<p>I'm not looking for anything like the regular colleges CC recommends...Harvard, JHU, Columbia, etc. etc. I'm basically around a 3.6 type student in both high school and college, with good but not great SAT scores (1940, I believe). What are some completely urban schools that you would recommend for someone with stats similar to mine? I know that when it comes down to it schools should be chosen on an academic basis, but I'm just looking for ideas.</p>
<p>Take a look at NYU.</p>
<p>george washington in d.c.</p>
<p>vcu in richmond, va. (but ur stats are better than that) u could probably get a full ride her/could be a safety school</p>
<p>eugene lang again ur stats are better, but it's like next to nyu</p>
<p>Boston University</p>
<p>Emerson College (depends on your area of interest though)</p>
<p>There is Temple University in Philadelphia whose main campus is in an urban setting on the North Side of the City.</p>
<p>Northeastern University
Suffolk University (both in Boston)</p>
<p>DePaul in Chicago</p>
<p>UW-Seattle, U of pittsburgh</p>
<p>Northeastern U
U Pittsburgh
Duquesne
U Toronto
McGill (Montreal)
Georgia Tech
Ohio State</p>
<p>University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Emory
Rhodes College (Memphis)
Fordham
Boston University
Tulane
Rice
Vanderbilt
Case Western Reserve
Carnegie Mellon
Ohio State</p>
<p>Some of these are more "urban" than others, but all are in cities:</p>
<p>American
Marquette
Fordham
University of Washington
University of San Francisco
San Diego State University
San Francisco State
Seattle U
Creighton
Loyola (Maryland)
Loyola (Chicago)
Loyola (New Orleans)
Drexel
Marymount Manhattan
Hamline U (MN)
Clark University (MA)
St. Louis U
Trinity U
U of San Diego
U of Tulsa
UMAss- Boston
Goucher (on the edge of Baltimore)
Towson State (ditto)
Loyola MD (ditto)
Providence College
SUNY Albany
SUNY Buffalo
U of Rochester (probably not as urban as you're looking for)
Trinity College (CT)
University of Denver</p>
<p>And, you may want to check out some of the big state U's in the midwest - although they may not be "urban" in the sense you mean they are big enough to have all the excitement/entertainment of an urban area. Examples: U of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana U, Michigan State U, U of Illinois-Urbana, U of Colorado-Boulder</p>
<p>Macalester (St. Paul)</p>
<p>Portland State Univ. is right in downtown Portland, Oregon.</p>
<p>Add the University of Portland (Oregon) too. Macalester, unfortunately, is probably a reach.</p>
<p>NYU, G'Town, GWU, SUNY, UMiami, USC, UCLA, UCSD, American, VCU, Georgia Tech, U. of Houston, Boston College, UBoston, UPenn, U-Md College Park, Tulane, U Chicago, Northwestern, BYU, Howard U, USouthCar.</p>
<p>I'm surprised nobody mentioned Berkeley.</p>
<p>If the OP dosn't live in CA, then Berkeley would be a HUGE reach, and even for CA residents UCB is pretty selective</p>
<p>"...U-Md College Park, Tulane, U Chicago, Northwestern, BYU, Howard U...."</p>
<p>BYU is not very urban. Provo, Utah is too small to have anything that could be called urban. It's a classic college town --> small town with a big university.</p>
<p>College Park is a college town. It's not D.C. or Baltimore.</p>
<p>Marquette, which is in Milwaukee, is in an urban area.
University of Texas-Dallas.
Louisiana State (Baton Rouge)
Florida International (Miami)
University of South Florida (Tampa or St. Petersburg, I can't remember which)
University of Central Florida (Orlando)</p>
<p>Texas Austin.</p>