<p>1) Professors are accessible (they don’t necessarily have to reach out to you, but you should feel comfortable approaching them if need be)
2) Professors are experts in their fields
3) Campus life is vibrant…lots of extracurricular activities
4) Campus is pretty (doesn’t have to be gorgeous, but shouldn’t be ugly)
5) Dorms are not too tiny. I can definitely compromise this one, but if possible, I would love to have one of those dorms where each person has their own room, but shares a bathroom in the middle.
6) Students want to do their best, but are not cut throat. They’ll manifest their ambition in the form of studying, not by bringing others down.
7) Students are friendly and helpful.
8) Diversity - all kinds.
9) In the following states: New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey
10) Students overwhelmingly don’t cheat</p>
<p>1) Known for being a powerhouse in Basketball and Football
2) Located in or within 20-30 minutes of a major city.
3) Lots of school spirit.
4) Lots of hot girls.
5) Pretty big, but not looking forward to lecture halls full of 400 students.
6) Lots of parties and nightlife.
7) Known for having a balance between the traditional college experience and prestige towards each major.
8) Dorms are like suites.
9) Beautiful campus.
10) Need-blind.</p>
<p>1) Professors are accessible (they don’t necessarily have to reach out to you, but you should feel comfortable approaching them if need be)
2) Professors are experts in their fields
3) Campus life is vibrant…lots of extracurricular activities
4) Campus is pretty (doesn’t have to be gorgeous, but shouldn’t be ugly)
5) Dorms are not too tiny. I can definitely compromise this one, but if possible, I would love to have one of those dorms where each person has their own room, but shares a bathroom in the middle.
6) Students want to do their best, but are not cut throat. They’ll manifest their ambition in the form of studying, not by bringing others down.
7) Students are friendly and helpful.
8) Diversity - all kinds.
9) In the following states: New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey
10) Students overwhelmingly don’t cheat</p>
<p>1) Small class sizes, no lecture halls with 100 people
2) Professors are close to students
3) It has a major in print journalism, acting or screenwriting
4) Lots of internship opportunities
5) It’s in the Northeast (including DC and Maryland), California and Florida
6) It can’t be a jock school or be obsessed with sports
7) Campus is beautiful
8) School can be any size as long as you get more one on one attention.)_
9) It can’t be kids who all got a 4.0 in high school, I don’t want all nerds.
10) The students are friendly and nice
11) I want a liberal atmosphere, but I want some other Catholics on campus
12) I want some school spirit, but not a lot
13) The school has strong dep. in my major
14) You don’t have to take much science or math courses the first two years
15) It has a lot of study abroad opp.
16) It has good looking women
17) It can’t be a Republican school or a school which says a lot of southern words
18) The student body is open minded.
19) It has good scholarships for all types of students
20) I want a campus where I can go out at night and be with friends.</p>
<p>my ideal college:
beautiful campus
awesome professors
100 scholarship for international students
tops all rankings academically
accepts students on the basis of creativity rather than perfect GPA or SAT</p>
<p>UCLA doesn’t have an undergraduate business program (trying to major in finance or economics) and USC is my ideal school if I stay in California.
Too bad I don’t have a 4.0 though.</p>
<p>Yeah, I really want to apply ED to GW but probably shouldn’t. American isn’t the best, though. Campus visit killed it for me… looked and felt like a glorified high school.</p>
<p>The “other” USC (University of South Carolina) has an excellent undergraduate business program (their int’l business program has been ranked #1 for several years now) and meets many of your requirements. USC’s football team isn’t a powerhouse, but they do have Steve Spurrier and they play in the SEC, which IMO is the best college football environment out there. Lots of parties (particularly if you go Greek), the girls are beautiful, and there is tons of spirit. They are actively trying to recruit OOS students and give out tons of money too.</p>
<p>@ applicannot
Yeah I can see how’d you feel that way =T
On the other hand, they had the ‘flaming cupcake’ and awesome food! =D
And if you do decide to go Early Descision, just remember that’s like killing your oppurtunity for good financial aid.</p>
<p>@livesforsummer
Well I’ll ask around for other ones, but at least take your parents to see Catholic! You guys can stay in the city (I did) and take the metro right there. You’ll really make a good impression on them if you already have the metro map and know how to get there! and they don’t consider religious affiliation at all, so you can just tell them to disregard the name =P
But yeah, I’m not Catholic either, but I loved it so much… it’s like a piece of a quiet countryside was just lifted up and plunked there!</p>
centralized campus, not in the middle of a city and broken up and if you don’t want to you don’t need to go off campus much (but there are still places to go off campus if you want to) (apparently the complete opposite of NYU)
good FA
Strong in the humanities and social sciences
not in the south, preferably on the west or east coast or CO or IL or MI
option to double major
study abroad options
great dorms
a good mix of classes (not all small, not all big)
a ‘quirky’ school
easy to avoid parties, but you can still find an ample supply of them
friendly professors who care about their students and not just the research they are doing
if in CA, I would really love if In N Out is nearby
great academics
preferably 5,000-16,500 students however I am okay with the 3,000-21,000 range as long as the school doesn’t feel too big or too small</p>
<p>-Reputation
-Open-minded and friendly students
-Modern architecture
-Self-contained in an urban setting
-High security
-Good BSBA/MBA combined program
-Study abroad options, especially in Spain
-Good internship/real world experience
-Lots of extracurriculars
-Friendly and approachable professors
-Dorms with a view of the city
-Clean and cheerful classrooms
-School spirit
-Good hockey team with a lot of fans
-Good public transportation
-Not cliquey
-Good sense of coomunity
-Large (10,000+ undergrads)</p>
<p>My top choices are Northeastern and Brown. :)</p>
<p>-10,000+ students
-In a warm climate
-D1 athletics (at least a good basketball / football team)
-Suburban setting
-Not extremely hard to get into, but has a good reputation
-Good party scene not dominated completely by Greek life
-Easy access to a city
-Awesome career center and internship oppurtunities
-Suite-style dorms
-Good FA
-Study abroad program
-Great food options
-Prominent intramural sports scene
-Well-maintained grounds
-Up-to date library / facilities
-Nice fit/rec center
-Stuff to do off campus
-Either a walkable campus or good transportation around campus
-Lots of school spirit</p>
<p>@esoteric
Ever heard of Carnegie Mellon? I’ve heard it’s rather nice looking! And if you’re looking for awesome housing, ask colleges if they have honors housing, and then get into one of the honors programs! Usually the honors housing is suite-style.
Or maybe sarah lawrence college- another with good reputation for a nice campus, and involved professors also.</p>
<p>@early_college
What about California Institute of the Arts? You seem to be very drama-oriented, and they’ve got incredible facilities for that department.
Chapman University?
Ithaca College?
All sound like colleges you’d go for.</p>
<p>@Marie
Well if you’ve got the grades, what about UVA (University of Virginia)?
Or University of California, San Diego- there’s an In N Out 4 mi. from the campus =P
Same with University of California, Santa Barbara, only the humanities/social sciences at San Diego are better.
Then, there’s also American University- it’s in a city but all in one place, not randomly placed among the city buildings.
Also, you might want to consider looking at Bard College- quirky, great academics, and they hae good parties too!</p>
I’m from California.</p>