I am a high school senior likely going into chemical engineering. I have:
34 ACT
5.06 GPA on a weighted 4.0
Class rank: 6/198 -at a private college prep high school if that means anything
Will have 6 APs by end of senior year (Bio, Chem, Calc BC, Stats, Spanish, and U.S. History)
As of now the colleges I am looking at are:
Illinois- in state
Purdue
Wisconsin
Texas
Clemson (would likely receive $15,000/yr based on ACT)
Texas A&M
Other schools I’m considering but not so heavily are:
Vanderbilt
UVA
Iowa State
Georgia Tech
Based on rankings and reputation I feel like U of I or Purdue is the no-brainer, any advice on these programs and which would be the best for landing a good job right out of college?
U of Illinois is a top engineering university and admission is very competitive.
You might want to consider additional options for ChE, such as…
Illinois Institute of Technology
Iowa State University
Colorado School of Mines
U of South Carolina-Columbia
Rice University
U of Rochester
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Missouri University of Science & Technology
He ought to be fine at Illinois with those stats. Those are in the top 25% or so of admitted students there (though I haven’t looked at the latest breakdown), and are quite similar to what I had when I was admitted with a small academic scholarship.
Really, every options listed here is a good one. I went to UIUC and loved it. I did graduate school at Texas A&M and liked UIUC better, though that is probably just personal preference.
You have this posted at different forum and I have already responded on the other one. But again, do consider UMN-TC. They have one of the top ChemE program in the country and is more affordable than other OOS public schools.
“Safety” does not mean inferior. The public engineering schools listed are among the top ones in the country, they just have a higher admission rate because of the nature of large public-serving institutions.