Theoretical CS does have some appeal, and it seems very useful for modeling in most scientific areas.
I guess the only question I need to answer in the next year or so is whether to apply as an engineering student. Many universities do have separate engineering colleges, and I've heard that it...
^ Interesting. Do you agree with the comments (especially by AuburnMathTutor) on http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/science-majors/843166-what-computer-science-really-like.html?
I'm a rather bemused American high school student who needs advice on choosing a college major. The future is starting to seem very close, and I'd like your help in condensing all of my interests into one field. If it's relevant, I'm looking at colleges such as UT-Austin, UMichigan, Cornell...
Here are some calculus resources you might like:
http://www.math.wisc.edu/~Keisler/calc.html
http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/strangtext.htm
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation.html
That's a big list of scholarships for NMFs.
Calc BC is a joke, nothing new there. OCW is a great resource, and it sounds like you've made great use of it.
Take this with a grain of salt, but I know people who have had challenging experiences at no-name universities and others who slacked off at Ivies. Don't stress the name too much.
Oregon State has a reactor and Washington State is very well known for their civil engineering program. Pullman is more desolate than Corvallis, but both are small towns.