add 1-2 more schools to my final list

College Search & Selection
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<p>Now i can't find enough schools i want to apply to. I'm not posting my stats cause this site makes me wanna kill myself but you can kinda but not really tell what level im at from my final list. I want to add 1-2 more schools that are kinda safe matches. I want to go to a large school 5000+ preferably 10000+, anywhere in us cept the midwest and south. Im in state texas but im applying to only to UT as my only texas school cause i wanna go far away frm this heck hole. Oh yeah im going to be a chemical engineering major.</p>

<p>reaches: MIT, UCSD, Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>matches: USC</p>

<p>safes: UT, Penn state</p>

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<p>Your reach/ match list is wacked out. I dont know your stats but this is what I am assuming. Give your states will make it much easier.</p>

<p>Super reach: MIT</p>

<p>Match, UCSD,, Carnegie MEellon, USC</p>

<p>Safety UT, Penn state</p>

<p>You need more schools in between MIT and UCSD. I recommend Cornell, Northwestern, Duke.</p>

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<p>I understand how you want to get away from home (the south) but regarding midwest, 6 of the top-15 programs are in the midwest! They are Minnesota, Wiscosin, Northwestern, UIUC, Mich, and Purdue.</p>

<p>Schools on both coasts that worth checking out: Cornell, UCSB/UCLA (never heard of UCSD/USC being great in chemE) and Washington.</p>

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<p>I would add Purdue and Bucknell to that list</p>

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<p>im out of state so i thought UCSD was a reach for sure. Same thing with Carnegie mellon since i heard getting into engineering there is really hard. i still don't wanna give my stats but they are really simlair to my sisters' when she was in high school and is at harvard med now. the only difference which i think it really big is that i go to public school and she went to this really good private when we lived in atl georgia. Anywhere else good on the right coast for engineering thats not ivy? i know i would fail out of GE courses if i went ivy my teachers are stupid here and i didn't learn much.</p>

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<p>ucsd is great for chem e, i think</p>

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<p>Bucknell University, I wont say it again, just look at it.</p>

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<p>isn't that school super preppy? eww popped collars</p>

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<p>are you crazy? MIT is harder than ANY ivy</p>

<p>And yes, Bucknell is super preppy</p>

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<p>yeah but MIT GE is all math and science basically which is what im only good at.</p>

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<p>Rochester? not sure about chem e</p>

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<p>lol if u wanna go north dont go to penn schools!!? why go to bucknell or penn state!?! go to a school close to a city if ur coming from texas...ie (Univ. Maryland, Villanova)</p>

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<p>Why would she want Villanova if she wouldn't want Bucknell?!!</p>

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<p>cause bucknell is like in the middle of nowhere, villanova is a half hour trip to Philly. That my bro went to Nova, hes at the naval academy now, but they arent ALL preppy, you can get away from it if u wanted</p>

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<p>I'd say Villanova is more of a preppy vanillaville than Bucknell with less of a social scene.</p>

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<p>ok this is besides the point why come to the north to go to either bucknell or villanova!</p>

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<p>One of the best undergrad. chemical engineering programs! If you're going to judge a college purely on a social scale and proximity to a city then why come to the north for Cornell or Dartmouth?</p>

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<p>because if you go to college and all you plan to do is sit in your room and study, you will have a miserable 4 years.</p>

<p>You need a good balence</p>

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<p>ugh im confused, if im in the middle of nowhere - penn state - i want to be with a lot of kids my age. Its not like as a chemE major i will have that much time anyways. I looked at Villanova cause i liked the name but catholics, ewww.</p>

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<p>girlfriend,</p>

<p>I was a ChemE major and I can tell you many people on this thread don't even know what they are talking about. Bucknell and Villanova are nowhere found on US News 2005 ranking (#1 through #61). I am not saying US News ranking is perfect; but when the list is extensive with 61 schools and they are still not found there, it's pretty safe to say they are not what you are looking for. </p>

<p>Anyway, I can suggest few more. Delaware has pretty good program though the school isn't very known as a whole. Other schools that have decent chemE program on both coasts:</p>

<p>stanford (#5)
berkeley (#3)
princeton (#8)
RPI (#29)
UMass Amherst (#29)
Maryland (#35)
Virginia (#25)
Case Western Reserve (#40)
Lehigh (#42)</p>

<p>I took the above straight out from US News. I personally don't know much about UMass and anything beyond #29. So you have to do your own little research. These ranking are good starting point. You should research the schools dept website and see for yourself. There are few things you can look for: the strength of faculty team--any award? any publication lately? does that seem to be active research going on? any stories about undergrad getting involved in research? students--any award students receive from private industry/state..etc? what are the choices of classes and specialization. For example, if you check out website of my alma mater, Northwestern (which is ranked #12), you will see there just a lot more going on than Bucknell. The faculty are more nationally recoginzed and more polific in research. That doesn't necessarily mean a good thing because someone may ask "what if the faculty are too busy with research?"; well, I can tell you when I was there, one could get involved in their research rather easily as an undergrad. The level of involvement depends entirely on you. Usually, the prof gives you something pretty basic to start with, esp. if he/she doesn't know much about you. When you show dedication and talent, the prof will then start to give you more interesting and sophisticated part of his/her research. As I just checked out the site, 2 undergrads were recently selected as 3M Fellows because of their understanding work in research.</p>