I'm not so sure UChicago has a weaker preprofessional focus than other schools, but if you're looking for more of an academic/intellectual focus, LACs would be a good place to look. Carleton College for instance is a pretty good LAC, but it doesn't have a straight engineering program, rather it's a 3+2 where you do 3 years at Carleton and graduate with your Physics/Philosphy majors and then go to Washu for engineering BS and MS.
#rising senior in need of help w her college list!
arctic bane
Also in Minnesota so cooler temperature
Carleton is the one coming up in my mind right now, if I can think of others I'll send them here, but I would check them out and other LACs in general
wet karma
why are you trying to improve your sat score wgat
pure loom
deft ruin
bro said not a fan of cali summers and listed all the UCs
wet karma
feels like a waste of time and money if im being so honest
arctic bane
I do agree with everyone else, your sat is pretty damm good, there's little point to taking it again. You can if you want to but it's not a requirement.
Also macalester and St. Olafs are two more LACs that came to mind. St. Olafs is actually in the same town as Carleton and they are traditional rivals to my understanding
wet karma
franklin and marshall gives some merit i think
great lac
very nice campus
should be a pretty easy target for you
their mascot is pretty funny too. theyre the diplomats or "dips"
deft ruin
trust me getting a 1590 vs a 1550 will NOT be the reason you get rejected anywhere 😠😠ðŸ˜
also thats a waste of 100 bucks
sudden comet
UK schools are extremely inflexible - your courses each year are fixed with a few electives from a limited selection. No double majoring unless you do a combined degree
west crypt
I recommend Vanderbilt, you sound like a potential good fit for their scholarships too
Urban but in a nice part of Nashville and it has more or less everything you want
For your majors you can apply to VTech as a target/safety, and if you want more liberal arts then you can apply to UVA (not as good for engineering but it’s far from bad either)
wheat helm
consider Brown, their open curriculum makes it super easy to double and triple major. in fact 50% of browns undergrad class ends up double majoring (some even don't mean to double major but naturally aquire the credits anyway). weather might not be the best, but brown def has the intellectual focus ur looking for. and size is 8k which is perfect it seems
obviously very hard to get into but def lines up with ur interests!!
azure condor