<p>Hi! I’m a Singaporean and I’m keen to apply to a top US college.</p>
<p>Academics and prestige aside, I’m also very particular about the climate of the place which I am going to studying in. I’m used to the sunny and warm climate of Singapore, and I hate wet and cold places, so I need your help to find good schools in the warmer part of US!</p>
<p>The schools that I’m currently aware of are:</p>
<p>I’m would like to major in CS or Math/Stats and I’ve done well in my SAT subject tests (800s for Math, Physics, Chemistry) so would appreciate if you can suggest selective schools that are strong in science and technology.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech, Duke, and UNC - Chapel Hill all are great for math/computer science and are in the south, but I am honestly unsure about the weather. You could look into those.</p>
<p>Others to consider would be Texas A&M and UFlorida. Texas A&M is noted for being socially conservative if that means anything to you.</p>
UNC has a joint degree program with NUS in which students spend two years at each university, so at least some Singaporeans find the weather in NC okay. It does get fairly cold during the winter (lows in the 30s and sometimes 20s F), and NC gets its fair share of rain. It’s very different weather from southern California, for sure.</p>
<p>Other colleges in fairly warm climates are Tulane and U Miami (private universities) and U Arizona and Arizona State (public universities).</p>
<p>Have you considered Australia? There’s some very good universities there (ANU, Melbourne, Sydney, etc.), the weather is warm, and it would be much cheaper than the US.</p>
<p>More tropical would be University of Hawaii, although it is not known for being a “top” CS or math school (good reputation in some areas of physics and astronomy, though).</p>