<p>I would like a list of colleges for a good student. Please let me know 10 more colleges other than (MIT,CalTech, CMU,UCB) indicating difficulty in getting into wrt to these 4 colleges for CSEE. Will subscribing to USNews for this be sufficient?</p>
<p>stanford is also tops</p>
<p>You can look at a general list like this for initial selection purposes but then you are going to have to look at other factors like money,etc. to pick the few colleges that your son/daughter will apply to:</p>
<p>1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p>
<p>2
Stanford University (CA)</p>
<p>3
University of California–Berkeley</p>
<p>4
Georgia Institute of Technology</p>
<p>4
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor</p>
<p>6
California Institute of Technology</p>
<p>6
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign</p>
<p>8
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)</p>
<p>9
Cornell University (NY)</p>
<p>9
Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)</p>
<p>9
University of Texas–Austin</p>
<p>12
University of Southern California</p>
<p>13
Texas A&M University–College Station</p>
<p>14
University of Wisconsin–Madison</p>
<p>15
University of California–San Diego</p>
<p>16
Princeton University (NJ)</p>
<p>17
Penn State University–University Park</p>
<p>17
University of Maryland–College Park</p>
<p>19
Northwestern University (IL)</p>
<p>19
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)</p>
<p>21
University of California–Los Angeles</p>
<p>Keep in mind that these are very broad rankings for engineering, not Computer science. However, top engineering schools tend to have top comp sci depts too. Good luck!</p>
<p>^^True, I don't know why I missed that. But I was looking for a school other than that as Stanford is as difficult to get into or even more difficult than CMU or UCB.</p>
<p>Thanx hawkphoenix, I'm specifically looking for Computer Engineering under the EECS department and not Computer Science under the Math or interdisciplinary department.</p>
<p>Another thing is that I don't want a general list of engineering college but specific colleges that are strong hold for CSEE. Such a list won't help as it is not possible to apply to all the colleges.</p>
<p>To put in another words. I know the top five colleges. What I'm looking for very strong Computer engineering Institute that are just a notch below.</p>
<p>Sorry I didn't see that little part. In that case, these schools from the list above are much easier to get into that CMU and UCB:</p>
<p>Purdue, Texas A&M, Penn State(these three, with around 1900(approx.) SAT, your student could get into). If you want more rankings/suggestions feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>How are the Computer Engineering department at the following colleges rated? What colleges can be applied to as safeties?</p>
<ol>
<li>Columbia Fu College of Engg.</li>
<li>U. Penn</li>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>JHU</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Olin</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Brown</li>
</ol>
<p>I think the only real 'safety' college in that list is UCSD.</p>
<p>None of the ones you mentioned in that list, I'm pretty sure.</p>
<p>arkleseizure : None of the 11 colleges I list are good or none are safety. I couldn't make out what did you mean?</p>
<p>None are safeties. Low matches at best.</p>
<p>aquamarinee: That is scary. Are there any good colleges for CSEE that can be considered as safeties for a regular strong student but not one of a kind strong?
What colleges then one should apply to as safety?</p>
<p>for a girl with great grades going into computer engineering, RPI would be a safety/match.
Could also try Penn State Schreyers Honors College, PSU has an excellent computer engineering program. Schreyers might not be a safety, but maybe a match and the regular college could be a safety.</p>
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<p>UCSD can definitely be a safety if you're qualified for some of the other schools on your list.</p>
<p>*the ELC admit rate for UCSD is about 90%
*it has more than a 40% acceptance rate
*the average SAT score is a 1950
*the acceptance rate for people with a 4.0+ is 80%
*the admit rate for those with less than a 600 on the SAT critical reading section was 26%
*the admit rate for those with less than a 600 on the SAT math section was 22%
*the admit rate for those with less than a 600 on the SAT writing section was 25%
*25% of those with an ACT score of 16-20 were accepted</p>
<p>The gap in selectivity between UCSD and, say, the top UCs is much larger than people would think.</p>
<p>Aquamarinee and Kyledavid are absolutely right, though I would add that if your D is a NMSF (if I recall, she would fit that bill), USC offers lots of $$$ to NMSFs who want to attend. Acceptance rate overall is about 25%, which is not a safety, but is a definite match with her stats. UCLA is also overall 25% acceptance rate. Haven't found anything specific to the engineering schools.</p>
<p>Other excellent public engineering programs: UMich, UMD, Ga Tech and Purdue.</p>
<p>UCSD is indeed the only "safety" on the list. If you want true safeties, you''ll need to look far below the level of prestige you seem comfortable with.</p>
<p>Well if your D is a NMSF, then she must be a pretty strong student. She probably has a good chance at most of the top public schools for CS: </p>
<p>these are the ones she can most likely get into-
UMaryland-College Park, UMass- Amherst, Purdue-West lafayette. If your D has good #s, most state schools will accept her happily. However, if she has high stats she should also look at higher ranked schools.</p>
<p>I'd check out Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>Not necessarily a Safety, but look at Cooper Union too.</p>
<p>University of Illinois U/C has a highly ranked engineering department, and includes a computer science major. However, they give no national merit stipends for out of state students; very good OOS applicants are often offered other merit awards, though.</p>