<p>This is really hard to answer without some idea of your stats and interests.</p>
<p>The obvious answers: Harvard and MIT in Boston; Columbia in NYC. A notch lower on the selectivity scale are Tufts, Boston College, NYU, and–if you are a girl–Columbia’s lesser-known sister, Barnard. A notch below that you have Boston U, Northeastern (this one gives full tuition scholarships to NMFs), Fordham. And so on.</p>
<p>You really don’t have time to visit more than a couple of these, though, which is where a little information about you would help.</p>