Can’t really refine suggestions without grades and test scores. You could be talking MIT/Stanford, or elsewhere.
@MOMANDBOYSTWO I’m a male so women’s colleges are out of the question unfortunately
@swampdraggin haven’t visited anywhere yet, I’m hoping this thread will give me some more ideas. I’m only a rising junior but I’m planning on doing some visits this summer
@ColdinMinny haven’t taken any official standardized tests yet, but based on current UW GPA (~3.97), ACT practice tests (~33), and some really strong ECs (can elaborate if needed) I think it’s reasonable to not rule out any schools on the basis of selectivity for the time being
go visit based on some of these suggestions and also visit a large state school too
first figure out -
how far from home?
Do you want to be somewhere or in the middle of nowhere
How techie do you want the students to be
Those are the type of questions to visit - then you you see what specific schools might fit
I’m surprised no one’s suggested Olin College. It hits all of the OP’s preferences. Small, east coast, not in big city, stem focused, high level math offerings, laid back. You can take business classes at Babson, which shares the campus.
A significant limitation with Olin is that they only offer 17 math courses, well under half that available at some of the LACs mentioned.
Olin students can take the math classes at Wellesley.
Olin itself, however, is an engineering college that does not offer concentrations in either math or computer science.
While Olin only offers degrees in general engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and electrical/computer engineering, the school is very flexible to accommodate students who want to create their own majors by getting additional courses they want to take to add to their skillset. I don’t know what the degree is when they graduate, but I have heard the administrators say that they have had students did take more computer science courses, and some of the alumni are working as computer scientists in industry.
A 33 composite ACT is the 25th percentile at MIT and Mudd. You will have a better idea of where you stand when you have actual scores, though.
Of mentioned eastern colleges,
Hamilton (#13) and Haverford (#19) are both on this list:
http://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2014/08/07/universities-with-the-best-classroom-experience/
Hamilton (#11) is on this list:
http://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2014/08/15/top-schools-for-accessible-professors/
Case Western, University of Rochester, Brandeis University, Northeastern University, WPI (alumni), RPI, and Rose Hulman are all VERY good for CompSci and are second tier in admissions difficulty. Good luck!
I think Bucknell and Lehigh fit many of your requirements.
I agree with other posters who say you need to visit some schools first to see if those are really the characteristics you want in a school though