<p>i am planning to apply to MIT, Caltech and Stanford.
as you guys know those schools are really competitive and none knows about my chance.
so i wanna know about some safe schools (3 or 4) that have good physics, computer science, math and/or EE, but still have low SAT score and all that..</p>
<p>would you guys pliz describe schools' strength and weakness...</p>
<p>Where are you located? There are many possible safe schools out there. Are you looking for a large school or a small school? Urban campus or rural? There are too many choices out there - narrow your search by thinking about what you want in a school.</p>
<p>i live it CA. i do not care abour the campus that much... (i am a kind of person who admitts the fact that big campus has cons and pros while the small one has other cons and pros..)</p>
<p>UC Berkeley</p>
<p>do u consider UC Berkeley to be a back up school. i mean its avgerage SAT score is pretty high..</p>
<p>But since you are in state, getting into Berkely won't be as hard. I say apply to the other UC schools (SD, SB, Irvine, etc.). It is my belief that your "back up" schools should be in your own state.</p>
<p>apply to Harvey Mudd too. Imo, it has one of the best physics and engineering departments out there.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>If you want a better safety how bout Rose-Hulman IT</p>
<p>Berkeley and Mudd aren't safeties.</p>
<p>Have you looked at UCLA or USC, or SLO?</p>
<p>i appreciate your replies but i really want the strengths and weaknesses of my bak up school</p>
<p>GT can be a safety</p>
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i am planning to apply to MIT, Caltech and Stanford.
as you guys know those schools are really competitive and none knows about my chance.
so i wanna know about some safe schools (3 or 4) that have good physics, computer science, math and/or EE, but still have low SAT score and all that..</p>
<p>would you guys pliz describe schools' strength and weakness...
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If you think UCB average SAT is high then Cal Tech, MIT, & Stanford would be extreme reaches.</p>
<p>Other good engineering in CA would be UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD, Cal Poly SLO.</p>
<p>Well, figuring out what schools' strengths and weaknesses are is kind of a subjective thing. We can suggest schools, but ranking strengths and weaknesses is something <em>you</em> are going to have to do on your own, as part of your college research. If you've got specific questions about various schools, we might be able to answer them for you, but we can't do all the footwork that you need to be doing... If you've got any more specific questions, or if you want our opinions on specific programs, or if you want to know what we think is important when it comes to choosing an engineering program, we can give our own opinions, but this isn't the best place to get strengths and weaknesses for all the programs you're looking at.</p>
<p>There are a lot of really good college guides out there, though... Fiske's Guide is one that comes to mind. Your college counselor or local bookstore/library will probably have a copy.</p>
<p>Princeton Review has a pretty good online college comparison thing:
<a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp</a></p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>yeah, if you are applying to caltech, mit, stanford for engineering, you may want to look into harvey mudd. it isn't a safety, but it'll add to your chances of getting into a top program.</p>
<p>good luck.</p>
<p>Georgia Institute of Technology Honor Program, and apply for President's scholarship which offererd to about 110 students. Georgia Institute of Technology is #38 National University, #8 Top 50 Public National University, #6 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs. All of Engineer Programs ranks are in Top 10. #12 best value Public school, for non-resident tuition and room and board is $27k. NCAA Division 1 university. 450-acre campus in the Midtown Atlanta. #1 Industrial Engineering program.</p>
<p>(25th-75th percentile) of SAT I scores Verbal: 600-700 Math: 650-740
Combined: 1270-1410
(25th-75th percentile) ACT scores ACT-English: 26-31 ACT-Math: 29-33
Average High School GPA: 3.74</p>
<p>What are you, some kind of GT promoter? :p (Don't answer, it's rhetorical)</p>
<p>Is it that Good?</p>
<p>What is "it"?</p>
<p>i think he is refering to his post</p>
<p>It's like I'm reading a brochure for the school :p</p>