<p>So let's say all fails and we don't get into MIT (or just me <em>cries</em>).</p>
<p>What schools are great alternatives (besides Caltech, lol)?</p>
<p>I mean in terms of size, resources, and academics.</p>
<p>Good alternatives could be: Stanford (Sarcasm there), UCs if you would like to apply especially UC Berkeley (if they have your major, in my case they didn't), Virginia Tech., Georgia Tech., Cornell U. and Princeton U.</p>
<p>CalPoly is certainly good too (Both Pomona and San Luis Obispo). I am your Neighbor, dude (San Jose).</p>
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<p>It depends on what field(s) you are interested in.</p>
<p>I'm not in the same field now that I was when I applied for MIT (at the time I was thinking bio, neuro, or BME), but some of the other schools I applied to included Johns Hopkins (the BME program, which you have to apply to separately), U of Chicago, Duke, and HYP.</p>
<p>Obviously, for other fields, this would be different. If you're into math or physics, U of Chicago is still a great option. If you're into CS, look into CMU. If it's the political science that's attracting you, you might consider Tufts. And so on. The UCs seem to be good options for a lot of fields.</p>
<p>yea, im thikning of math/physics. like more theoretical stuff.</p>
<p>Uchicago was one of my picks. but its soooo freezing there. ugh. hard to choose where to go.</p>
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<p>In addition to, say, MIT, HYP, and Caltech, look at Columbia, UMich-Ann Arbor, Cornell, UC-Berkeley, and UMaryland-College Park. Though some of those don't solve your weather problem. :) That's by no means a complete list, it's just schools that I could think of off the top of my head that I <em>know</em> are good at what you like.</p>
<p>Okay, how did my response to your post get put as earlier than your post? Bumping this so that you will see...</p>
<p>"In addition to, say, MIT, HYP, and Caltech, look at Columbia, UMich-Ann Arbor, Cornell, UC-Berkeley, and UMaryland-College Park."</p>
<p>Yeah, CP!</p>
<p>cool, Berkeley, columbia, and cornell are on my list too. </p>
<p>yea, the forum is kinda glitchy. the reversed posts thing is happening everywhere...</p>
<p>University of Southern Calfornia... Rice...</p>
<p>Chicago, Harvey Mudd, Northwestern (Integrated Sciences), JHU, and CMU (for CS). And for state schools, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Illinois, berkeley and UCLA.</p>
<p>Ok, so I applied to MIT and University of Chicago EA, and I'm still unsure whether I have a chance or not. I've already been accepted to Georgia Tech, but it still feels like it is so much less than an MIT or UChicago education. I want to major in mathematics, probably applied, and I'm pretty sure I will go ahead and apply at Rice and CMU as well. Do you think Georgia Tech is a good enough undergraduate education if all else failes, or should I definitely try for a different school, specifically the ones mentioned if I can get accepted?</p>
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<p>^^UChicago is good... CMU for applied math i hear is awesome.... there is also UC-LA for applied mathematics as well... UC-Berkeley... University of Southern California has good ones... try for those to if u dont like Georgia Tech so much...</p>
<p>I hear Georgia Tech is good for undergrad... then again its what i hear... my interviewer for MIT did his Undergrad at canadian university and was planning on Georgia Tech for aerospace/astro engineering but then MIT got to him since he got into both he chose MIT</p>
<p>eh, if I didn't get into MIT, then there's always Caltech, Stanford (heard that the Stanford medical school just had a stem cell research into hearing loss regeneration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), Harvard (worked in Harvard Otolaryngology. =D), Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and UPenn. </p>
<p>But I'll rather get into MIT, caltech, Stanford, and Harvard. and decide between them..if it happened...lol...</p>
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<p>Georgia Tech is an excellent school. It is absolutely first-rate (probably top 10) for discrete math, and is a strong tech school and strong math program in general.</p>
<p>I mean, you should try for the schools that you want. But there is nothing wrong with the academic quality of Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>For applied math, you might also want to look at NYU.</p>
<p>Ambitiousteen and jessiehl, thank you for the information. I'm going to see what happens with UChicago and MIT, but if I don't get into those two or any of the others I plan on applying at, then Georgia Tech will be a great alternative. It's also conveniently close to home in comparison to pretty much any other good school I have looked at. I have looked into NYU some. I hear it isn't as competitive to get accepted to than schools like MIT, and I've heard great things about the applied math there.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech is very good public university (trust me I would know). But MIT and Chicago are just too good for math.</p>