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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. My DC is able to weed through data to find schools that check the boxes for majors etc and trying to get a good range of selectivity.  She is having a hard time trying to find schools that match the vibe she is looking for which is why I posted.

We already visited Georgia Tech - currently not considering it. She thought the Georgia Tech kids all looked somber - it was a nice day when we visited and there was almost no one outside enjoying themselves. That stood out. For state schools we have Penn state, UMD & Virginia Tech on the list to look at.

Her current school is a pressure cooker and not collaborative and she does not want a repeat in college. It has become toxic and she is coming to us for help in finding more collaborative college options.  She likes working on groups/bouncing ideas off others. Guidance counselor at HS is not helpful. Very different HS experience than my other DC who is at a different high school. 
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There is no such thing as perfect.

I have a freshman at Rice. STEM. Absolutely great school. Very friendly. Very collaborative.

But DC grinds and works very hard.

Freshman year has weed out classes. All the freshmen engineering and pre-med students taking chemistry are not exactly loving life. It's hard. And yeah, sure, they study together and share their insights. But they are still up at 2 am.

And these are really smart kids. And it's tested to the curve. There aren't any dumbasses to help things along.

Presumably MIT is similar. There's a marginal 4 or 5 percent difference in acceptance rates. But any selective STEMy school is going to be difficult for anyone.

Some schools like Rice and MIT are known to be pretty friendly. And some like CMU and Cornell have the reputation of being a little more cutthroat.

But if you are studying something difficult like engineering or pre-med at a top 20 school, there is no escaping the pressure cooker. [/quote]

I’d go further and say studying engineering at almost any college that is ABET accredited will be tough. The grading on the curve, weed out classes, class averages of 39 - it all sounds like Lehigh. [/quote]

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