College reccomendations for an ok student

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking for some low reach or safe schools for electric engineering, anywhere in the US is fine with me. Also my financial situation won't get in the way. I am from Illinois.</p>

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<p>Copy and paste from my "College Chances" thread.</p>

<p>"GPA: 3.55 (net weighted)
3.26 (net unweighted)
GPA for year (weighted)
fresh-3.325
Soph-3.433
Junior-4.0
ACT: 28 (29 superscore)</p>

<p>EC: 4 years of an intramural, I interned at Siemens over the last summer, I participate in my school's tutoring program, and I will probably be executive for my school's engineering club (I will hear the results Tuesday, I'm sorry for not knowing now).</p>

<p>Class rigour: Fresh:1 Accel, 0 Honors/ap.
Soph: 2 Accel, 0 Honors/ap.
Junior: 2 Accel, 2 Honors/ap.
Senior: 1 Accel, 6 Honors/ap
AP classes taken (or will take): Calc BC, Chemistry, Mirco, Government, Physics B and C (4 on Physics B) and US history (4).
I'd also like to mention that I have taken 3 years of engineering classes and 2 of them are PLTW classes.</p>

<p>Rank- Top 25% (My school takes the gpa only of the most recent year to say who is where)</p>

<p>If there is any other info you need feel free to ask. "
Thank you for your time.</p>

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<p>You meet an automatic scholarship threshold for University of Alabama - Birmingham (3.0 HS GPA, 28 ACT => $10,000 per year automatic scholarship), so it should be a safety (presumably, automatic scholarship comes with automatic admission).</p>

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<p>You could check out Texas Tech and University of Arkansas. I know they both have engineering but I’d look into how strong their electrical engineering is specifically. But I think both could fit the bill for potential safety/low reach schools you’re looking for :)</p>

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<p>check out Virginia Commonwealth, George Mason, or Old Dominion. ODU may have the better program of those 3 but George Mason hands down has the better faculty and resources. Plus being a 20-30 minute drive to DC, internships are in abundance at Mason</p>

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<p>If you get into University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, go. #4 in the nation for electrical engineering and you’d be paying in-state tuition. </p>

<p>Other options: +1 on Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Purdue, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, NC State, West Virginia</p>