<p>*urban yet still attractive, or suburban near a city
*some kind of grassy area or park nearby
*medium sized undergrad. enrollment (e.g. 4000-10000)
*known for exceptional science programs
*fairly/most selective
*great opportunities for undergrad research
*highly-rated physics/math departments
*study abroad opportunites
*"intellectual" atmosphere
*more collaborative than competitive
*ample opportunity to take classes outside your major</p>
<p>Northeastern</p>
<p>If you're female, Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Wellesley mostly fit the bill, though they are a bit smaller than you're looking for. Bowdoin also might work, but again, smaller than you want.</p>
<p>Oh, Rochester. Forgot Rochester. They fit each of your requirements, I do believe.</p>
<p>Rice in Houston and WUSTL</p>
<p>stanford and rice</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Tufts would fit.</p>
<p>maybe Brown</p>
<p>UChicago???</p>
<p>University of Virginia?</p>
<p>thanks a lot!</p>
<p>i'm also looking for someplace, say, in the northern half of the country...although places like Stanford also sound nice.</p>
<p>Def Brown.</p>
<p>MIT -- 4000 undergrads, excellent in science, mindblowing research opportunities, Boston Common right across the river, elite physics/math, collaborative, intellectual</p>
<p>u chicago, brown, upenn...</p>
<p>What's this about the high suicide rate at MIT? Does that say something about how happy the students there are?</p>
<p>I love Chicago, so of course UChicago and NW sound good to me, although i'm not sure NW is very good with physics.</p>
<p>Brown = maybe...but the curriculum is a little TOO open for me, and it's not as good as Chicago in physics, and farther away.</p>
<p>I don't understand when people say that the New Curriculum at Brown is TOO open. Just take distribution credits or a core if you feel like you need structure. Look up the requirements for another school and then take them at Brown or whatever. I never got that...</p>
<p>Nah, MIT's suicide rate isn't statistically different from what you would expect given the school's demographic characteristics.</p>
<p>Emory.....</p>