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College Search & Selection
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<p>Ok, i posted some of this in a different thread, but i'm changing the question...sorry to those of you who read the first one.</p>

<p>This is what i want out of a school:
-urban yet still attractive, or suburban near a city
-some kind of grassy area or park nearby
-medium sized undergrad. enrollment (e.g. 4000-10000)
-known for exceptional science programs
-fairly/most selective
-great opportunities for undergrad research
-highly-rated physics/math departments
-study abroad opportunites
-"intellectual" atmosphere
-more collaborative than competitive
-ample opportunity to take classes outside your major</p>

<p>And this is my list:
-UChicago
-UMichigan (this is the state school that my parents are making me apply to, and also my main safety)
-Stanford
-Northwestern
-Cornell
-Wash U STL
-Johns Hopkins
-Brown</p>

<p>My question:
Do any of these schools NOT meet the above requirements? Are any of them close? Any imput along those lines would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>if you're going into a competetive major, JHU is NOT collaborative</p>

<p>biology at Cornell can be the same way</p>

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<p>What happened to Northeastern?</p>

<p>Yeah, and I would caution with Johns Hopkins being non-competetive, it can get to that point.</p>

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<p>ok, what about physics [at cornell or anywhere else]?</p>

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<p>Physics is quite decent at any of those schools, the best ones probably being Cornell, U of Chicago, and Stanford. If you want push come to shove and want to know which programs are the worst (mind, they're still quite good, just giving you an idea here) I'd say Brown and JH. I'm sure someone will lambast me about that last one, but in all honesty physics at JH has decreased in quality and is now at the point where they're only excellent in very specific fields. So if you know what kind of physics you want and they have it no worries but if you're interested in other things you probably should look elsewhere.</p>

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<p>Stanford and Cornell's physics departments are of good quality, don't know how they rank, but from my knowledge they are two of the best.</p>

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<p>Are you looking at Columbia?</p>

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<p>No...their core is way too strict for me, their emphasis seems to be on the journalism/business type, and it's TOO urban for my liking.</p>

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<p>more comments, anybody?</p>

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<p>Uchi seems a bit misplaced if you ask me. And Upenn seems like it should be on your list</p>

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<p>Unless u are in state resident of MIchigan, Even if you have 5 800s and 4.0 and all that, Michigan is not a safety, i've known some people that got in better schools and got turned down by Michigan.</p>

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<p>i'm in-state...and at least 50 people from my school go there every year and most of them have lower stats than i do</p>

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<p>S wanted a collaborative place, and after visiting learned from every student that we talked to that Johns Hopkins is not a collaborative place. S quickly dropped Hopkins from his list.</p>

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<p>Boston College</p>

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<p>i quickly ruled BC out, just because it is religiously affiliated.</p>

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<p>there very accepting though, and there is no push at religion at all, but I'm applying and if you're a to-be senior you're my competetion and i wouldn't mind you not applying</p>

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<p>Lol. Don't worry, i don't think i will. One less competitor :-).</p>