<p>Isn’t Rice in a residential area?</p>
<p>Ctyankee–I don’t know what criteria you use for “middle of a large city.” The geographic center of Baltimore is the intersection of Charles and Baltimore Streets. The address of the Hopkins Homewood campus is 3400 North Charles–which means it is in the center of the city east from west and 34 blocks north of Baltimore St–about 3 miles from the center, or about 10 minutes driving or by bus. The medical campus (including Johns Hopkins Hospital are about 1.5 miles to the east of the center. So while the Hospital is closer to the center, it’s not a huge difference. </p>
<p>If Homewood is not “in the middle of a large city,” then neither is Columbia or NYU–and that’s ridiculous.</p>
<p>A few are:
Basically all the Big Ten Universities</p>
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<p>Thanks for making my point. No one thinks that Columbia University is the middle of the city. Now, that’s ridiculous. </p>
<p>10 minutes to drive 34 blocks? What’s that at 3 A.M. and running some red lights? ;)</p>
<p>Tufts and Boston College are both near the city (about 10-20 min away) and have beautiful, enclosed campuses. </p>
<p>I would definitely add UPenn, as well. I was shocked by how campus-like the place seemed- I was expecting something a lot more NYU-like. It’s also gorgeous.</p>
<p>Funny. I’m actually from Cambridge, MA and I am typing from Harvard’s computer library. What a terrible example to compare Cambridge/Harvard sq. to Downtown Boston via Red line MBTA… Do you even know what you are saying??</p>
<p>I’m not even sure how you were able to concoct such a comparison between apples and oranges…</p>
<p>The Homewood campus is situated along the main corridor that penetrates the heart of Downtown Baltimore and is located within the confines of the city limits… As far as I know, JHU fits the OP’s description of “within a major city” perfectly.</p>
<p>coolbrezze- Many of the Big Ten schools are NOT in large cities. Ohio State is in Columbus and UMN is in Minneapolis, but IU, UI, Penn State, UMich and Wisconsin certainly are not.</p>
<p>now heres the real question…where can a former slacker like myself who will have anywhere from a 3.0-3.4 UW GPA at the end of junior year, with like 2050 SATS, get in that fits in this description?
As of right now I plan on Tulane,GWU,BU as matches and NYU, USC as reaches.</p>
<p>All of the schools you just mentioned have extremely similar stats. I wouldn’t call NYU and USC reaches and not the others. You have about the same chance at Tulane, GWU, BU, NYU, and USC. I would say you have a fair shot at all. I think the odds of you getting into each one depends on how you stand out versus the rest of their applicant pool. At Tulane, they love geographic diversity so it helps if you’re from an under represented state. Things like that can make a big difference at most of the schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>Trinity College in Hartford; Macalester in St. Paul; Occidental in LA.</p>
<p>Villanova, even though it sucks.</p>
<p>Holy Cross-in Worcester.</p>
<p>American University and Georgetown in Washington, DC</p>
<p>Rice, SMU, UT, Tulane, Georgetown, Tulsa, and TCU are ones that come to mind for me.</p>
<p>diontechristmas hahaha why does nova suckk?</p>
<p>Reed College in suburban Portland, OR, 15-20 min bus to downtown, beautiful traditional campus with a nature preserve lake in the middle, expansive lawns.</p>
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<p>Because the school is wholly overrated, and the students think they’re god’s gift to mankind.</p>
<p>“they’re god’s gift to mankind”</p>
<p>Well, it is a Catholic school… ;)</p>
<p>rice is flanked on two sides by residential areas. the other two sides … one is retail and the other is one of the major medical centers in the country. downtown is just a few miles away, but in houston, downtown isn’t necessarily the place to be.</p>
<p>i would consider it being “in” the city as compared to many/most colleges that i am familiar with.</p>
<p>Brown University</p>