<p>You’re going to need to raise the SAT score up since these are engineering colleges that focus alot more on stats rather than on intangible holistic factors like EC’s (some exceptions being Cornell, JHU).</p>
<p>I remember reading an article a while back that said that Pittsburgh was attempting to transform itself from a manufacturing city to that of one whose income came from health care and EDUCATION. CMU is trying to generate an economy within the town, so don’t expect too much aid.</p>