<p>What's a good school to go to for ungrad(undecided major)? I like the Northeastern area, and I'm looking into Columbia and the University of Chicago. I am in the top few percent of my class and I want to go to a good school that will challenge me. Any recommendations?</p>
<p>I assume you heard of HYPSM right? </p>
<p>BTW, U Chicago isn’t really locate in the Northeastern area. Besides, you really have to consider the inclement weather there during the winter. But I guess that counts as a challenge</p>
<p>That may be the vaguest question I’ve ever seen. First off, what year of HS are you in? We need some stats - GPA, SAT, ACT, ECs. If you just can’t pick a major (have you even looked at a few schools full list of majors) is there a particular subject or activity you like or do you have any ideas for a prospective career? What state are you resident of? We need some real information if were going to help you.</p>
<p>I live in Oklahoma City, OK. I haven’t taken the SAT yet, but I got a 35 on the ACT. I’m a sophomore in high school with a gpa of 4.00. I’m considering going into the medical field, but I’m definitely not set on that. I play the violin and would be interested in playing in an orchestra, but I do not want to study music in college.</p>
<p>Well the ACT score is awesome, I wouldn’t retake it and unless you really feel the need or do awesome on the practice tests you don’t really need to take the SAT (IMO). Id rule out medicine because you’re obviously not passionate about it. I’m not very informed about schools music programs, Yale is the only one I really know of. The GPA is perfect but bound to change. All in all though, I think its much too early for you to be considering colleges. Find out what you like first and then from there you can pick a college.</p>
<p>Ok, listen up. I’ve done this so many times, and I have no problem doing it again. The most prestigious schools for undergrad broken into tiers. I guarantee you 90% of CCers will agree</p>
<p>Tier 1: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, MIT
Tier 2: Caltech, Columbia, UPenn, Duke, UChicago, Dartmouth
Tier 3: Berkeley Engineering, Brown, Cornell, Northwestern</p>
<p>^ uh, those rankings rank UChicago higher than Cornell and Brown lol</p>
<p>I would suggest you not to take any more standard tests. There is certain flare for getting 35 ACT as a sophomore–you are not going to be looked at less favorably than a senior getting 36. </p>
<p>You are not at a point to formulate a college list yet (although you have good reasons to aim high in general). In stead, in addition to keeping your GPA high with a bunch of tough classes your school offers, make efforts to further develop your extracurriculars–that can be violin plus something else, but don’t spread yourself too thin; rather you should try to develop depth and leadership in those activities. </p>
<p>Then, come to the end of junior year, you will have many good options. The major thing left to do will be writing (and rewriting) fantastic essays.</p>
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<p>Yeah, but 100% of people would say…</p>
<p>Tier I - Harvard
Tier II -Y & P
Tier III - the rest…</p>
<p>^Not really. In fact, most people on here seem to think Princeton and Yale (Yale not always) are superior to Harvard. I happen to think they’re the same.</p>
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<p>That sounds reasonable to me.</p>
<p>Prestige is always a little bit fuzzy, but in general US News is a pretty good measure. As for northeastern schools for an undecided student (who likes a variety of majors, I assume), I would suggest: </p>
<p>All of the Ivy League Schools
MIT
JHU
Rutgers
Penn State
UMCP</p>
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No, I consider Stanford significantly BETTER than Yale and Princeton. </p>
<p>Of the four institutions, it is the only university with a passable engineering department (an excellent one as a matter of fact) and it wins the majority of cross admit battles against Princeton and Yale.</p>
<p>I think a sizeable number of individuals would consider Stanford better than Yale and Princeton.</p>
<p>***? Rutgers? Penn State? And I don’t even know what UMCP is.</p>
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<p>We are talking “prestige” here, not the best school in engineering or anything else.</p>
<p>prestige? then stanford is still superior to yale and princeton internatinally (according to both of the THE & ARWU which are the most influential rankings in the world).
<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html[/url]”>http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp[/url]”>http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp</a></p>
<p>I never ever met anyone, in Asia and Europe, who can name the Ivies correctly. But all of them include Stanford and MIT.</p>
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<p>Well, then you know a lot of ignorant or uninformed people…so what!? I never met anyone in Asia or Europe…</p>
<p>actually, they are very successful by all means. and i dont think you are qualified to critisize them, given that you are just NYC-centered, without international viewpoints.</p>
<p>It is absurd to require ppl outside US to know what’s Ivy stand for, right?</p>
<p>But they do know the best of best universities on the planet. Unfortunatelty, your be-hated Stanford and MIT are only second to Harvard globally.</p>
<p>how much do you know about other countries? so, can i say you are one of the ignorant or uninformed people?</p>
<p>chicago is better than brown and cornell. if it makes you feel better, i think cornell is better than brown. chicago’s lay prestige might be catching up but the school as a whole has accomplished more in academia, business, politics, etc. than cornell and brown could ever dream of accomplishing.</p>
<p>that said, i think my alma mater stanford is better than harvard. see how this stirs stupid debates?</p>
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Who cares? The point is that you are wrong.</p>
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Only several posts later and you already have two or three people disputing the claim that Yale and Princeton is more prestigious than Stanford.</p>
<p>The bottom line is 100% of the people on CC would NOT say Yale and Princeton are more prestigious than Stanford. Whatever percent it is, it is far lower than 100%.</p>
<p>(If you asked me, Stanford is clearly more prestigious than Princeton.)</p>