A+: (best of the best, almost perfect )
Stanford University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A:(best choices nationwide, but have slight shortages)
Columbia University
Yale University
University of Chicago
Duke University
University of Pennsylvania
California Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Johns Hopkins University
A-:(conditionally best choices nationwide, have noticeable shortages)
Dartmouth College
University of California – Berkeley
University of California – Los Angeles
Cornell University
Rice University
Brown University
University of Virginia
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Vanderbilt University
University of Notre Dame
Washington University in St. Louis
Georgetown University
Williams College
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Swarthmore College
Wellesley College
B+:(have strong strengths, conditionally comparable with A schools)
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Emory University
University of Southern California
College of William & Mary
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of California – Santa Barbara
Carnegie Mellon University
Wake Forest University
University of California – Irvine
University of Florida
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Tufts University
New York University
University of California – Davis
Boston College
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
Pennsylvania State University
University of Georgia
Ohio State University – Columbus
University of Texas – Austin
University of Washington
University of Rochester
Brandeis University
Boston University
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Davidson College
Washington and Lee University
Colby College
Colgate University
Harvey Mudd College
Smith College
United Stated Military Academy
Vassar College
B:(have strengths, conditionally comparable with A- schools)
Case Western Reserve University
Purdue University – West Lafayette
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland – College Park
Northeastern University
Tulane University
University of California – San Diego
Clemson University
University of Pittsburgh
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Texas A&M University – College Station
Virginia Tech
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Lehigh University
Pepperdine University
University of Miami
Villanova University
Colorado School of Mines
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Miami University – Oxford
University of Iowa
Florida State University
Michigan State University
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
United States Naval Academy
Wesleyan University
Bates College
Colorado College
University of Richmond
B-:(good enough for life)
North Carolina State University – Raleigh
University of California – Santa Cruz
University of Delaware
George Washington University
Binghamton University – SUNY
Indiana University – Bloomington
University of Colorado -Boulder
University of San Diego
Brigham Young University – Provo
Fordham University
Southern Methodist University
Syracuse University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Stony Brook University – SUNY
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
University at Buffalo – SUNY
University of Oklahoma
University of Vermont
American University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Baylor University
Texas Christian University
Clark University
University of Denver
Barnard College
Kenyon College
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Scripps College
United States Air Force Academy
