<p>about me:
Junior in an average public high school
PSATs: 70 math, 59 verbal, 52 writing, I'll be taking the new SATs in march
All honors throughout hs
2 ap classes (chem and gov) this year at least two next year
GPA: 4.01
Rank: Top 10% (my school doesn't do rank)</p>
<p>EC
color guard ....probably captain next year
volunteering at church and library since 6th grade about 100 hours per year
math league
french club
french honor society
stage crew (just starting this year)</p>
<p>Also I'm a People to People Student Ambassador (educational trip abroad for 3 weeks in the summer) I've gone for two summers (one to the UK and anotehr to Austrlia) and this summer I'm going to Spain, France and Italy. I was also a the student leader of the group. I'm planning to write my essay on an experience from one of the trip</p>
<p>What I"m looking for in a college:
Small school 1000-6000 students
Not a party school..I would prefer not a lot of drinking/partying/drugs but I know you'll find that on any campus ....
I would prefer not a big frat/sorority scene
East Coast
a nice campus </p>
<p>So far I've looked at Drew, Muhlenberg, and Juniata. Any other suggestions? I feel like I hit a dead end in this college search :( any help/suggestions is very much appreciated!</p>
<p><em>edit</em> I'm also looking to major in math and physics or math and chem. So the school I go to doesn't need a top notch science department, but I don't want it to be crap either. I was looking at Skidmore, but I hear their science program is almost non existance is this true?</p>
<p>What didn't you like about Drew, Muhlenberg and Juniata? That might help us pinpoint some better options. </p>
<p>Skidmore isn't know for the sciences but I haven't heard anything bad about them. If you're attracted to schools like Skidmore, you might take a look at Wheaton in Mass, Connecticut College, and possibly Oberlin or Kenyon.</p>
<p>I do like muhlenberg. I haven't visited juniata, yet but I like what I've read and heard about it. I didn't like Drew because when I went there I just got this very cold feeling. sorry I should have been clearer about that. I feel like I have the potential to go to a better school then these, which is why I wanted some advice. But I'm also looking for more schools similar to them because I would like to see a few different good match schools. thx for the help</p>
<p>I would not focus too much on school selectivity at this point, as you don't have SAT scores and you will have three more semesters of grades considered at your schools. So get a good list of schools at a variety of selectivity levels.</p>
<p>Small- to medium-sized East Coast schools you might like that are good for math and the sciences include Bowdoin, Haverford and Bryn Mawr. </p>
<p>Moving west a bit I'd consider Case Western Reserve, Lawrence, Carleton and Macalester.</p>
<p>First, I recommend investing some serious time in preparing for the SAT's bumping up the writing and verbal will help you a lot. By the number of trips you can afford I would suggest paying for a class. If I misread your circumstances, the public library probably has prep books. Knowing your SAT scores will help develop a serious list.</p>
<p>might give you a start. Don't forget to look at the other lists under the heading "Party has left the building" on the bottom right hand corner of this page/site.</p>
<p>My D was offered a partial scholarship, we are from NJ. We will be visiting Mercer in March for her overnight. Have you visited the campus, if so, what do you think? She is interested as a pharmacy student.</p>
<p>I have visited Mercer several times. It is a really nice school. The campus is very pretty and fairly compact. Many of the buildings are new or are freshly renovated. Mercer has a great pharmacy program. Infact if you delcare yourself a pharmacy major you are guaranteed a spot in their pharmacy school, which is in Atlanta, if you transfer to it your third year. The food is very good. It's a school of a little less than 3,000 undergrads so it seems like a fairly close-knit community. The professors seem like they are very interested in their students. Mercer has alot of opportunities such as student organizations, greek life, study abroad, ect. for its students. If you're looking for a smaller college with great academics, Mercer is a great choice.</p>
<p>Heard that biology is the fifth largest major at Skidmore, after English, art, business and government. Beautiful new building and great faculty, according to students on panel.</p>
<p>any more help? also can someone tell me about the science programs at these schools: Juniata, Drew, Muhlenberg, Skidmore, Colgate, Gettysburg, and Tufts.</p>
<p>I've heard Juniata, Drew and Muhlenberg have good science programs, but if you have any more info about that or the others let me know thx</p>
<p>Try Goucher college in Maryland. Also Wheaton in Mass. Both have very strong science programs and would be within range if your writing and verbal scores don't go up significantly.</p>
<p>You don't give your sex - what about women's colleges, Smith might be a good fit, a reach if your scores don't improve, but not totally impossible, most kids' scores do improve early junior to late junior year.</p>
<p>If math and physics are your thing, and you want a small school (as far as undergrads go) where there isn't excessive partying, have you considered having UChicago as one of your reaches?</p>
<p>Well, I couldn't sell my daughter on women's colleges either, but they are a tremendous resource, significantly less selective than their quality, and very supportive - give them a looksee.</p>