Deadlines are right around the corner and I am paranoid there are schools I have completely ignored. Do you guys know of any colleges that you think would meet my needs?
I am just going to be brief with my info, but I will give you enough stats I hope.
Intended major: Chemical Engineering
SAT: 2380 (CR: 800, M: 800, R: 780)
SAT II:
-Math II: 800
-Chemistry: 800
-Biology E: 800
-Biology M: 780
-Physics: 760
-Italian: 800
-Literature: 780
I sent different combinations of scores to different schools don’t worry I didn’t go crazy.
My ECs are good. I focused more on science and mathematics related activities. The only sport I did was tennis…Would that hurt me?
UW GPA: 3.98
Rank: 1/258
I am Hispanic and attended a public high school.
Anyways I applied to the following schools:
-MIT
-Caltech
-UC Berkeley
-Georgia Tech
-Stanford
-Cornell
-Brown
-Michigan Ann Arbor
-Rice
2 other safety schools
What I am looking for is a schools with a strong engineering program. The economic aspect is a huge factor here for me. My income bracket is <30k. I need a college which offer great financial aid packages. The problem I see with my list is that some of my schools are too far away. I would be willing to move far away, but I would prefer not to. It’s not a huge factor though. I am putting the quality of the education before the location. It would be nice to stay near Rhode Island. Other than that I don’t have huge picky pointers. To some extent I care about name because along with the name usually comes the caliber of the education. Any suggestions? I am probably just freaking out and know that knowing of new schools would be useless right now. Regardless I want to know would there have been other schools that fit what I want?
Maybe Princeton and RPI. However, MIT and Cornell are so strong that you that if you get into one of these two you will have an excellent option in the Northeast.
-CUNY City College
-Dartmouth College
-Harvard University
-Polytechnic Institute of New York
-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
-Rochester Institute of Technology
-Smith College
-University of Pennsylvania
-Yale University
You could look into Tufts (4 miles from MIT). It is has a small engineering school (compared to all but Brown). It was one of first 5 Chemical Engineering Programs in the country. SAT scores are about the same as Brown, but the engineering acceptance rate (at 14%) is a little higher, so it may be a little easier to get in. The CEO of Dupont is a Tufts engineering alum (and a woman). Tufts engineering alums have similar mid career salaries to MIT, but the culture is not as intense as MIT (which may not be a good fit for you based on your user name).
The engineering schools you have selected vary quite a bit in size and level of focus on Chem E. Rice is in the heart of oil country, which can be good or bad depending on your interests. Here are some numbers for reference:
Brown graduated 87 engineers in 2014 including 7 chemical engineers.
Tufts graduated 189 engineers in 2014 including 40 chemical engineers
Rice graduated 332 engineers in 2014 including 51 chemical engineers.
Stanford graduated 545 engineers in 2014 including 22 chemical engineers
MIT graduated 675 engineers in 2014 including 30 chemical and 27 chemical+biological engineers
Cornell graduated 766 engineers in 2014 including 82 chemical engineers
UMich graduated 1492 engineers in 2014 including 135 chemical engineers
Georgia Tech graduated 1977 engineers in 2014 including 165 chemical engineers
I would check out Northeastern - it has a good CE program with a well-regarded co-op program and is an easy app to add late as it’s on the Common App and doesn’t have a supplement. It’s private and expensive but can offer good aid, especially based on your income bracket.
@intparent I am a girl and my two safeties were RIC and University of Connecticut. @newjerseygirl98 thank you! I will be sure to look at those schools. @Mastadon woah THANK YOU! That answer was really informative @PengsPhils Thanks a ton!
Those safeties may not be safeties if you can’t afford them. UConn is an OOS public and won’t give great aid. That other school may not either. did you run the NPCs on their websites?
Are you a NMSF?
Do you have a non custodial parent?
It doesn’t appear that you ran the NPCs because if you had, you would have seen that Berkeley won’t be affordable.
Do you now about the net price calculators? They are in each college’s financial aid website page. They will tell you what kind of aid you may get and an expected cost of attendance. But if your parents are divorced, own rental property, or own a small business they aren’t very accurate.
You are a very qualified candidate, but even the most qualified candidate needs an affordable safety or two.
@mom2collegekids thank you for your input! I know with RIC there will be no financial problems. UConn I am not sure, but I have my fingers crossed. I only tried the net price calculators for a few colleges. Unfortunately, I missed Berkeley. Anyways hopefully I receive some acceptances from other top schools which do offer the financial aid I need.
@mom2collegekids yes I am a NMSF. In regards to RIC my scholarships would be able to over the tuition, since, it’s not an incredibly high amount. I just used the NPC for UConn and the amount would be a stretch for my family. UConn and RIC are definitely my last choices if I am admitted to my top three schools. Also, just used the NPC for all my schools and now I have a better idea of what I am looking at financially.
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In regards to RIC my scholarships would be able to over the tuition, since, it’s not an incredibly high amount. I just used the NPC for UConn and the amount would be a stretch for my family. UConn and RIC are definitely my last choices i
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Do you have 4 year private scholarships that cover RIC tuition? or are the scholarship awards from RIC? Did you run RIC’s NPC?
Ok, so UConn’s not affordable, so that’s not a safety. Your family earns less than $30k per year, so likely wouldn’t be able to contribute more than maybe the cost of books. You may need another safety.
