Mid-sized + cog sci

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<p>So, my criteria are:</p>

<ul>
<li>mid sized university (in terms of student body)</li>
<li>cog sci major (or a track like this within the psych major)</li>
<li>urban/suburban setting</li>
<li>diverse social scene (I’m not too into frats and stuff, but I don’t mind places like Duke which are fratty but where you aren’t pressurized into going Greek or drinking and stuff)</li>
</ul>

<p>I’m looking at places like Brown, Duke and Yale…</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>4,500 student body population, top ranked in Cognitive science (#4) and neuroscience (#3) if are you interested in the biology side of things. Urban Baltimore. </p>

<p>The frat scene is nice, you won’t be pressured into joining a frat if you do not want to obviously. Ppl are generally really cool about it.</p>

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<p>WUSTL would also be a good place to look into.</p>

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<p>My parents are paranoid that I’ll get mugged if I go to JHU :S. I know, I know, it’s a misconception. But I’m international so I do have parents who worry a lot :(. Any suggestions on how to show them that they’re wrong?</p>

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<p>Oops forgot to mention that I am already looking at WUSTL, thanks though :)</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins campus was rated #1 safest campus in America? :smiley: </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.rd.com/images/content/2008/0802/College-Safety-Survey-Results.pdf[/url]”>http://www.rd.com/images/content/2008/0802/College-Safety-Survey-Results.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>University has invested over $6-7 million dollars in beefing up security, installing 32 state of the art security cameras, first university in the nation to install gun shot detectors within a 1km radius, installed 98 blue light monitoring posts, tripled the full time police officer on duty as well as patrol vehicles, bicycle patrol, officers on segways, and etc…</p>

<p>WUSTL and Brown are terrific choices for Cog sci btw.</p>

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<p>Dude, that’s pretty sweet. I’ll show them. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon fits the criteria: mid-sized, urban/suburban setting, strong in cognitive psychology (ranked #2 according to USN&WR) . It doesn’t have a very diverse social scene though.</p>

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<p>^ That’s the issue. I’ve heard not-too-flattering things</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins and WUSTL definitely fit what you are looking for. Also, Case Western Reserve University (in Cleveland, Ohio).</p>

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<p>Boston University (Department of Cognitive & Neural Systems)
Rice (though I’m not sure about the social scene)
MIT (yes, it has a diverse social scene, I assure you)
UCSD (might be too big for you, but otherwise fits your criteria)</p>

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<p>OK, thanks!</p>