<p>icy9ff8-you really think Upenn is a match? It's an Ivyleague school!! I'll search all the schools you mentioned. Thanks</p>
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jessiehl-did you mean definitely apply to MIT or Caltech? I'm just not sure because someone before said that Caltech is in need for women..lol
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<p>I meant MIT...having gone there myself, I can really only speak for it. :) Caltech has a much worse gender ratio than MIT, but I get the impression from the Caltech students I have encountered that this doesn't really bother them. MIT's about 55/45 male/female.</p>
<p>Why do you want people on CC to pick your college for you? Just wondering.</p>
<p>Pick the colleges that fit your personal criteria and visit them. Then YOU decide. </p>
<p>I dont mind giving my advice and helping people, but most of my posts tell people to focus on fit and getting them to do an organized logical search.</p>
<p>Its your life and your education.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>how amazing! Months searching the internet and you were able to come up with a list of pretty much all the Ivies, Stanford, and a few other schools in high demand. You could have gotten this list in a lazy afternoon...</p>
<p>Whats even more interesting is what's on the list. Apparently a school without a campus (NYU) is as attractive as ones with a great campus feel. Living in Manhattan is just as good as living in rural upstate NY. Schools focused on teaching undergrads are just as desireable as major research U's. Maybe you'd like a school focused primarily on engineering and science (MIT) just as much as one focused on the liberal arts.</p>
<p>Just what, other than prestige, were the criteria used for making your list? Many people think it is important to consider "fit" -- the type of kids a school attracts, its size, its location, whether it focuses on undergrads, etc. Maybe these just aren't factors for you, because I just don't see any consistency among these factors in the schools you list.</p>
<p>I thought that the OP did a good job of establishing some very important parameters for her college search. Remember that she is living abroad and has been for 6 years. She is seeking constructive advice, not criticism.</p>
<p>mikemac. Your'e definitely correct with what your'e saying. However, please be aware of that that my only way of gaining information about universities it through the internet-College websites or College Confidential. If I would live in the States I'd definitely know how to find colleges that match my preferences. That's why I wrote this thread with my preferences (it's on the first page I believe) so that people from CC who are more knowledgeable can help me out.
I hope you understand my difficulty and help me out. College websites are definitely a not sufficient enough way to make a college list.</p>
<p>Thanks icy9ff8 for clearing my position....</p>
<p>friedokra...
This is a student who hasn't lived in the US since the age of 10, seeking financial aid, who has internet searched for months on her own, from 6000 miles away.
I understand your "visit them and determine fit" advice, but please read the posts.</p>
<p>Also, OP, you probably know this, but Brandeis is very, very Jewish, with a Jewish chapel and advisors specifically for the Orthodox community. It's also very strong in the life sciences. It's a little ways out from Boston, but not too far, maybe five miles.</p>
<p>Keep posting!! I need more ideas for safeties+thoughts about my list...</p>
<p>Coolgirlie,
Vanderbilt is now 10% jewish, so you may not want to rule it out yet. See this link about Hillel at Vanderbilt <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/hillel/life.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.vanderbilt.edu/hillel/life.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks Perfect. I also contacted Hillel today and they don't have any kosher meal plans or orthodox services. It is definitely not on my college list anymore.
What do you think of my list, Perfect? What would be good safeties for me?</p>
<p>I live in university housing at the University of Chicago. There are many families from Israel in our building. My daughter (Christian) has a best friend from Israel, and more than one family has commented about how well my daughter (11) speaks Hebrew. I don't get a word, myself.
Many people in my building are very devout. Others are much less so.
The University of Chicago is an intellectual powerhouse. I would describe the atmosphere as secular, without a pre-disposition toward religion, but not automatically negative, either.
In my opinion, many of the people at the "best" universities in the country are skeptical and even hostile toward religious people.</p>
<p>Take a look at Boston University. Although expensive, there is good merit aid, they have a kosher dining plan, and a gorgeous Hillel House which opened a few years ago. There are three minyans--Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. Plus Chabad is near campus. BU has a 7 year med program with guaranteed admission to med school after 3 years; no MCATS to take.</p>
<p>How about Yeshiva University in NYC? I don't know much about it, but it is a Jewish University. Maybe a safety?</p>
<p>kinshasa-excellent idea!! Boston U is definitely on my match/safety list along with Brandeis and Emory (maybe Muhlenberg).
Can anyone suggest 2 more safeties?
And between Tufts and Northwestern-which one better matches my preferences? Should I just apply to both?
Same question goes to Sanford-Yale-Columbia.</p>
<p>I'd say Tufts more than Northwestern, but you should apply to both.</p>
<p>Northwestern is very strong in math and science.</p>
<p>Then you guys say to apply to Tufts and Northwestern or one of those along with CMU?</p>
<p>Nobody else has something to say?!?</p>