<p>Hi. Uhm...well this is my first post. ^^ I basically just want suggestions because I'm not sure if I'm heading in the right direction.
Size:
I prefer mid-sized to large colleges. (Around 4000-16000? Is that about right?)</p>
<p>Location:
Urban/suburban is great. As for the weather, warm temperatures is definitely a plus, but I don't mind the cold. Oh, and preferable not more than say...4 hours away from New York? But not in New York because I want to get away.</p>
<p>Major:
I plan to major in chemistry, but I'd like the option of...transferring majors if necessary.</p>
<p>Social life:
I'd like some social life, some clubs and stuff. I don't really know much about Greek life. I'm not big on sports. I'd just like hanging out, making friends, mild...parties? xD I'd like diversity and openness.</p>
<p>Grades: My average is just below a 95 right now, but I think it's going to drop a little. ^^""
SAT is just above 2000. I took it again, I hope I did better.</p>
<p>My list of schools right now:
University of Michigan
Boston University
Tufts (Is this more towards engineering? Because that's not the path for me...)
And that's about it. I think I need help.</p>
<p>Any suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Heyo. Tufts student here.
First off, by 16,000 do you mean total enrollment or campus residents? (It makes a difference of several tens of thousands for some schools.) Because a school that actually housed 16,000 students would be in the top ten largest housing systems, so not really mid-sized.</p>
<p>Regarding Tufts. We do have a nifty little engineering school, yes, which hosts about 750 of our 5,000 undergraduates. It does offer a chemical engineering program, but the College of Arts & Science has its own Chemistry Department distinct from the School of Engineering. There isn’t really a wall separating the two schools, so you can easily take classes in each to see what you like (many A&S kids take a few classes through the engineering program, and all engineers take A&S classes). A&S students are not required to declare their majors until the end of their sophomore year. Due to a relatively small number of required courses, most students double major, or at least major and minor. Adding a major in your junior year is not unheard of. So, you’d have plenty of flexibility if you decided chemistry wasn’t for you.</p>
<p>We are not big on sports. One could say we are minuscule on sports. We have a Greek system, but it’s definitely not the center of campus life and activities. Most people are part of at least one or two extracurricular groups/clubs/organizations, and that is the primary vehicle for friend-making, along with meeting people in your dorm. The advantage of EC activities is that it will allow you to befriend upperclassmen, who primarily live in houses off-campus and will invite you to their house parties. Most of these parties are mild, in terms of substance abuse at least. There is hard drug use, but it is not conspicuous. Most Tufts students are content with alcohol, weed, and hookah, which seems to be frickin’ everywhere.</p>
<p>Not to be a total buzzkill, but you’ll probably need a higher SAT score.</p>