<p>Okay, first, I might as well see if I can get in to U of M.</p>
<p>4.0 UW GPA, 4.99 W (honors courses = 1.01 multiplier per class)
2240 SAT (800 CR, 740 math, 700 writing)
33 ACT (just took one last week, looking for a 35-36)
Captain of Soccer team (4 year varsity starter)
President of Mathletes (4 year all-conference, state champion oralist this year)
Pi Sigma Pi
Mu Alpha Theta
NHS (running for Prez this year)
Good amount of community service
Club soccer throughout the year
Boys State representative this year
J Kyle Braid school nominee</p>
<p>Also, how good is the U of M engineering school? Especially compared to UIUC, Purude, Berkeley, etc. Looking at possibly majoring in mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>Your stats look like those that I know who got in with the early acceptances. Good essays and recs, and you look like a good candidate.</p>
<p>About the program, Michigan Engineering in consistently rated highly. It’s late, and I don’t want to look it up tonight, but I believe MechE is #2 in the nation. Only behind MIT. Even if you decide not to peruse Mechanical, there is really no bad program in the college of Engineering.</p>
<p>Awesome. I’m taking a road trip up there this summer to look at the campus (I’m from Chicago), so I hope I like it.</p>
<p>Yeah dude I think you are in.</p>
<p>With your stats, Michigan would be a safe match, especially if you apply early action.</p>
<p>As far as the quality of the Mechanical Engineering department, it is generally ranked anywhere between #2 and #5 and certainly on par with Cal and UIUC.</p>
<p>michigan is your safety; in-state uiuc is better for engineering and saves tons of $. ga tech is a good oos alternate, and cheaper than umich. shoot for reaches stanford, mit</p>
<p>itsme, UIUC is not better than Michigan in Engineering. I agree about the saving $$$ part though. UIUC is cheaper if you are a resident of Illinois and Georgia Tech is also cheaper, whether you are IS or OOS.</p>
<p>Also, although Michigan is definitely a safe bet, it is not a safety…it probably would have been a few years ago, but not any longer. Students with the OP’s credentials often get rejected and such occurances will only increase with time as a result of having joined the common application. This said, I am sure the OP is planning on applying to the three universities worth going to over Michigan (assuming finances are not a factor); MIT, Stanford and Princeton. </p>
<p>The OP should also apply to schools that are as good as Michigan such as Carnegie Mellon, Cornell and Northwestern. Over the last couple of years, I have known students who have been admitted to one or more of those schools but rejected by Michigan. Besides, each of those schools is sufficiently different from Michigan to make choosing one of them over Michigan worthwhile should it be a better fit.</p>
<p>For safeties, the OP should look into UIUC (if in-state) and Wisconsin-Madison.</p>
<p>Michigan ME is that good? Awesome… I made a good choice then with ME</p>
<p>Thanks for the help guys. This is what I was looking to do as far as sending in applications:
Reaches: MIT, Stanford, Princeton, maybe Cal Tech
Matches: Michigan, UCBerkeley, Wash U?, Northwestern, Purdue
Safeties: UIUC (I’m in-state), UW-Madison</p>
<p>You should know whether or not Caltech is your type of environment. Some love the impossible intense academic environment, 3:1 male to female ratio and very nerdy student body, others cannot stand it. </p>
<p>Wash U is not worth it for Engineers. I would replace it with CMU and Cornell.</p>
<p>Purdue is a safety.</p>
<p>REACHES:
MIT
Princeton
Stanford</p>
<p>MATCHES:
Cal
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
Michigan
Northwestern</p>
<p>SAFETIES:
Purdue
UIUC
Wisconsin</p>
<p>looks good, thanks for the knowledge about wash u and cal tech…i definitely don’t see myself in an overly “nerdy” environment</p>
<p>Hinsdale or Niles?</p>
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<p>A 35-36 should land you UIUC’s new $15k/year scholarship for engineers.</p>