smart student looking for schools w/ strong reputations &social life! help with list!

College Search & Selection
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<p>i am a very strong student has always had her heart set on an ivy league school, or at least a school with a very strong rep... not going to lie - im a bit of a snob :) however, i find that most of the top tier schools are small and not very social... i recently visited yale and while i loved the campus, i would like a larger school with a most active social life. sororities are a must for me... i definitely know that i want to work hard in college but i need to be with people that enjoy going out rather than conducting research on my weekends. penn is currently my top choice... i love the size, reputation and fact that it has a social life! i also am looking to be an engineer so anything with decent programs i that would be nice. i neeeed schools for my list, im currently putting all my eggs in one basket and id like to change that.
my list so far is
penn
yale (slightly too studious)
umich (very social, probably a safety)
lehigh
washu (slightly too small)
cornell (more on the page im looking for)</p>

<p>i have a 2310 sat score, 35 act, 8.7 on 8.0 gpa scale and will have 12 aps by the end of senior year. any ideas?</p>

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<p>USC sounds like what you’re looking for!</p>

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<p>Lehigh would be a great fit for you, especially for engineering. The campus is gorgeous, the Greek life is huge and they party most of the week!</p>

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<p>Duke sounds perfect.</p>

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<p>You sound perfect for UVirginia.</p>

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<p>Don’t know your specific engineering interests, but I’d definitely add</p>

<p>Duke
Northwestern
Stanford</p>

<p>to Cornell, Michigan and Penn, in particular</p>

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<p>I’d definitely recommend Duke - they have everything you’re looking for!</p>

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<p>I also second UVa the work hard play hard mantra certainly lives there!</p>

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<p>I 2nd the suggestion of USC</p>

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<p>Trust me, UCLA is the place to be. Don’t listen to those above me haha.</p>

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<p>Cornell has a thriving (but not overwhelming) greek presence and the top engineering program in the ivy league and pretty high up there nationally. Cornell is larger than yale and a little larger than Penn (looking at undergrads only, 13,000 vs. 10,000)</p>

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<p>I think you might be surprised by MIT. Sorority life is very strong, and there are many types of ways to be a social butterfly.</p>

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<p>Duke and UVA are relatively weak in engineering.</p>

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Agreed. Clearly the OP would be better served by the thriving sorority scenes of Caltech and Mudd. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>1) Look at the top 30 or so universities for engineering.
2) Take out the stingy OOS publics. That gets rid of 17 schools.
3) Take out Caltech, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Princeton, and Harvard since they have no Greek life.
4) Take out Columbia because Greek life is tiny.
5) Take out Hopkins because it is too small.</p>

<p>You’re left with what everyone has suggested:</p>

<p>Cornell
Duke
Michigan
MIT
Northwestern
Penn
RPI
Stanford
USC
UVA</p>

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<p>I’m also interested in biomedical engineering specifically, if that makes a difference</p>

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<p>Check out Vanderbilt. Super social and a great campus.
<a href=“http://www.bme.vanderbilt.edu/[/url]”>http://www.bme.vanderbilt.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Add Georgia Tech as a Safety.</p>

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<p>Northwestern has a lot of Greek life and fantastic engineering with a unique Engineering First program. [About</a> Engineering First<sup></sup> - Northwestern University: McCormick School of Engineering](<a href=“http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/prospective/efirst/about.php]About”>http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/prospective/efirst/about.php)</p>

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<p>If you think Yale is too studious, MIT would be too studious for you as well.</p>

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<p>This particularly makes Duke seem like the perfect combination of what you want.</p>