Schools to apply to: * Rice University * University of California Irvine * Northwestern University * University of Michigan * Washington University in St. Louis * University of Texas at Austin maybe: * Cornell University * University of Rochester * University of Washington those that do not offer the MSTP program: * Purdue University (two hours to Chicago or 14 hours to New York City, or four hours to Madison, Wisconsin) * also: MIT, CalTech, Stanford-- which seemed to have inadequacies in their programs (from what I can remember), etc.