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[Anonymous]

Other than the Fiske guide which I ordered, are there any college guides you can recommend? College Confidential seems unreal to me, who are all these kids with 12 APs? I want to find a liberal, not too hippy school where science is a focus, not an afterthought.

[Anonymous]

Insiders Guide is good but focuses on the social more than academic side of things. I'd also talk with the college counselor at school.

[Anonymous]

harvey mudd college

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:harvey mudd college

sat 2020 though

[Anonymous]

Maybe Carnegie-Mellon, particularly if can work on bringing up SAT (but if due to low verbal places like Harvey Mudd or Carngie-Mellon might be ok). For a SLAC, Wesleyan has strong sciences, so does Haverford, but with those scores may not be realistic. State universities generally quite good for the sciences, UMD Honors College for instance, or Penn State or Michigan.

[Anonymous]

You might look at Case Western. Nice campus, science focus, mid-size and good merit aid. Carnegie Mellon is much more competitive these days and you must apply to a specific program/college. Many of the SLAC have strong science departments. Take a look at Colleges that Change Lives (there's a book and website http://www.ctcl.org/). They make a good case for the fact that most SLACs can provide a strong science education (except for engineering, which in most cases means you need to look at a larger school). Harvey Mudd is very selective.

[Anonymous]

Health sciences? obvious choice are state universities w/a university teaching hospital. They will offer majors of nursing/physical therapy/pharmacy - programs that require licensing and therefore will have to have a reputable degree program.

We need more info, engineering? environmental?

[Anonymous]

Not engineering, not physics. Maybe microbiology? Or some field leading to epidemiology or public health? DC not very certain in that regard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You might look at Case Western. Nice campus, science focus, mid-size and good merit aid. Carnegie Mellon is much more competitive these days and you must apply to a specific program/college. Many of the SLAC have strong science departments. Take a look at Colleges that Change Lives (there's a book and website http://www.ctcl.org/). They make a good case for the fact that most SLACs can provide a strong science education (except for engineering, which in most cases means you need to look at a larger school). Harvey Mudd is very selective.

CMU is really very competitive for SCS and Fine art/acting.

I know a LOT of above-average but well below ivy/duke/northwestern/jhu types who got into engineering, business, or A&S.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not engineering, not physics. Maybe microbiology? Or some field leading to epidemiology or public health? DC not very certain in that regard

Save money go instate and get major in one of the bio fields and then use the money towards MPH at a top school like hopkins or emory

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other than the Fiske guide which I ordered, are there any college guides you can recommend? College Confidential seems unreal to me, who are all these kids with 12 APs? I want to find a liberal, not too hippy school where science is a focus, not an afterthought.

PP here.

CC is less unreal, and more really scary. There are a lot of those crazy kinds of kids in suburbs/urban centers across america and even more around the world. Competition is out of control.

[Anonymous]

Oberlin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other than the Fiske guide which I ordered, are there any college guides you can recommend? College Confidential seems unreal to me, who are all these kids with 12 APs? I want to find a liberal, not too hippy school where science is a focus, not an afterthought.

I, too, wonder who these kids are with 12 APs, 2000 hours of community service, a part-time job, cured baldness, etc. I know some pretty sharp kids, and none of them come close to taking 12 AP courses.

[Anonymous]

I second Oberlin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Other than the Fiske guide which I ordered, are there any college guides you can recommend? College Confidential seems unreal to me, who are all these kids with 12 APs? I want to find a liberal, not too hippy school where science is a focus, not an afterthought.

PP here.

CC is less unreal, and more really scary. There are a lot of those crazy kinds of kids in suburbs/urban centers across america and even more around the world. Competition is out of control.

CC is good if you have a specific question that you can't find an answer to on the school's website. For example, if you're trying to understand the difference between an architecture major and a BARCH degree. Or you need to know the handful of schools that offer a particular major.

Otherwise, yes, the crazily competitive kids will give you a skewed vision of any college.