<p>I used to think that Duke would be my #1 choice, but I've since realized that I said this because 1) it was good, and 2) my sister went there and I didn't want to be outshined by her. I don't think I would like it if I went there for those reasons, and plus, it's really muggy and hot in Carolina. I want some place that is nice and cold, and snowy in the winter. Nothing better than being bundled up inside while it snows outside.</p>
<p>Are there any nice cold-climate colleges which are top-tier, and are <em>not</em> cuthroat (a la JHU)? Some place that has a nice social scene.</p>
<p>I looked at Lehigh, which is in PA, and so I guess it wouldn't exactly be humid 24/7. I'm not sure about the social scene.</p>
<ul>
<li>Cold weather, or at least having seasons</li>
<li>Top-tier, maybe top 60 or so from USNews national college list</li>
<li>Not cuthroat, but not exactly "party school", so long as it has a nice social area</li>
</ul>
<p>There are soo many excellent schools in the north, heres just some
Boston University
Boston College
New York University
University of Connecticutt
College of the Holy Cross
Trinity College
Wesleyan
Syracuse
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
University of Minnesota
Northeastern University</p>
<p>there are SO many cold weather schools.
do you know what you want to study? do you prefer a big or small campus? rural or urban? anywhere cold ok- midwest, northeast?</p>
<p>^^^^^ Most of the LACs won't have full-scale engineering programs. In fact, most of the top engineering schools are large universities. Here are the top undergrad engineering programs in the North (combining "doctoral" and "non-doctoral" schools), according to US News:
1. MIT
2. (tie) UIUC
2. (tie) Rose-Hulman
4. (tie) Cornell
4. (tie) Michigan
6. (tie) CMU
6. (tie) Purdue
6. (tie) Cooper Union
9. Princeton
10. Wisconsin-Madison
11. (tie) John Hopkins
11. (tie) Northwestern
13. (tie) Bucknell
13. (tie) Penn State
15. (tie) Columbia
15. (tie) RPI
15. (tie) Minnesota</p>
<p>If you're looking for small, look at Rose-Hulman, Cooper Union, or Bucknell. CMU, RPI, and Princeton will also be a little smaller than some others, and generally the private schools will be a bit smaller than the big publics.</p>
<p>For biomedical engineering specifically, US News lists (again geographically restricted):
1. Johns Hopkins
2. Penn
3. MIT
4. Case Western
5. Boston University
6. Michigan
7. Northwestern
8. Wisconsin-Madison
9. Cornell
10. Columbia</p>
<p>Fordham. You can pick either Fordham-Lincoln Center or Fordham-Rose Hill (Bronx main campus.) Top 60 soon to be top 50 school. Strong academics, but not cut throat. Not a party school, but they have fun. Great Div I sports. Its NYC! Great internships and connections for jobs.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Dartmouth! Dartmouth is an awesome place in the winter - own ski mountain, ice skating pond, hot cocoa, etc plus the most active social scene among the Ivies. Students are laid back and the study abroad is amazing.</p>
<p>Also Middlebury, Colgate, and maybe Bowdoin are similar in these respects. you might also like Hamilton.</p>
<p>How refreshing... someone who doesn't want a list of schools located on the beach :)! What follows are a list of schools with majors in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, and/or General Engineering. I noticed that you posted another thread in "What Are My Chances?" where you listed your stats, so the chances I'm referring to below are based on the information in that thread.</p>
<p>REACH: Dartmouth College (NH), University of Pennsylvania (PA)
GOOD FIT: Bates College (ME), Bucknell University (PA), Lafayette College (PA), Gettysburg College (PA), University of Rochester (NY)
LIKELY: Union College (NY), Syracuse University (NY), Drexel University (PA), Case Western Reserve University (OH)</p>