<p>sorry here is the link: The</a> Patriot League - Official Athletic Site</p>
<p>You wrote:
"RPI is only on there because I got the medal, and it would be quite rude to my school to not even apply, as there is a good chance, knowing how my CC office works, that some kid who wants to go there next year won't get the mdeal because I didn't even apply."</p>
<p>The RPI medal is not subject to the whim of your counseling office. My understanding is that every school in the US is allowed to award the scholarship to its top science and math student, every year. Not all of those kids attend, or even apply to RPI. My son's school has been handing out the award for years, and I know of no winner who has ever applied.</p>
<p>If it's a school that appeals to you, fine. You may even get enough money to make it competitive with your in-state schools. (The RPI medal scholarship alone won't be enough.) But you don't have to worry about the future generations.</p>
<p>Schools like Bowdoin, Middlebury, Colgate, Bucknell, Wesleyan, Lehigh, Tufts seem like they may fit.</p>
<p>To gp back top what midweterner said, I would agree and go farther: applying, getting in, and not going will actually be worse for future students at your school than not applying. If the RPI medal is like the book awards given out by various colleges, it is given by the local alumni association and while it might help you get in in a very marginal way it certainly puts not pressure on you to apply. So if you do not want to go to RPI, take it off your list--your rationale for applying doesn't really make sense though it sounds as though you are trying to do the right thing.</p>
<p>Do add or reinstate a safety--you took off Rochester, which was on your earlier list, and I am not convinced that Hamilton is a total safety for you though it may be. The other schools are not safeties, nor are the ones suggested bu later posters, though some are good matches, as are the ones are the original list. (Your second SAT scores are very good but they are not going to totally open new doors for you.)</p>
<p>LookingForward, my older sister goes to Tufts--majoring in International Relations. I'm not sure about Chemistry, but I know their Economics department is excellent. It's a great location, in a suburb but you can see a beautiful skyline of Boston from the library. Her only issue was with course selection. I think this is an issue that's common in small/medium schools. There were several instances where she wasn't able to take a course she wanted because it only ran in the fall or it got filled up quickly etc. Overall, it's a great school and is definately on the rise.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I think I would like Tufts... I just can't find any information about their language requirement. Foreign language is my big weakness, and I have been told that Tufts is big on foreign languages, although that may just be in IR. Any info that you could provide would be much appriciated</p>
<p>U Virginia
William and Mary
RPI
U Michigan Ann Arbor
U Wisconsin Madison
Emory
Reed
Grinnell
Hamilton
U Chicago (EA)
Oberlin
Northwestern
Carleton</p>
<p>I already just wrote up my CC app for RPI, and it was a free application, so I submitted it, so no harm, no foul.</p>
<p>My sister tested out of her language requirement, but for opposite reasons. She was fluent in Spanish by the time she enrolled so she didn't bother relearning grammar. Last year she started an Arabic course, not because of a requirement but because she wanted to. You're right though, they take their language requirement seriously. At my info session I was told that EVERYBODY is required to take a language until they're at an intermediate level or something like that. Personally, I think it's great to be able to speak another language, but to each his own. Try e-mailing the admissions and asking them if there's a way to get around it... I'm sure you're not the first to try.</p>
<p>LookingForward, at Tufts you are required to take the equivalent of 6 semesters of foreign language. Three of those are language instruction and three can be a related culture. You can also test out of some or all of that requirement, which is what I did. For IR, that requirement is extended to 8 courses.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think the most of a foreign language I wish to take tops out at 4 semesters, which seems to be a general requirement. So Tufts would then be out. Any similar schools without that intense of a FL requirement?</p>
<p>LF, Two issues here with foreign language. Most selective colleges recommend at least 3 years in one language at the high school level. It's usually not a hard and fast requirement, but you can bet that most of the competition has more than 2 years. At the very selectives most have achieved fluency and are multi-lingual.</p>
<p>That's to get you in. After you're in you have to tackle the proficiency requirement which varies widely from school to school. You take a test (or sometimes they use your SAT or AP scores) to determine your level of proficiency. If you test out you don't need to continue language study in college; if you're not up to their proficiency requirement you'll need to take up to two years to graduate. For a language challenged student this can be torturous. </p>
<p>Williams has no language element in their distribution requirements; Amherst has no distribution requirements at all. If I recall properly Wesleyan, Hamilton, Skidmore and Kenyon were fairly liberal in their language requirements, but you'll to need to check each individually.</p>
<p>I have taken 3 years of Spanish in high school, and hated every waking minute of it. I just happen to be no good at learning foreign languages. They happen to be the one big weakness on my transcript.</p>
<p>Looking, my son had the same situation. He is fluent in a language spoken by some 300 million people but taught at very few colleges, so he switched to Spanish and like you hated every waking minute. :) The thought of struggling through college level language course was extremely painful to him so the lack of a language proficiency requirement was a major factor in his college list.</p>