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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is my kid. Now at University of Chicago (ED). Loves math. We ruled out most liberal arts colleges because they didn't have enough curriculum (most would run out in two years). We did look at Haverford and Swarthmore - both with links to UPenn (and talked to current students on that path). It looked possible. I believe there are maybe two more that have this level of math available - Harvey Mudd is another (and really hard to get into). Since we are in state for UMD, we had that as a safety - many of my child's friends are there and doing great. He got into University of Minnesota and Wisconsin. He like Maryland, and we discussed shooting lower for FA, but ran the net price for schools and gave him the choice to go to schools where we thought were better than UMD and us as parents thought we would pay for. He wanted to be in an urban location and a "top" school. Ended up with a plan for other reach schools if Chicago didn't work out, and safeties otherwise. He was in math/science magnet, high scores, lots of APs, 4.0 gpa (unweighted). No other extraordinary qualifications.[/quote]

I worked for the Math Department at Chicago and am familiar with their undergraduate and graduate programs.  Grad Program is always in top 5, Undergrad Program is likely THE top in undergraduate math education.  Special reading courses in Math are easily available.  Professors will agree to do special topics reading courses for very small groups of students.  Back when I was there as an undergrad, college size was smaller, and I've seen students get 1 on 1 reading courses with research mathematicians.  Drawback (if you consider it one) no vocational degrees for undergrads.  No engineering except molecular.[/quote]

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