<p>Stanford would be your best choice of the list provided by onecircuit. It’s strong in many subjects, including humanities, and will give you more personal attention than a school like Cal. Plus, it’s near many great engineering companies - terrific for job searches and internships. Cal Tech would give you great personal attention, but is not particularly strong in humanities (less than MIT, for example). For a school with the nicest dorms and lowest ratio of students to professors, consider Rice. It’s a small school and has a beautiful campus and the weather is reasonable in the winter.</p>