School Recommendations?
Hi there, I'm currently a freshman and I really wanted to get a head start on colleges. I have a rough idea of where I want to go. I'm not really set on major however I am interested in most STEM/STEAM subjects. I do want to go to a school in-state (CA) and is relatively close to a bigger city- I'm fine with suburban areas as well. On a 4.0 GPA scale I'm at 3.89, and on a 5.0 GPA scale I'm at 4.5 (mostly A's with a singular B.) I'm currently in two honors classes, and I'm currently duel-enrolled in my local 2-year college in a program offered at my high school. I'm a cross country & track and field athlete, who also swims and cycles for recreation, but I do triathlons/miscellaneous races when possible. I do hope that I can compete in triathlons with a collegiate team once I graduate high school. Any recommendations?
I'm really happy I'll be your first comment on your first post. Welcome to Niche and I trust your application will go smoothly when the time comes. Honestly, when I read your profile, the first thing that came to my mind was that this guy is in love with Caltech. But since you don't want to stay in the state, I mean that is a bummer tbh. It's a personal decision and I'm very sure you have a valid reason. I looked at your profile again and I'm thinking of Georgia Tech as a good match. You can check a bit more on it. You can also consider Amherst College. Amherst built a new science center. They are investing a lot towards their STEM department so you might want to check that out as well. I hope this is enough you need.
Hi there! Thanks for being my first comment on my first post. I did mention above that I wanted to do my best to find a place in-state. I was looking at what Caltech offers and do think that it could fit me quite well however I did look at their athletics/recreation portfolio and saw that they do have most of the sports I indicated I would love to compete at the collegiate level, however I did notice they don't have a triathlon team, because of triathlons my current list is comprised of schools with decent academics and triathlon teams like UCSB, UCLA, and Stanford.
You can choose the University of Southern California (USC). This is a prestigious private school, connected to the technology and entertainment industries, and located in the heart of Los Angeles. USC also offers many scholarships for outstanding students.
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I think you should check out Bard College at Simon's Rock. They offer hands on STEM classes and also, they have early admission for 10th and 11th graders. Check it out.
I want to go into STEM too! A couple of colleges I've looked at are University of Chicago, John's Hopkin's, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Embry-Riddle. I have no idea about sports at these colleges (I'm not looking to play once in college), I just know they all have particularly good physics, astrophysics, or biophysics programs. Winona State University is the only in the nation that offers a degree in composite materials engineering if you'd enjoy that. I'm from WI so I know these are all super far from you, but these are reasonable matches for myself that I've found. Good luck n hope this helps a bit :)
Thanks for the reply! I did look at some of those schools for the STEM/STEAM aspect however it is quite a long while out of state and, most of them don't have a club or something similar for me to continue honing my triathlon skills. However, I definitely will take into consideration the schools you listed.
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