Where's my niche?

College Search & Lists
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<p>Academically, I’m interested in all three hard sciences and math, but I also love history and IR. I’m not really set on a particular career field, though biomechanics and bioengineering are probably my strongest interest right now. Being able to participate in research and the like would be a big plus too.</p>

<p>Socially, I like what I have now. My high school is pretty diverse and there’s over 2,000 students, so I guess I’d like an equally diverse school with a relatively large population. I’d settle for a suburban setting, but I’d rather be in or right outside a major city. I’m not interested in Greek life, but I can’t say I would mind it being around. I’d love having good sports though. More importantly, I like having smart people around. Not to say that I want an ultra-competitive atmosphere, but it’d be cool to be surrounded by people who are actually interested in what they study.</p>

<p>I’d rather stay away from Ivies, but other top tier schools are fair game. I think it would be best if my scores weren’t factored into these suggestions, since I’m not looking into what schools I can or can’t get into, but only what schools I want to go to.</p>

<p>On a side note, I do have a list of schools I’m already interested in; I’m just doing this to find possibilities I haven’t thought of yet.</p>

<p>So any ideas?</p>

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<p>how about hopkins??</p>

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<p>Duke, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, U of Michigan.
All are very strong academically, have diverse student bodies, and have strong social and athletic environments</p>

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<p>Just as silly as applying to all ivies is to eliminate all of them.</p>

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<p>I think you would like Rice.
Its a top 20 school.
Bioengineering is one of their strongest areas.
Its in the middle of houston.
There is no greek life, but the residential system is designed to take all the best aspects of the greek system and give them to everybody.</p>

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<p>I second Johns Hopkins. When I visited recently, they emphasized undergraduate research opportunities and they said a majority of the students do research before graduation.</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>Are you interested in LACs?</p>

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<p>Hopkins is #2 on my own list; good to see its confirmed to be a good choice. I realized now I should probably add that since I live on the east coast, far-west schools (probably anything farther than the midwest) are a longshot in terms of convincing my parents. Regardless, I’ll still look into those suggestions.</p>

<p>Not interested specifically in LAC’s, but if any fit me particularly well I’d have no qualms. The general atmosphere they typically isn’t all that appealing to me though, but for all I know I’m operating on stereotypes and misconceptions.</p>

<p>I’ll take a look at all the other suggestions. If anyone’s got any more, I’ll be happy to hear. Are there any other schools that are similar to Johns Hopkins?</p>

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<p>U of Chicago (sounds like a perfect fit to me)
Stanford
Johns Hopkins
Rice
Georgia Tech
MIT
UNC</p>