<p>I reviewed my college list realistically and realized I need good safety schools.</p>
<p>I'm an international student applying to Stanford, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Northwestern and Wash. U in St. Louis.</p>
<p>This list seems pretty unrealistic at the moment and I desperately need suggestions for safety schools. I am interested in majoring in a field of engineering or computer science.</p>
<p>Quick Stats:</p>
<p>GPA: My school doesn't calculate GPA, but it'd be around 3.75.
Rank: No rank either. I guess top 10% (out of 40 people.. Small school)
SAT I: 800C, 760M, 760W
SAT IIs: 750 Math II, 690 Phys
APs: AP Spanish (5)</p>
<p>ECs: Participated in 3 MUNs (2 of them at The Hague), take Mandarin classes, took violin classes. 80 hrs of community service.</p>
<p>All comments are welcome. As I stated before, I am in dire need of safety schools, so please suggest some. Preferrably not in an isolated area. Also, if you think I should definitely add/strike out a college I'd like to hear it.</p>
<p>You might like carnegie mellon... few kids from my school who applied to MIT applied there and liked it. Its probably along the lines of a near saftey for you. Its in pittsburgh i believe.</p>
<p>USC and Cal Poly (san luis obispo) are both good safeties with excellent engineering programs. i think the deadline for cal poly might have passed already, but the USC app isn't due til Jan 15 (unless you want a scholarship)</p>
<p>USC's scholarship deadline was the 10th. Purdue has a nice engineering program... West Lafeyette isn't that populous, but it isn't in the boondocks either.</p>
<p>OK thank you for your replies :) I will do some research on these universities and see whether they're what I'm looking for.</p>
<p>I have a question about U. Mich Ann Arbor... Does being an international hurt my chances significantly? After all, it's a state university and they have quotas...</p>
<p>I've been looking at Rochester. Do you mean the Institute of Technology of the University?</p>
<p>For engineering-related majors the "Institute of Technology" sounds more adequate and specialized, but the University doesn't look bad either. Can someone shed a light and help a poor lost soul? </p>
<p>I did notice although RIT has a larger student body population, 75% of those are male. Most universities I'm applying to have close to 50%, even MIT. How does this tie in with the overall atmostphere at both universities?</p>
<p>I went to high school in New York and most of the engineering majors applied to both Cornell and Rochester, and hands down all of them prefer Rochester over Cornell. As they have small classes and specialize in their major. Plus they like the dorms and the city although the winters can be pretty brutal, so be prepared for them if you go!</p>
<p>Look at Rensselaer Polytechnic and Worchester Polytechnic. Both are ranked high in the US News and World Reports survey- RPI is around 49th adn WPI is 53rd. Both are in small cities. Worchester is more project oriented, RPI more traditional class oriented.</p>