Phsyics and Math

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi, I'm from North Carolina, going into my senior year next year. I'm looking for a list of possible colleges. I've been raised up a die-hard tarheel fan, so I'm obviously leaned towards Chapel Hill, but I've been taking some second thoughts the last couple months and decided to see some other opinions. I've also been heavily considering dentistry/orthodontics, but I don't know if a heavy passion for science/math will lead to "fun" with it, which is what I'm mainly looking for; something I love to do. Onto stats!
SAT: CR - 720 Math - 740 Writing - 680
No SAT II's sadly
GPA - 4.0 UW 4.8 Weighted
Rank - Was 1/350, but I'm moving to a smaller school my senior year, will be around 1/110.
AP's - Calculus AB - 5 Chemistry - 5 Statistics - 4
Planning on taking AP Bio, and maybe AP US History next year. My school only offers several AP's (so did the larger one) So I'm planning on taking Calculus BC online, and I'm going to self study Physics B and possibly C this year.
EC's
Student Body President (was Junior VP, and Sophomore President)
State ranked in swimming
NHS
Key Club
Model United Nations
Lots of volunteering, but mostly through swimming (coaching, stroke clinics, private help) and random volunteering. My volunteering is my weakest spot. But I plan on writing an essay on my working with special Olympics swimming group.
Unfortunately my school never had a math or science oriented club or I would have joined it in a heartbeat. </p>

<p>I'm really looking for a strong physics and math program. But I want somewhere I can get a great pre-dent or pre-med base. I'm mainly restricted to the east coast, and money could be an issue. My family is on the edge where we aren't poor enough for financial aid, but not rich enough to send me wherever I want. And I want as little debt as possible for Graduate School.
Any suggestions for possible schools? Or does Chapel Hill seem the best choice for me?</p>

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<p>UNC has a math department and a physics department. It also offers biology and chemistry. There is no reason why you can't do math or physics there while also doing premed/predent. Actually by my logic 90% or so of the colleges in the country would meet your criteria.</p>

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<p>I know they have the departments, I'm just looking for some of the best ones that I could get in to. I want the best possible education in those disciplines that I can get.</p>

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<p>UNC Chapel Hill is a great school and you would get in-state tuition. Hard to pass up.</p>

<p>If you want to consider an Ivy, I recommend Cornell. Great for physics and math. Much better basketball team than UNC-CH. :)</p>

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<p>Tops in both math and physics would include (listed alphabetically):</p>

<p>Berkeley
CalTech
Chicago
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard
MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Yale</p>

<p>All reaches despite your excellent credentials. </p>

<p>More in the match range:</p>

<p>Maryland-College Park
Michigan
Texas-Austin
Rutgers
UIUC
Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>Toward the safety end:
Minnesota-Twin Cities (a bargain with OOS tuition pegged at in-state + $2,000/semester)</p>