<p>Good points about Cooper Union, the Philly schools and CUNY Macaulay Honors (not rated by USNWR but highly selective…gets cross apps from Columbia and NYU). Limited housing and no food at Macaulay so you’ll have to factor that into the equation.</p>
<p>If you are looking at schools within a certain distance from NYC or in a particular state you can always use sites like these to narrow your geographical search:</p>
<p>[College</a> Results Online](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/default.aspx]College”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/default.aspx)</p>
<p>[College</a> Rankings - Top 2000 Ranked Colleges - Highest Overall School Score - StateUniversity.com](<a href=“USA University College Directory - U.S. University Directory - State Universities and College Rankings”>http://www.stateuniversity.com/rank/score_rank.html)</p>
<p>Just for fun with ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■, I threw in a 100 mile radius from Columbia’s zip code for private non profit schools and it kicked back 158 results (Philly schools included)…College searching is so much easier than back in the dark ages when I was looking lol.</p>