<p>Hey. I'm a junior (well senior now) who is looking into aerospace engineering. can you give me some suggestions for what schools i should be looking at. i don't know if i am aiming too high or too low.</p>
<p>GPA:4.07 W, 3.95ish UW
Rank: 20/436
SAT: 1390 or 2030 (660 M, 730 CR, 640 W)
ACT: will take in june
Classes: honors where available, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP US Gov, AP Physics
ECs: an editor of school newspaper 10-11, hope to be "in-chief" next year, engineering club, Key Club, NHS, political awareness club, taken large role in 2 local levy campaigns (designed advertisements for local paper, logo, slogan)
Summer Programs: Purdue Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects, Presidential Classroom: Science, Technology & Public Policy
Awards:Williams College Book Award-for academic and EC excellence, scholarship to Presidential Classroom
Other: never gotten below A+ in any science, competitive public hs
right now, i'm looking at illinois, purdue, maybe michigan
thank you for your input!</p>
<p>Where are you a resident? This will make a difference for state schools.</p>
<p>What is your financial situation? For instance, if you are out-of-state for UMichigan, will you be able to afford to possibly pay the 40k+/year cost of attendance?</p>
<p>I am from Ohio. money is not a big problem.</p>
<p>How about schools in Texas? For instance:</p>
<p>Aerospace</a> Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Aerospace</a> Engineering Program Menu Page - MAE - UTA</p>
<p>Or how about a school in the Boeing's backyard (btw, Boeing's been hiring like mad around here):</p>
<p>Aeronautics</a> & Astronautics, UW College of Engineering</p>
<p>Or here is a list with links to aerospace engineering departmets' websites that you can research:</p>
<p>Aerospace</a> Engineering Schools/Programs in the United States of America</p>
<p>My son had a great experience (and got a nice merit scholarship- you would too, from your stats), at Syracuse. His degree (May 06) was aerospace eng. and he is gainfully employed in the field (was actually offered the job after internship between jr. and sr. year). You would be far enough from home, but not so far as to make it a logistical nightmare!</p>
<p>are illinois and purdue match schools for me? safety schools?
do you think i could get into michigan or upenn (really like the jerome fisher business-engineering joint program)?</p>
<p>and thanks for your responses so far!</p>
<p>It's not on your list, but I'm fairly sure Florida Tech is known for good Aerospace Engineering. Plus, it's only a 45 minute hour away from NASA up at Cape Canaveral. I'm pretty sure you'd be a lock if applying there. Just throwing options out there.</p>
<p>Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is a pretty good school. They have a campus in Daytona, Florida and Prescot, Arizona I believe, It is a great school for those entering the Aerospace/Aeronautic field. Your stats are good enough to get in, I think.</p>
<p>i've heard good things about Embry-Riddle. based on my stats though. would you say tier-wise that i'm looking at the right schools?</p>
<p>Have you looked into The</a> Ohio State? I always thought they had a top-ranked aero program.</p>
<p>And I think it depends on what "else" you're looking for. My son's stats were similar (maybe a little +) and he had exceptional ECs. He chose Embry-Riddle because he visited and fell in love with the school (Prescott campus). He probably would have gotten into a "higher tier" school (and in fact did get into other schools, with more merit aid). But he loved Embry...and after his freshman year, loves it even more. It was an excellent match for him, in more ways than just the stats show.</p>
<p>yeah they are good, but i have already had them call me and recruit me for their honors program (meaning i can do better)
OSU i mean (some more posts slipped in while i was writing this)</p>
<p>Embry-Riddle immediately comes to mind :)</p>
<p>Oops didn't see the earlier posts...this thread was open for the past 10 minutes or so :D</p>
<p>thanks for the quick responses!
does anyone know about Illinois?</p>
<p>Maybe Georgia Tech? Rose Hulman?</p>
<p>It sounds like you may want to start by deciding whether you want to aim at straight engineering/aerospace schools, or look for something with a broader focus.</p>
<p>As for whether you are a likely admit to Illinois, have you checked out their CDS? Do you know how many OOS students they usually take (or are allowed to take: I know that in at least one state there is a legislature-imposed limit on % or OOS students) FWIW, I know an OOS kid who was admitted to UIUC this year who probably had better quantitative SATs than you but inferior grades.</p>
<p>Iowa State?? Gorgeous campus, great aerospace engineering department, very undergraduate friendly. You'd probably qualify for the Honors Program and for some merit $$$.</p>
<p>The engineering school at Illinois is the hardest one to get into. Almost everything of yours looks great and would indicate U of I being a match; the only thing that's slightly sub-par is your SAT. However, you may do better on the ACT and will only have to send that, which is fine for U of I since so many midwesterners don't even take the SAT.</p>
<p>i plan on doing much better in math on the ACT. i don't know how i got a 660 on the SAT. i was expecting more like 720. i guess i just havent done that type of math in a long time.</p>