Best Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering Schools?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm a senior, and I feel limited by my choices. I wanted to hear what some of you guys think are some good colleges to apply to in this major.</p>

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<p>What are your stats?</p>

<p>What do you want to do with those majors? Would a broader E discipline give you more options, like MechE?</p>

<p>What is your home state? </p>

<p>Do you know how much your family will spend? </p>

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<p>This question has been asked several times in the last 6 months. Do a search of this forum.</p>

<p>There are 65 ABET-accredited Aero Engg programs in the US, some of them at the best schools in the US.</p>

<p>My other suggestions: UC Boulder, Florida Inst of Technology, Penn State, Ohio State. </p>

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<p>N.C. State University has an Aerospace Engineering major</p>

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<p>4.72 GPA
1/480
30 ACT
200+ hours of community service
Basketball
Track
Several school awards for excellence in mathematics.
California</p>

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<p>that 30 will hurt you at the elite schools like MIT, GT, and Purdue. The ranking will help everywhere else. Here’s the 65 ABET schools:</p>

<p><a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx”>http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>how does the ACT score break down? have you run the net price calculators anywhere?</p>

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<p>33 Math 34 Science 26 English 26 Writing
I think I’m pretty weak in english portions of standardized tests, but I don’t actively study for these tests.</p>

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<p>Welp. The students who do actively study for them get higher scores, and are more likely to get in.</p>

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<p>@Intparent Of course, that’s obvious.</p>

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<p>What do you want to do with those majors? Would a broader E discipline give you more options, like MechE?</p>

<p>Do you know how much your family will spend?</p>

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<p>Which Calif schools will you be applying to? </p>

<p>What is your career goal? </p>

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<p>Mechanical Engineering is fine as I can simply specialize in aerospace later. My family is looking to spend 40-50 a year. I will be applying to Berkeley, UCLA, and USC. Also applying to Michigan. I’m thinking about Stanford, but I don’t know if that’s the type of school for me. I want a bachelor’s degree right now, and then a masters/doctorate later. If I don’t apply early to any school, I can take the time to take the ACT again. I already am going to take the SAT II Physics and Math II exams next week.</p>

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<p>A 30 won’t do it for Stanford.</p>

<p>Stanford
Cal
UCLA
USC
Mich</p>

<p>those are all reaches. What are your matches and safeties?</p>

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<p>RPI</p>

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<p>@mom2collegekids do you recommend that I retake the ACT and don’t apply to a college early?</p>

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<p>You can do both…you can apply ED to a school, and you can also take the ACT again. If you don’t get into your ED school, then you’ll be glad to have a higher ACT score to help with RD admissions.</p>