Guide To Visiting Colleges Based on Location

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1 Guide To Visiting Colleges Based on Location New York City Barnard New York University Columbia University City College of New York-Honors College Brooklyn College Queens College Fordham University Manhattan College and Mount St. Vincent The New School Polytechnic University (Brooklyn) New York City Specialty Schools Fashion Institute of Technology Parsons School of Design Pratt Institute The Cooper Union Jewish Theological Seminary and Albert A. List College Mannes College of Music (the New School) Up the Hudson Sarah Lawrence Vassar Union Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SUNY Albany Skidmore The Culinary Institute of America Bard College New York State SUNY Binghamton Cornell Hobart and William Smith Colgate Hamilton University of Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology Stony Brook University Alfred

Vincent The New School Polytechnic University (Brooklyn) New York City Specialty Schools Fashion Institute of Technology Parsons School of Design Pratt Institute The Cooper Union Jewish Theological

2 Connecticut, Rhode Island & Up Through Massachusetts University of Connecticut Trinity College Wesleyan Yale University Connecticut College Brown University Massachusetts and Boston Harvard MIT Tufts Boston College Babson College Olin University** Boston University Northeastern Emerson University of Massachusetts Boston 5 College Consortium U Massachusetts Amherst Williams Mount Holyoke Smith Worcester Polytechnic Institute Clark College College of the Holy Cross Hampshire College Wheaton The Fenway Schools New England University of New Hampshire University of Vermont Bates Colby Bowdoin Dartmouth Middlebury Bennington New Jersey and Down and Out on the Pennsylvania Turnpikes Drew Rutgers 5 campuses Princeton

Massachusetts Amherst Williams Mount Holyoke Smith Worcester Polytechnic Institute Clark College College of the Holy Cross Hampshire College Wheaton The Fenway Schools New England

3 College of New Jersey University of Pennsylvania Haverford Bryn Mawr Swarthmore Carnegie Mellon Franklin and Marshall Gettysburg Lehigh Penn State Stevens Institute of Technology Ohio Isn t That Far Dennison Ohio State Kenyon Case Western Reserve Miami of Ohio Oberlin Ohio Wesleyan Baltimore, Washington D.C. and South University of Maryland Johns Hopkins Goucher Georgetown George Washington American University Howard University Top Historically Black Colleges Howard University Clark Atlanta University Florida A&M Hampton (VA) Lincoln (PA) Morehouse (GA) Morgan State (MD) Spelman (GA) Tuskegee (AL) Xavier (LA)

4 The Elite Publics and Public Honors Colleges University of Michigan University of Wisconsin University of Illinois University of Virginia University of Florida University of Texas University of North Carolina Chapel Hill William and Mary Some More Interesting Places for Bronx Science Students The University of Chicago Northwestern Duke Stanford Carleton Macalester Davidson Berkeley and the University of California System Pomona Grinell Reed A Far Few Flung, Do Your Own Thing But You Must Be Smart Places Deep Springs St. John s of the great books New College of Florida Beloit College of the Atlantic

University of Chicago Northwestern Duke Stanford Carleton Macalester Davidson Berkeley and the University of California System Pomona Grinell Reed A

5 What Matters To You Most Consider what is important to have around you and your life over the next four years. Don t be surprised when the first thing you jot down is the single most important to you. At this point, consider checking off: What you would be willing to live without How amenable you are to making a few compromises and adjustments Once you ve done that, circle back through the list marking a for those things that you absolutely can t live without even if you were to win a full scholarship. Don t forget the creature comforts. How you live and what you eat can be as important as making sure the course of study you want is available to you. Cannot make Would like in the Can do without LOCATION/ENVIRONMENT compromises best of all worlds just fine Urban Area As long as it has a campus Public transportation Not require flying Come home once a month Come home o vacations Don t own a car provide shuttle into town for shopping Country setting Must be SUNY/CUNY SOCIAL LIFE/STUDENT BODY Religious denomination represented Fraternities/Sororities Diverse student body Great sports events and participation On campus social life School spirit part of campus culture Not a Greek not a problem Organized community service options Good number of students cultural background

marking a for those things that you absolutely can t live without even if you were to win a full scholarship. Don t forget the creature comforts.

6 LIVING ARRANGEMENTS Single room Single sex dorms, bathrooms, floors Off campus apartments upper classmen Laundry facilities in dorm Vegetarian, Kosher, other options Walking distance to most classes Guaranteed on campus living all 4 yrs Easy walk to restaurants for change of pace More than decent food in the dorm cafeteria ACADEMICS Easy access to professors Writing center/tutors Formal study group program Abundant computers and printers Research opportunities with professors Consortium or exchange options Cooperative learning options Study abroad options At least some small classes SPECIAL SERVICES AND FEATURES Language labs Summer job placement Better than average career services Learning disability support Evening companion walking home ROTC

center/tutors Formal study group program Abundant computers and printers Research opportunities with professors Consortium or exchange options Cooperative learning options Study abroad

PERCENTILE FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS AT VARIOUS SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES NATIONWIDE

REALITY CHECK SAT RANGE, 25 TH -75 TH PERCENTILE FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS AT VARIOUS SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES NATIONWIDE Data based on high school Class of 2006 (entered college Fall 2002) and