<p>My parents are freaking out because they can't think of any more quality schools to look at in the north east...</p>
<p>Me:
GPA 3.9
Rank: Top 5%, Somewhere in top 10 students
All AP and Honors Courses
I wung the SATs last October, got 750M 660V 640W, retaking saturday
ECs: National Honors Society, National Latin Award every year, Community Service, Varsity Math Team (Currently #1 Junior in league), Destination Imagination (started it at our school), Work as a camp counselor in the summer
Looking into chemistry!</p>
<p>Sorry for the bizarre typing, but it's late!</p>
<p>Any ideas as to where we should look (that's realistic)?</p>
<p>We've been to:
BC (loved it)
Bowdoin (liked it)
Wesleyan (hated it)
Tufts (brutally mixed)</p>
<p>Some neat suggestions would be awesome!</p>
<p>Some other suggestions in the BC/Bowdoin feel: Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, Hamilton, Colgate, Colby, Skidmore, Conn College, Kenyon (not NE, but similar personality).</p>
<p>Sound like a good fit for BC, choose some extra schools to make your parents happy like the ones momrath posted.</p>
<p>Holy Cross, also a little farther south -- Lehigh, Bucknell, Franklin and Marshall, Villanova, Lafayette, and Georgetown.</p>
<p>A lot of people refer to Holy Cross as the Catholic version of Bowdoin or Williams. HC is the top rated Catholic LAC per USNWR.</p>
<p>Sorry but Holy Cross can not be compared to Williams. It may be the top rated Catholic LAC but you can't realistically compare #33 to #1. We have friends at Holy Cross and a child at Williams and they surely know the difference. I have a grad degree from a Jesuit school so I am a fan but the only real similarity is that they are both colleges in the state of MA.</p>
<p>and more: union, trinity, dartmouth</p>
<p>i think collegbounder was implicitly distinguishing holy cross from BC by comparing it to LACs. i would agree that holy cross is the catholic version of those colleges. i don't think the point was that they were equal in prestige, but rather that, unlike BC, holy cross has an LAC feel.</p>
<p>a lot of these are LACs, got any other universities?</p>
<p>What state do you live it? Would you consider a quality state school, like UMass Amherst, Rutgers, etc?</p>
<p>I lived in NH. As far as State Schools go, I think I'm set on UNH and UMD</p>
<p>What about Penn State? It has a pretty good chem program.</p>
<p>I will definitely look into it</p>
<p>any other larger schools of recommendation?</p>