Pick a college for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>It would be a tremendous help if you all could list some colleges that I might be interested in, and why, based on the traits I will list below. I've already made a small list of schools that I like, but I'm interested in getting a fresh perspective. </p>

<p>(Let's ignore whether or not I could actually get into the colleges you all list)</p>

<p>~I'm going to be pre-med, and I'm interested in Neuroscience, Psychology, and History.</p>

<p>~To succeed, I need to be able to ask someone knowledgeable lots of questions, whether they be a professor or TA; I often have to get help to earn my grades (ie AP Calc)</p>

<p>~I like suburban/rural campuses that have self-contained worlds.</p>

<p>~I need to be at a place where intellectual discussions are common. I like to discuss things. I'd rather be in a dorm full of drunken students discussing existentialism than being at a dance party. I'm a nerd and want to go to a nerdy school! I kind of like the LACs that I've been reading about, but I'm definitely willing to consider a larger school. </p>

<p>~I also don't want to go to a school that revolves around athletics, ie going to football games on Fridays</p>

<p>~I don't want to drink, but I don't mind if others do.</p>

<p>~I sometimes feel reluctant to go to a school where I'll be "average." Here in High School I'm in the top of my class. That being said, I think the difficult schools will have more people that share my interests.</p>

<p>~I'd like to go someplace where there are few cliques. People should be accepting of others. However, I'd be more comfortable in a school that leans to the left on the political spectrum. </p>

<p>~Any climate works</p>

<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>Ohio State</p>

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<p>Can you share your stats? It is difficult to recommend schoolws if we do not know your unweighed GPA, your SAT and SATIIs, your ECs, your APs etc... Here are a few schools I recommend you look into:</p>

<p>Boston College
Duke Unibersity
Michigan state University-East Lansing
Stanford University
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

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<p>Alexandre, he asked for schools where football/sports arent big, thereby eliminating all the schools you mentioned..</p>

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<p>Tufts matches pretty much everything you've listed.</p>

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<p>Boston U
NYU
Tufts
Rice
Vanderbilt
Emory
Georgetown
GWU
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
UChicago
UC-San Diego
Case Western
Tulane
McGill (Canada)
U Toronto (Canada)</p>

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<p>Thanks everybody. I kind of wanted to get a range of schools before I mentioned stats, but here goes:</p>

<p>I'm a junior
UW GPA: 4.0
Rank 1/211 unweighted and weighted
SAT II USH: 780
APs: USH-5, Euro, 5
SAT: haven't taken, but my PSAT last year was above the 93rd Percentile.</p>

<p>Schedule this year:
AP Chem, AP Calc, AP English Language, AP Economics, AP Spanish IV</p>

<p>EC's
BSA: thru grade 10, Eagle Scout
Cross-Country, grades 9-12, Varsity team, 12 hrs/week
ModelUN: grades 9-12, country ambassador
3 weeks Physician Job shadow
Swim Team grades 9-10, 16 hours per week, 3rd in state in two events (though I'm done with swimming now)
I did the National Young Leaders weeklong conference last year too.</p>

<p>I've been looking at LACs a lot lately. I've also looked at the University of Oregon Honors college but I think that'd probably be my last choice, seeing as how it's such a big school, sports-oriented, etc.
Thanks again everybody!</p>

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<p>Davidson College sounds like it might be perfect. For a LAC, it's very strong in neuroscience, and Davidson has long had a reputation for pre-med. The campus is suburban, very attractive, and in a very nice small town with the resources of Charlotte about 15-20 miles away. The student body is extremely friendly, and I think you can find the intellectual atmosphere you're looking for. Basketball season is very popular, but Davidson students participate in a wide range of activities, most notably music and community service. Drinking is present (then again, where isn't it?), but it doesn't play a major role in campus life.</p>

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<p>Do you have a preference about staying close to home? Alexandre's list looks good as far as academic strengths in your areas of interest and social climate (from what I have seen, cliques are not a problem at large schools, etc.), but those large public universities don't necessarily provide the access to instructors that you are looking for.</p>

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<p>No, I don't need to stay at home. In fact, I want to go somewhere else for college. I love Oregon, but I'd like to try someplace new. And, yeah, I definitely would like accessible professors. Does anyone else have colleges that you could recommend?</p>

<p>Also, do small schools tend to be more cliquey than large schools? And are college cliques the same as in HS? I definitely want to have a core group of people that I hang out with, but I don't want huge divisions amongst the student body. I also don't think I'd be a fan of Greek life.</p>

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<p>College football is usually on a Saturday, actually (Friday is HS football night!!!!). For some, the college football/school team spirit comraderie (sp?) is all part of living the college years. Doing the football game thing can/does build social skills<---important in some careers.</p>

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<p>311Griff, I'm sure you're right. However, I want to go to a college that emphasizes my interests.
My list thus far, both from what I've read before and from what has been suggested. A lot of these colleges also have the accelerated medical programs that I've been looking into:</p>

<p>Brown
Northwestern
Swarthmore
Haverford
Swarthmore
U of Chicago
Stanford
Juniata (safety)
U of Rochester
Union
Case Western
Rice
University of Oregon (safety)
WashingtonU in St. Louis</p>

<p>How's that for a list? Any other suggestions? Are there any on here that don't seem like what I'm looking for?...it's entirely possible that I have a misconception about one or more of the schools. Thanks</p>

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<p>Tufts has an accelerated medical program via the Tufts University School of Medicine early acceptance program. 70+% of students who have completed a specific prerequisite list of courses that have applied to the program (3.5 GPA is held to be the min) by the middle of their sophomore year receive an interview and 70+% of those are accepted.</p>

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<p>thanks Snuffles. I looked Tufts up and I read that they don't give out any merit based aid...only need-based aid. Is that true?</p>

<p>Also, any other suggested colleges?</p>

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<p>University Of Florida.</p>

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<p>It is true, Tufts only gives out need-based aid. However, there are scholarships that are given out privately by alumni.</p>