<p>SAT: 2280
GPA: 3.88 UW
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
State: Washington
Preferred Major: Biomedical Engineering, but it might change. Will be STEM, though.</p>
<p>Senior Schedule:
Orchestra (0 period)
AP Biology
AP Physics B (Online)
AP Chemistry
AP US Government
AP English Lit
AP Calculus AB
AP Comp Sci</p>
<p>I'd prefer an urban environment and nice weather.</p>
<p>There are only two STEM dominant institutions in the West, Harvey Mudd and Cal Tech, both of which are incredibly selective. However, there are many many many schools with enormous research opportunities and a heavy STEM focus. Your state’s flagship, University of Washington is a prime example of this.</p>
<p>Pomona College (also of the Clarement consortium) has strong STEM subjects too. OP may want to apply to this as well as HM and Cal Tech, if she is looking for smaller institutions strong in STEM. I agree with whenhen that there are many state institutions strong in STEM.</p>
<p>What I meant by STEM dominant is that the vast majority of degrees are awarded in STEM fields.</p>
<p>There are plenty of other privates which have good programs in some STEM fields. Loyola Marymount comes to mind as an urban institution with good sciences and nice engineering (not sure if they offer BME). Santa Clara is a suburban Jesuit institution in Silicon Valley with good engineering. I know that University of San Diego offers engineering, but don’t know how strong the STEM emphasis is.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd seems like an ideal choice.</p>
<p>University of California, San Diego has one of the worlds best Bioengineering programs. You also can’t go wrong with Berkeley, Cal Tech or Harvey Mudd.</p>