A College Guide For Geeks

Senior high is over in a few months. Are you geekyUniversity of Maryland - The space systems
enough and ready to take your world to the nextlaboratory will take you off your feet, literally.
level? Here are some colleges in the US that haveExperience and make your life gravity-free with the
really cool science and tech departments.neutral buoyancy tank they have.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - yes, "theBoston University - The University's bio-safety facility
MIT" is the place you can hang around and talk aboutenables students and top scientists to conduct
techie stuff with your classmates. The institutepathogen research with equipment that's top of the
maintains its outstanding reputation as the bestline. Study killer bugs and help save humanity from
engineering school in the country.dangerous bio attacks with BU's Emerging Infectious
University of California Berkeley - The SETI (searchDiseases Laboratory.
for Extra terrestrial Intelligence) home taps onMontana State University - If you're not bothered by
powerful computing power to analyze signals fromcold weather, head to the Subzero Science and
radio telescopes all over the world. If you'd like toEngineering Laboratory. Students experience deep
help find "them" out there in space, then you'll be atfreeze life at -80°F, study ice cores from
home here.Antarctic and get a longer view of Earth's history.
Carnegie Mellon University - This is the first universityScience and technology have gone far and beyond
to award PhDs in robotics and even offers roboticto provide the world we once imagined. Whether you
minor courses for undergrads.want your life to revolve around video games, to
Cornell University - If creating video games is yourlook for ET or to float around in zero gravity without
career vision, take a plunge to Cornell. They offerleaving Earth, there's a good college or university for
minor courses on game design for undergrads andyou.
for final projects, make your own game.