My high school life is going to end on 2008. I’m doing researching of the universities that are good at Astronomy. Below is the list provided by the members at CloudyNights.com
University of Arizona (Tuscon)
California Institute of Technology
University of Texas (at Austin)
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
University of Florida
University of Hawaii at Hilo
University of Illinois
University of Michigan
University of Maryland
Ohio State University
University of Rochester (Western NY)
The universities in bold are my considerations at the moment. Next, I am going to check their academic records and campus. 
History: 7 April 2007: University of Hawaii at Hilo is out because of the campus that just have 3000 students.
Keep this in mind: if you think you might want to study through to a graduate degree, many graduate schools like to accept students who’ve taken an undergraduate from a different institution. This might lead you to investigate both graduate and undergraduate programs, and plan a bit in reverse. Good luck. I attended University of Arizona for an undergraduate degree in astronomy and physics, and enjoyed it.
Hi Ron, do you mean that the chance of going to higher level university is greater if I have undergraduate programme at lower level university first?
My main interest is in physics and chemistry. As they cover the fields needed to study about optical, mechanical (composition of telescope). My ambition is to be a lens designer at the moment.
Robin,
If, by “level”, you mean quality, or reputation, or strength of program, I’m not sure.
I just meant that at the time I decided to go back to school to pursue the undergraduate degree in astronomy, I chose University of Arizona because of its astronomy program reputation. I thought it would give me an advantage when it came time to apply to their graduate program in astronomy, which was my original goal. However, when it came time to apply, I heard from many sources that, as a general rule, graduate programs like to consider enhancing the “diversity” of their program by accepting students who received their undergraduate training from other schools.
Ron, so where do you end up with your graduate programme?
Ended up not going for a graduate degree. However, I have ended up in astronomy, as a software engineer for the Green Bank (radio) Telescope. Life works in mysterious ways
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Haha, I agree that life is always mysterious. Could you reveal your salary to us? So, you are ready for the SETI project.. Haha.. travel to Vega like the movie ‘Contact’.