<p>Accepted:</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon: Physics Department
Cornell: Chemical Engineering
Georgetown University: Chemistry Premed
Johns Hopkins University: Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>These are the top four schools I've been accepted to, but I want to go to them for different reasons..</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon: Their Physics department offers concentrations in chemical physics or astro physics, both of which I find fascinating and would love to study. It's also in Pittsburgh which I hear is a nice-enough city. The traditions are great and they seem to have nice, diverse course options. I have not visited the school yet, however I will be attending the sleeping bag weekend on the 11th-12th. </p>
<p>Cornell: I hear they have a very good Engineering department even if it's not what they're known for. Though not the most happening of places, they have a very diverse curriculum and a lot of clubs and activities available on-campus. It's the only Ivy League school I was accepted to (i.e. 'No's' from Brown and Yale) and as an Ivy has an exceptional reputation. I have visited once and am planning to attend the Society of Women Engineers accepted students weekend on 16th-17th. </p>
<p>Georgetown: Went there and loved the city so much that I went back (so I've had two tours and two info sessions). Applied for Chemistry with the intention of joining the 3-2 Dual Degree Program with Columbia and receiving an Engineering degree there. Also very interested in taking Economics and Japanese and minors and I hear they have excellent programs for those. Am going to accepted students weekend on 23rd-24th.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins: Very well known for their Engineering programs, as you probably know, but not sure about other, more liberal artsy subjects. Visited once and thought the campus was wonderful and all the people seemed very nice, but have heard some not-so-great comments regarding Baltimore and its safety. It is the only school I haven't set up a specific date for seeing again, but hope to if my schedule allows (as it is I'm missing a good amount of school during AP review time because of the other visits).</p>
<p>I would love to go to any one of these schools. Though I applied for (some sort of) science for each of them, I'm not even entirely sure I want to go into the science field. I would really appreciate any advise anyone might have for someone very interested in science, but also has interests in more liberal arts courses like languages and politics (although of the four I would have to think Georgetown takes the cake as far as politics education is concerned).</p>