Hi Austen,
By a low ranked school, I meant that relative to other schools in my county, my school isn’t all too great. However, we have a very prestigious science research program that usually produces 3-4 Ivy acceptances and a couple more T20s. Outside of this program, it is very rare (1 in every 5-7 years) to see an Ivy acceptance.
For each question:
- I do like to be in a competitive environment, and I suppose this isn’t quite exhibited in my school, but like I mentioned before the research program usually does best in state so there is a lot of competition there.
- I do like being in plum positions, but I am not opposed to having to work hard to get them
- Never thought about Greek life, probably will have very little to do with it
- Again, similar to Greek life I am not all too interested in whether my team wins or loses
- I do like larger lectures, so I suppose a larger non-liberal arts school is better
- Would like to continue research in a Lab, preferably at MSKCC where I am still continuing my work
- Would like to stay Urban and preferably east coast.
To be more clear, I like big schools in an urban environment (or at least close to one), and Greek/Sports don’t really matter all that much to me.