I am currently applying for various colleges. I would like some recommendations of good colleges. I want to applying for Rensselaer, Brown, MIT, Caltech, Carnegie. The tops, I also want to apply for the lesser known ones, because I hear that the teacher:student ratio is better. I would greatly appreciate any help.
2006-11-26 05:24:21 · 3 answers · asked by howbigis1gb 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I have already written my SAT's, Well I have 2 this weekend left, and I am applying for admissions before Jan 1 deadline. So I really don't have much time on my hands. And school here (in India) is really hard, and I hardly get time for any of this. So whatever research I have done so far is substantial, but i am not sure of what consequence it is. .So Please help
2006-11-26 22:35:48 · update #1
Apply to the schools of your choice. If they all are the most difficult to attend you should also apply to some safety schools that you would be willing to attend if your first choices didn't work out. Good Luck
2006-11-26 05:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should look at the US News & World Report ranking of best colleges. Online you can subscribe to all content for $15 a year. Also, check out the Fiske Guide to Colleges (2006 or 2007, if now available...) Register at www.collegeboard.com and look at the school profiles there. Depending on what you're looking for you should be able to build a list of 10 schools, some of which are "reach" schools, some of which you are more likely/sure to get into. For example, do you want smaller, liberal arts colleges in a suburban/rural environment where the emphasis is on the undergraduate program, and there is a low faculty/student ratio? The consider Williams, Amherst, Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Colgate, Middlebury, Bucknell, Colby, etc. If you want a large, urban university with liberal arts and more "specialized" programs, consider Boston University, Cornell, Brown, UVA, Duke. Probably there will be larger classes in these environments...in general. Read up on it!
The Fiske book is helpful in that it gives you "overlap" schools...ie "if you're looking at this school, others you might want to consider include x and y..."
Good luck!
2006-11-26 14:30:26 · answer #2 · answered by Shars 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend: Boston College, Penn State, Villanova University, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech, George Mason University, Georgetown University, Drexel University
2006-11-26 09:11:31 · answer #3 · answered by lildude211us 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋