I need a life itinerary!!!

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<p>I just want to get from point A to <em>point B</em>. I’m so confused looking for answers on my own (my high school had the worst guidance counselors ever), and frankly, I’m tired of it. I JUST WANT ANSWERS!!!</p>

<p>Here is the outline of what I want:</p>

<p>(#1-5 of the listed goals = <em>point B</em>) <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1394585-picking-my-major-s-technology-help-pleeeeaase.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1394585-picking-my-major-s-technology-help-pleeeeaase.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1398877-colleges-dont-give-grades.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1398877-colleges-dont-give-grades.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In a nutshell, I want to be successful. I’d like to finish my undergrad as soon as possible (preferably I’d get to do graduate level work BEFORE I graduate, which is why I was looking for a school that offered evaluations instead of grades). I want to be knowledgeable (not necessarily an EXPERT) in ALL of the listed fields, and I want to be able to contribute to numbers 1-5 on the list of my second link. I don’t care about the ROUTE as uch as the time frame. It doesn’t matter WHERE the school is, whether it’s private or not, online or not, Ivy League or not, tuition doesn’t matter, nor does it matter how many schools I have to attend to get this done. I just want to get there.</p>

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<p>Why would you want to contribute a little to each of those fields when you could contribute a lot to one of them? What you’ll find when you enter college is probably that one area interests you much more than the others, and you’ll want to focus on that area.</p>

<p>You seemed to get some good suggestions when looking for colleges with open curriculums and those that don’t give grades. Some kind of biomaterials or bioengineering degree seems to be what you want to look at, and do remember that the top schools in those areas will probably <em>not</em> be places with open curriculums, so you’re going to have to compromise a bit.</p>

<p>Being practical: what kinds of schools will you be able to be admitted at? Your high school record will play a role in where you’re initially able to be accepted. If you have the credentials [enter shameless plug], Brown seems like it’d be a good place. You have the option of designing your own concentration here, and we have amazing bio and engineering programs. You can take all of your classes pass/fail if you so wish (though it might not be the best thing when looking at grad schools), and the professors are extremely accessible and it’s easy to get involved in research at the undergrad level.</p>