What schools are right for me?

<p>I was just wondering what schools matched up to my personality rather than test scores, GPA, etc. If you think any other schools sound like they will fit me please say them. I am a 17 year old Hispanic male from Florida. Schools I am interested in so far are Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst, Williams, Colgate, etc but please tell me if you think any other schools match up to me.</p>

<p>I pride myself on doing well academically. However I am not a "grade grubber" and I would rather compete with myself to get my own goals. (I set my goals and write them down and tape it to my wall and I look at them every time I walk out of my room). I really want to go to a school where I can get a great education, set up some opportunities for jobs out of college, meet some new buddies, and have a great time. </p>

<p>I am an extremely relaxed person and I am also outgoing. I love to party with my friends and I find it relatively easy to make new ones. Not to sound like a douche, but I typically make friends with kids at my high school that are not as academically focused as I am because they know how to have a good time and aren’t as stressed out as the “smarter” kids. I pride myself upon being athletic and physically fit and I love the outdoors; I live in Florida and I go fishing or kayaking whenever I have the chance.</p>

<p>Basically, I am looking for a top-tier school with strong academics where students compete with themselves and not others. Also I want it to be a laid back atmosphere where I can meet some cool people and get a lot of partying done.</p>

<p>Thank you for your time and any comments or suggestions are appreciated.</p>

<p>here is a list from princeton review, on "happiest students" (which i take to mean laid back and not cutthroat):</p>

<p>Stanford
Whitman
Brown
Southern Methodist
Rhodes
College of New Jersey
St Johns (NM)
UNC-Chapel hill
U of Tulsa
Haverford
Amherst
William Jewell
Clemson
Princeton
St. Johns (MD)
Yale
Claremont Mckenna
Williams</p>

<p>and "Best Quality of Life"
Stanford
Rice
St. Olaf
Whitman
WUSTL
Rhodes
Claremont Mckenna
Princeton
Tulsa
Haverford
Middlebury
Agness Scott
Macalester
Barnard
Carleton
Dartmouth</p>

<p>For other laid back/fun atmosphere + high quality academics + happy students, I would also add:
Colgate, Lehigh, Lafayette, Conn College, Wesleyan, Colby, Bates, Union, Brown, Bucknell</p>

<p>DON'T GO TO DARTMOUTH...New Hampshire blows, I've lived here my whole life. Just my opinion.</p>