Top Colleges: Specific Aspects

beyphy
Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:36:30 +0000

It should have many of these.



-a warm climate
-excellent reputation, especially in biological sciences/pre-med
-very low cutthroat/competition (collaboration instead)
-a plethora of research and extracurricular opportunities
-either urban/suburban/city with a diversity of city events, attractions, and restaurants
-manageable stress load (minimum grade deflation)
-a medium sized school with many out of state and international students



*In the middle of Los Angeles the climate will be very warm.

*I’ve read that USC’s a good for pre-med or at least better than other more cutthroat alternatives


Has a reputation for being more party-oriented than cutthroat
Should have excellent research opportunities
Right in the middle of a big city and when then Expo line opens you’ll have access to a ton of the city.


*While USC doesn’t have a grade inflation policy, it does’t have a grade deflation one either (unlike Chicago or Princeton)


If you define medium-sized university with USC’s range for undergrads (17k I think) then it should meet most of your criteria (there are a lot more grad. Students, but you likely won’t be interacting with them.)