Any colleges I'm missing?

College Search & Selection
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(Conditions: Lowest bar is UT-Austin, I'm auto-admit)</p>

<p>My stats can be found here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1543868-mit-ea.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1543868-mit-ea.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>TL;DR: 2320 SAT, 36 ACT, STEM ECs, STEM awards, STEM Internship @ UCLA, FIRST Robotics World Champions, Eagle Scout, Crew, Houston Youth Symphony, AMC/AIME Stuff</p>

<p>Prospective Field: Chemical Engineering
State: TX
Costs: Not too important</p>

<p>Current List: MIT
Stanford
UPenn
Cornell
Northwestern
Rice
Cal-Tech
UT-Austin (Auto-admit)</p>

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<p>Harvey Mudd?</p>

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<p>It’s just the size that kind of throws me off - it’s also the reason I’m kind of reluctant to apply to Cal-Tech (trade-off between opportunities and social life). Not that the social aspect is super important in my choices, just that I believe <2500 undergrads is simply too few.</p>

<p>But thanks for offering a suggestion!</p>

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<p>Mudd is part of the Claremont consortium, so you are essentially on a campus with 5,000 students. The campuses are all right together with no major roads running through them. Mudd also throws the best parties according to what I have heard…</p>

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<p>You may want to see if Harvey Mudd offers sufficient courses in chemical engineering for your academic goals:</p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“http://www.hmc.edu/academicsclinicresearch/catalogue1/catalogue-current/department-programs1/engineering.html]Engineering[/url”&gt;http://www.hmc.edu/academicsclinicresearch/catalogue1/catalogue-current/department-programs1/engineering.html]Engineering[/url</a>]</p>

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<p>Yes, true, they only offer a general engineering degree. But they are at the top of the heap on Payscale, and also did very well in this recent ranking:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1554800-smartest-colleges-america.html?highlight=smartest[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1554800-smartest-colleges-america.html?highlight=smartest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Just saying that for anyone serious about a STEM education and with outside interests like the OP’s violin interest, it is worth a look.</p>

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<p>Well, I will look into it, thank you guys!</p>

<p>Any other suggestions, or should I just finalize my list?</p>

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<p>The courses offered appear to emphasize electrical, computer, civil, and mechanical engineering more than chemical engineering.</p>

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<p>What do you expect for a school with 35% engineering, 26% CS, and 14% math/statistics majors (and only 3% biology majors)?</p>

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<p>Why did you choose Penn for cheme? That isn’t their strength.</p>

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<p>@Cornelliann: I didn’t choose it specifically for chemE, I just really liked the school in general and I knew that I would have good opportunities outside of engineering. I realize that I may not stick to chemE, so I decided that if I would go to Penn, I could alter my focus to encompass some business as well</p>

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<p>Transferring into Wharton is notoriously difficult, especially from engineering and especially if you are not succeeding in engineering.</p>