’m not so up on “film” schools and places that offer it should be a major consideration (pun intended).</p>

13

<p>Yeah, I’m used to all the sucky kinds of weather conditions since I live in NYC. I’m not really sure if I should take the weather thing too seriously though…like it’s not supposed to REALLY matter if the school itself is good right?
I personally am a lot happier in sunny weather, but why should that matter? </p>

<p>I would also like a medium sized school…like 3000->5000 people. I don’t want to feel pressured to be friends with everyone (I feel like that in the school I am now, which only has 150 kids). </p>

<p>Another important thing to me is that the school has a really studious kids.</p>

14

<p>Take a look at Brandeis University (MA)
It seems to have some of the majors you are thinking about.</p>

15

<p>If you want sunshine, you should look in the south.</p>

16

<p>But I’m Asian, so I’m afraid that the south wouldn’t be as friendly of an environment as the Northeast, where there is a lot more diversity.</p>

17

<p>What should I be thinking about when looking for colleges? I feel like all I care about right now is the weather, the diversity, how pretty the dorms are, and the overall attitude of the students. I feel like I should care about more important things. Is it true that each college has a distinct type of a student community?</p>

18

<p>Brandeis is a good suggestions. Given your likes/dislikes I would also suggest
skidmore
Tufts
Boston College
Brown for a reach school</p>

19

<p>Thanks! But honestly, what makes these schools different from each other? I’ve read info on sites and they all say, “we like students who are passionate, creative, independent…blahblahlah”</p>

20

<p>NYU has some great programs</p>