<p>since i am looking at these colleges,</p>
<p>u of michigan-ann arbor
u of wisconsin - madison
u of washington
u of illinois - urbana champaign
purdue u - west lafayette
u mass -amherst</p>
<p>what would you guys recommend for me some good publics?
(same difficulty as stated above, or less)</p>
<p>what is your state?
The most affordable and easiest entry is generally going to be instate
That said my daughter who is interested in biology applied to westernwa, central wa, evergreen state college which is a LAC and University of Oregon- Reed was the only private she applied to.
We are in Seattle she didn't want UW cause it was too close and too big.
Good school however.</p>
<p>U of Maryland, Penn State, Clemson. Virginia Tech for engineering or science major</p>
<p>UVA and UNC, but they might not fit you preference as to level of difficulty.</p>
<p>UTexas-Austin
UMinnesota-Twin Cities
Indiana U
Penn State
UWashington-Seattle
UIowa-Iowa City
UColorado-Boulder
Texas A&M
UFlorida
UVermont
UNew Hampshire</p>
<p>if i apply those colleges,
what would be a safety then?</p>
<p>Also Georgia and ST Mary's in Maryland</p>
<p>I've marked the safeties and the safety-ish schools for you:</p>
<p>UTexas-Austin
UMinnesota-Twin Cities...Safety
Indiana U...Safety
Penn State
UWashington-Seattle
UIowa-Iowa City...Safety
UColorado-Boulder...Safety-ish
Texas A&M
UFlorida...Safety-ish
UVermont...Safety-ish
UNew Hampshire...Safety</p>
<p>Hope this helps a bit.</p>
<p>U.S. News ranking of top 50 public universities:
<a href="http://www.clemson.edu/usnewsrankings/usnewstop50.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.clemson.edu/usnewsrankings/usnewstop50.htm</a></p>
<p>1
UC Berkeley</p>
<p>2
Michigan
Virginia</p>
<p>4
UCLA</p>
<p>5
UNC</p>
<p>6
William & Mary</p>
<p>7
Wisconsin</p>
<p>8
UC-San Diego</p>
<p>9
Illinois</p>
<p>10
Georgia Tech</p>
<p>11
UC-Davis</p>
<p>12
UC-Irvine</p>
<p>13
UC-Santa Barbara</p>
<p>14
Texas
Washington</p>
<p>16
Penn State
Florida</p>
<p>18
Maryland</p>
<p>19
Rutgers
Georgia
Iowa</p>
<p>22
Miami
Ohio State
Purdue
Texas A&M</p>
<p>26
UConn
Delaware
Minnesota
Pittsburgh</p>
<p>30
Indiana
Michigan State</p>
<p>32
Clemson
SUNY-Binghamton
UC-Santa Cruz
Colorado
Virginia Tech</p>
<p>37
UC-Riverside</p>
<p>38
Iowa State</p>
<p>39
NC State
Alabama
Missouri</p>
<p>42
Auburn
Kansas
Tennessee
Vermont</p>
<p>46
Ohio
SUNY-College of Environmental Science & Forestry
Arizona
UMass
Nebraska
New Hampshire</p>