<p>It actually sounds like you’d do well on a suburban or semi-urban campus, where you have access to clubs and organizations that have weekly dinners, small outings, on campus but where you can also go out to the city. I feel like a campus in too urban an environment could be overwhelming and quite honestly lonely as students tend to run into the city and there is less on-campus space for small gatherings. There is no school more guilty of this than NYU.</p>
<p>If I were you I’d add more schools I would say look into Brown (perfect for you I think - not a grade deflation factory, great friendly community, in a city), Northwestern, Tufts, Emory, Penn, and Rice. I think you need to add some more schools to your list to hedge your bet.</p>