<p>I'm looking for a college with an urban campus. My number one choice right now is University of Chicago, but it's expensive. My grades should be good enough to get me into a lot of schools--4.5ish and in IB (the highest curriculum offered by my school). I'm having trouble finding any colleges that would interest me. Any suggestions? Preferably midwest to east coast. Thanks!</p>
<p>If you don’t mind attending large state school, you may want to consider The Ohio State University - Honors College currently with former Brown / Vanderbilt University President Gee at the helm. Columbus is the 15th largest city in America and it’s booming!!</p>
<p>Test Scores – 25th / 75th Percentile</p>
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<li>SAT Critical Reading: 540 / 650</li>
<li>SAT Math: 590 / 700</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 540 / 640 </li>
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<h1>ACT Composite: 26 / 30</h1>
<h1>ACT English: 25 / 31</h1>
<h1>ACT Math: 25 / 31</h1>
<h1>ACT Writing: 7 / 9</h1>
<p>[YouTube</a> - ExperienceColumbus’s Channel](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/user/ExperienceColumbus]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/user/ExperienceColumbus)</p>
<p>Best of Luck to you & Go Bucks!! lol~</p>
<p>I’ll recommend the University of Pittsburgh. The campus is the city and with your stats and a high SAT/ACT, you might get a full ride!</p>
<p>DC: Georgetown
Atlanta: Emory
StLouis: WUSTL
NYC: Columbia
Nashville: Vanderbilt
Chicago: Northwestern
Philly: UPenn
Detroit: UMich
Baltimore: JHU
Providence: Brown
Boston: BU, NEU…
Some cities are smaller than others and I’m sure I left out a few.</p>
<p>Do you know what you want to major in? That would help narrow it down.</p>
<p>“Detroit: UMich”…</p>
<p>And I thought Detroit is about 45 mins drive from Ann Arbor - the quintessential college town. I am also puzzled as to how and why would University of Michigan students set their foot into downtown Detroit if not for the Greektown Casino. ;p</p>
<p>*Detroit is the turf of Wayne State & UDM!! lol</p>
<p>San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area: UC Berkeley</p>
<p>'Furd is more of an isolated country club.</p>
<p>^ oh you Kal people, can’t resist dogging Stanford even when it isn’t mentioned… ;)</p>
<p>What can your parents afford?
Have you had an honest conversation with them?</p>
<p>Take a look at Rice University. It is located in a nice part of Houston with interesting shops and restaurants. </p>
<p>Many people who look at UChicago also consider Columbia University.</p>
<p>Let’s be real here though. OP can WANT to go UChicago and Columbia (and maybe get in), but those are tough ass schools. Some back-ups that are still prestigious:</p>
<p>New York: NYU, Sarah Lawrence, Bard
Boston: BU, NEU (already given, but reiterating), BC
San Francisco: UC Berkeley
LA: UCLA (though it’s not really in the city, only in sucky Westwood), USC (again, not really in LA - but closer to downtown than UCLA)
Sacramento: UC Davis
DC: Georgetown (already mentioned), American University, George Washington University</p>
<p>What is your SAT I score and major, by the way? It can help us gauge things even better.</p>
<p>According to Newsweek:</p>
<p>[The</a> 25 Most Desirable Urban Schools](<a href=“http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/the-25-most-desirable-urban-schools.all.html]The”>http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/the-25-most-desirable-urban-schools.all.html)</p>
<p>^*** is their criteria? That list seems bizarre.</p>
<p>And also *** at Yale being considered an urban university…New Haven has pretty much nothing to offer in the way of traditional urban entertainment or resources.</p>
<p>Agreed. Some of the schools seem out of place. The methodology can be found [url=<a href=“http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/the-25-most-desirable-urban-schools.html]here[/url”>http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/the-25-most-desirable-urban-schools.html]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Montreal: McGill, Concordia</p>
<p>Renega, I think some of us aren’t sure whether by “urban campus” you mean simply having nearby access to an urban area, or if you want to actually be in an urban streetscene. For instance, American University would qualify for the former, but not necessarily the latter. If it’s the urban “feel” that you seek, GW would be the better D.C. option. What’s your feeling about “urban?”</p>
<p>That’s one of the dumbest methodologies I have ever seen as bad as USN’s is. I guess it would save time in actually doing some legwork in creating such a list, but it has nothing to do with desirability of a campus because it’s in an urban environment – the city actually drawing people to its encapsulated u because people want to experience big-city life while attending u. </p>
<p>It’s a play on words… supposed, most desirable campuses based on factors related to the school, prestige, etc, added to the fact that u’s are in an urban environment. </p>
<p>It’s a typical Newsweek list of various things, they supposedly did research on… more likely they compiled this list off their master “rankings” list.</p>
<p>And as hard as I would believe that for Yale and New Haven combine for an urban environment as gritty as the city generally is. I consider urban more as a really large city like NYC, Chicago, or LA.</p>
<p>But then again, Newsweek listed University of Arizona as one of the top universities wrt “power brokering.”</p>
<p>citybycity:</p>
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<p>I don’t know how much you’ve seen of UCLA, and I agree WW can be pretty ‘sucky,’ but there are other parts nearby that are pretty non-sucky. Try taking Sunset next time, both east and west. Agree, UCLA is on the periphery of LA.</p>
<p>And USC IS in LA; it’s in downtown LA. I don’t comprehend how a school being right in the middle of a city not really being in it.</p>
<p>[Table</a> of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas]Table”>Metropolitan statistical area - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>If its not in the top 20, it isn’t a big city.
If its not in the top 50, it isn’t a city at all.</p>
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<p>Most of the schools listed in this thread are just as expensive as U Chicago.</p>
<p>I have to ditto RiversChoice - you need to talk to your parents and decide what, exactly, you CAN afford. If U Chicago is too expensive, probably the vast majority of the other privates will be as well.</p>
<p>What state do you live in?</p>
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<p>Cuz you pretty much have to have a car to get past the ghetto area and actually into the COOL parts of downtown LA. I assume when a student wants an urban environment, they want to be able to easily access the actually good parts of the city, not just be stuck in a college bubble in a crappy part of it.</p>