Top Ten Colleges...?

Question

My mom is worried about me that I won't get into a good college and will just attend a community college EVEN THOUGH I am in 9th grade, have a 3.8 GPA, play football and track, do extracurricual activities, do a lot of community service. SO CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE TOP TEN COLLEGES??

Answer 1

Here are 2007 U.S. news rankings

1. Princeton University
2. Harvard University
3. Yale University
4. California Institute of Technology
4. Stanford University
4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
7. University of Pennsylvania
8. Duke University
9. Dartmouth College
9. Columbia University
9. University of Chicago

You Might want to go to public university if Princeton or Yale cost too much. Here’s a list op top public university.

1. University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley has the strongest academic reputation among all schools in the prestigious University of California system. This architecturally diverse school near San Francisco boasts a number of Nobel Prize winners and other famous graduates and faculty.
With its well-known reputation for political activism, Berkeley is also one of the nation's most liberal schools. Berkeley served as a focal point for 1960s college campus radicalism.

2. University of Michigan
Academically, the University of Michigan is probably the Midwest's strongest state school, although it receives plenty of competition from several of its Big Ten brethren.
Located in the idyllic large campus town of Ann Arbor, Michigan offers its students a top-notch education across a wide range of fields. Some of Michigan's most interesting programs are the Honors College and its undergraduate business college. Admission is much more difficult for those from out of state.

3. University of California at Los Angeles
Despite its glitzy Los Angeles location--UCLA is situated between Bel Air and Beverly Hills--this university is easily among the strongest in the United States. Famous for fields as wide-ranging as Film and Engineering, UCLA offers a powerful and world-renowned education to California's top high school graduates.

4. University of Virginia
The University of Virginia was founded by Thomas Jefferson, who considered it one of his most impressive accomplishments. Indeed, 200 years later, the University remains one of the most prestigious public schools in the country.
UVA consistently ranks near the top of all colleges in the production of Rhodes Scholars and other top academic achievers. Its diverse student body includes everyone from rural Virginans to top value-seeking scholars from throughout the country.

5. University of Wisconsin
After Michigan (although many would argue even that), the University of Wisconsin offers probably the academically strongest public education of any state school in the Midwest. Despite its enormous size and freezing cold winters, The University of Wisconsin offers a tremendous education with nearly unparalleled breadth of resources and course offerings. Not suprisingly, Wisconsin has an unusually high proportion of students who are drawn in from other states.

6. University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is located in Chapel Hill, and sometimes finds itself in the shadow its basketball-obsessed neighbor--Duke. But while Duke is a private university, UNC is public with a reputation that nearly matches that of its rival.
It is perhaps UNC's reputation as one of the South's top public universities (and best values) that makes it so difficult for out-of-state applicants to gain admissions. Famously, it can seem impossible to get one of UNC's out-of-state slots.

You can buy a U.S. news magazine that tells you top 100 colleges at every section (medical, engineering, etc.)
For more information go to
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php

or

http://collegeapps.about.com/od/choosingaschool/tp/bestpublic.htm

And don’t worry, with 3.8 and lots of extra activities you’ll get into good college!

Answer 2

Yeah, getting into top 10 colleges is WAY more difficult than it used to be, even 10 years ago. Your mom is probably right to be worried, because 3.8 probably won't cut it. But there's an enormous load of colleges between top 10 and community college. Don't set your sights too high, and tell her not to get her sights set too low. For undergrad, your wisest move will be to attend a respectable liberal arts college: something like Washington College or Hillsdale or Bowdoin; or possibly a bigger institution with similar cred: College of William and Mary or Wake Forest, etc. Then, if you perform well at that level, you can always try to get into a top 10 school for a Masters program or something later. I know that's thinking WAY ahead for you right now, but I'm just saying that there's no need to freak out about it yet. At the same time, it wouldn't hurt for you to boost your game up a level, because you're probably not at that high a level yet. Don't worry about top 10's like Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Chicago, etc., because that's probably out of your reach for now.

Best of luck to you.

Answer 3

Tell your mom to cool. There are no top ten colleges where all people must go to become successful. Keep up the good work and look at college programs which interest you. YOUR IN 9TH GRADE! You'll grow up a lot before you apply to any colleges. By then you should have a better idea of what you want out of life.

Answer 4

My Top 10 1. Alabama-Auburn 2. Texas-Oklahoma 3. Michigan-Ohio State 4. Florida-Georgia 5. Texas-Texas A&M 6. Alabama-Tennessee 7. Florida-Florida State 8. Ole Miss-Mississippi State 9. Georgia-Georgia Tech 10. Oregon-Oregon State I'd like to fit Army-Navy in there, but just can't figure out where to put it. I only focus on 1-A rivalries. While there are some well-known ones at lower divisions, and the most-played one is some Division 3 game,t the only one that really gets significant attention is the Harvard-Yale game.

Answer 5

Here are some great universities always consistently ranked high.

Stanford, Chicago, CALTECH, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Melon, Washington (the private one not the public), Brandies, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Duke, Brown, and Penn.

Notice the distinct lack of public universities (Berkeley is the shining exception). Hope you have a scholarship or your parents are rich.

By the way the Ivy Leauge schools are so competitive you better be a genius or the kid of an Alumni or be the kid of a senator or be famous.

Answer 6

This link is worth browsing:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

America's Best National Colleges:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php
1.. Princeton University(NJ)

2. Harvard University(MA)

3. Yale University(CT)

4. California Institute of Technology

4. Stanford University(CA)

4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

7. University of Pennsylvania

8. Duke University(NC)

9. Dartmouth College(NH)

9. Columbia University(NY)

9. University of Chicago

12. Cornell University(NY)

12. Washington University in St. Louis

But always remember that colleges are only good if they succeed to educate you to become a person of integrity, a person who lives by and honors true principles, and a true good and ethical citizen with high standards of conscience and morals.

And never forget that even the most prestigious college - in name - that breeds the most greedy scoundrals, robbers, criminals, and traitors is no better than a house of prostitutes.

Answer 7

This is a tough one. Why? Top 10 colleges FOR WHAT?
Basically, it would be Princeton, Harvard, Yale, California Institute of Technology, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Dartmouth and Columbia University.
If you wanted the top 10 in, say, library science, you would include Drexel.
The top 10 will vary according to the major, or even the field. The top 10 for mining would include Colorado and Montana; ranching would be Montana and Wyoming. Business would be one set; law degrees another.
Don't forget: you need good references. Nowadays that is often more important than grades. (Grade are not a good predictor of success in college, nor are achievement test scores. Scores in college are not good predictors of success in life.)

Answer 8

that 3.8 may not get you into a good college =p colleges these days ARE VERY COMPETITIVE, even though you have all that extra stuff it wont get you in unless you have good grades. when i saw competitive i mean really if someone has the exact same things as you but they have a 4.0 there goes your chances of getting into that school=p.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php

thats the link of rankings. oh and let me give you an example my friend she has always gotten a 4.0 and above (because of her AP classes) and she is gonna go to harvard this fall with the bill gates scholarship. good luck

Answer 9

Well it all depends what type of college..... Are you looking for some ivy league school or an athletic type school. Some people like schools they teach them about their culture but it all depends what you wanna do and what direction your headed in. That is a very broad question. Sure there are mannnnnny great schools but they are all so different....... Specify...... Well i wish you Good luck and the best of wishes [!]

Answer 10

there are no 'top ten' colleges... it all depends on your major and what you want to go into. each college has it's strong departments and it's weak ones... decide what you want to do first...

then again.. you can't really go wrong with a ivy league school...

ps those grade and extracurriculars should get you in almost anywhere... don't stress out over her comments