"Cool" science universities - Page 3

mom2collegekids · 11-07-2009, 03:40 PM

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I'm a white female from NYC.

I haven't taken the SAT yet,

and the PSAT scores have yet to come in. I know that I got 1 CR and 1 M wrong, and I would say I got a max of three wrong after that (probably less), but I'm going to study a lot more! So I'll estimate my SAT scores at 2300+ (praying for a perfect score!).

I'm a bit confused by the gpa conversion, but it appears to be about 3.99 (should I just round that up?), and the weighted one will be higher once APs get factored in.

My problem is that I am deficient in ECs.

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Ok...so you're a junior, right? That's a relief since you still have plenty of time to find schools.

sunshower212 · 11-07-2009, 03:44 PM

Haha if I were a senior I'd be so screwed! I plan on having my list done well before then so that I have plenty of time to write essays and the like... I'm trying to avoid as much stress as possible!

IBclass06 · 11-07-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tk21769

That is, "Ph.D. Productivity" typically is cited as an indicator of undergraduate program quality. Appropriately, in my opinion. Though Harvard College is larger than CalTech and virtually all LACs, and the numbers on the right in IB's list appear to be absolute numbers (unadjusted for populations), aggregated over a period of several years. If you adjust for school size, I'd expect Harvard to be somewhere in the #10-#20 range for some of these fields (bested by quite a few little LACs).

No, my numbers were per capita. People usually underestimate how intellectual Harvard actually is.

Very few LACs come ahead. In math Harvard is bested only by Mudd. In physics, Harvard is bested only by Mudd, Carleton, and Reed. That said, Harvard does not exactly have a relaxed atmosphere, which I why I would not recommend it for the OP.

mom2collegekids -- Thanks for getting us back on track. There are indeed many relaxed schools strong in the sciences (e.g. Hope, K-zoo) that might be appropriate for the OP, depending on his interests and stats.