<p>Haha, I never said I had the mentality of my peers. While your guys suggestions look great, I think I would rather stay away from the LACs deep midwest as I would feel very isolated in the homogeneous mixture. I have put Bucknell in my list. I am definitely not a fan of city schools, I much more like a beautiful isolated regular college campus as long as it is somewhat diverse. I have been in the selection process for a while. But only recently have I changed from being an Engineering major to a Physics major because I realized what I truly wanted to do. Whether I change or not in the future is not in my mind, but right now, I am very much set in majoring in Physics. Problem is, it is very difficult to find any source that provides reliable accuracy about the quality of programs, and most lists tend to list state schools over and over. I am also looking for colleges that its extremely easy to get into research, even as early as Freshmen year.</p>