* Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Acceptance rate: 7%
* Average SAT score: 1530
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Mathematics, Physics
Harvard University
* Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Acceptance rate: 5%
* Average SAT score: 1490
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics
Stanford University
* Location: Stanford, California
* Acceptance rate: 5%
* Average SAT score: 1500
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth System Science, Mathematics, Physics
University of California, Berkeley
* Location: Berkeley, California
* Acceptance rate: 15%
* Average SAT score: 1380
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Planetary Science, Mathematics, Physics
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
* Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
* Acceptance rate: 26%
* Average SAT score: 1320
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics
Cornell University
* Location: Ithaca, New York
* Acceptance rate: 11%
* Average SAT score: 1450
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics, Physics
Princeton University
* Location: Princeton, New Jersey
* Acceptance rate: 6%
* Average SAT score: 1490
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics
Yale University
* Location: New Haven, Connecticut
* Acceptance rate: 6%
* Average SAT score: 1490
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology and Geophysics, Mathematics, Physics
Duke University
* Location: Durham, North Carolina
* Acceptance rate: 9%
* Average SAT score: 1440
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Mathematics, Physics
John Hopkins University
* Location: Baltimore, Maryland
* Acceptance rate: 11%
* Average SAT score: 1450
* Notable science programs: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Mathematics, Physics