<p>I’m really suprised reasonabledad. I thought that RHIT looked at the whole person and was not as numbers driven as some. I might call and talk to a admissions rep, they are very nice and I was impressed. I would ask about Operation Catapult and see if it is more selective than admissions to the school. Your D seems to have alot to offer and her scores are really high. Maybe a better tactic would be to have her GC call RHIT and have them ask. After May 1 and before school ends. </p>
<p>A school that my S loved and reminded him alot of Rose Hulman is Michigan Tech. It is considerably easier to get into. The whole time we were at Rose, he kept saying that the school reminded him MTU but MTU was a whole lot cheaper and much easier to get into. It is very nuturing and has a great reputation in the midwest. It is in the middle of nowhere but most of the kids are from out of the area and almost everyone stays on campus on the weekends. The scholarships used to be very numbers driven but it looks like that has changed. [Be</a> Resourceful - Scholarships for new Michigan Tech Students](<a href=“Undergraduate Admissions | Michigan Technological University”>Undergraduate Admissions | Michigan Technological University) I would be suprised if she didn’t get anything from them. MTU is becoming more popular which is why I think they changed their scholarships. They have a lot of kids from Wisconsin and Minn.</p>
<p>My S did not have a great GPA in HS. He has really thrived in college and his GPA is much higher, so much so that he has been in honor faternities through out.</p>
<p>Clarkson University in Potsdam NY
Its a smaller engineering and business school in upstate NY. D3 sports except D1 Hockey. It has about 2800 undergrads</p>
<p>Just because she didn’t get into the RHIT summer program doesn’t mean that she won’t be able to get into the college. Summer programs often have a small number of spots and so may be more competitive. GPA probably figures in more. I think it’s worth an application in the fall…plus she’ll have more room to “explain” her lower GPA on the application.</p>
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<p>Not sure what this means…isn’t NMSF dependent on the PSAT score, with the SAT score as a check? Does she think that her chances of getting an NMF $2500 scholarship will be higher if she gets a higher SAT score? Just curious…</p>
<p>I’m trying to remember the schools that kept sending mail to my daughter, who like yours was interested in EE (still is, actually). The two that come to mind are Kettering, which I think is in Michigan, and Stevens Institute of Technology, in New Jersey??? My daughter had good grades and test scores (not as high as your daughter’s but still excellent), and sometimes I felt like we were living with a football star. She got recruiting calls from professors! Colleges are really anxious to find women with an interest in EE. WPI - definitely check it out. They recently created a major in robotics.</p>
<p>University of Hartford has a good engineering program. I would think this student would have a good chance of admittance there (disclaimer…I’m not an adcom…just married to a UHart engineering grad).</p>
<p>ellemenope, I think he means that his daughter will probably be a semifinalist and needs a good SAT score to qualify for finalist.</p>
<p>Looks like everyone else has posted the colleges my son is also considering - Missouri S&T, Michigan Tech, Stevens, Clarkson, Santa Clara, etc. Lots of good engineering choices!</p>
<p>The SAT scores she’s got are plenty good enough to make the move to finalist stage. Most semis go onto finalist (over 90%?). One kid from our school didn’t move on–the reason…low GPA.</p>
<p>Ellemenope ~ Fireflyscout had it right…DD’s total was 2010 out of 2400, and she thinks she’ll do 100+ points better next time. So why not take it again? No one really knows what the cutoff for the “SAT confirmation” is…so why take chances?</p>
<p>She thinks her school limits the number of college aps they will support…something I’m not familiar with previously. So a “no” on the summer program (and they have lots of slots) indicates that for whatever reason, she needs to write RHIT off, in my view.</p>
<p>Summer programs tend to be different from the actual college admissions process.</p>
<p>I would strongly suggest Rose-Hulman. RPI, WPI, and Drexel are also excellent engineering schools. I do not know much about Case, but that is the other name besides Rose-Hulman I hear a lot when talking about purely engineering schools.</p>
<p>Although we all know personal anecdotes don’t really mean anything, I think your daughter might want to consider CMU anyway. I have a female friend who actually failed a class her sophomore year and had quite a few Cs and Bs along the way. She was waitlisted by CMU, and ultimately got in. Maybe being a girl helped her, along with a very strong interest in engineering. <em>shrugs</em> CMU is 39% women and 61% men.</p>
<p>I can’t add any names to the excellent list of good engineering schools already provided. And I’m sure with her superb test scores she’ll be admitted to many schools despite her GPA. IMHO the bigger question is whether your D is ready to perform in college. As a former slacker who WASN’T ready for college the first time around, I’d say attitude is a critical component of success. Not going to class, not turning in homework, and not preparing for what the professor will test is poorly tolerated. Good luck to your D, who sounds like a wonderful kid. And please give Rose-Hulman a chance to say “Yes” next March.</p>
<p>Your D needs matches and safeties as well as reaches. Some I’d recommend:</p>
<p>U of Toledo (Ohio)–while overall this isn’t a great school, the engineering division is the best part of it. LOTS of very talented international kids, especially Chinese, attend here.I think this is a safety for her. For engineers, it isn’t a terrible choice.</p>
<p>Rose Hulman–located in Indiana. IMO, Rose Hulman is a better school for engineers than its closest East coast equivalent, RPI. As a female willing to attend a school in a small Midwestern town, I expect that your D will be admitted. Personally, I think her rejection from the summer program is NOT an omen that her college app will be refused.</p>
<p>Smith–definitely a reach. However, if there’s a story behind that gpa, this is possibly a good option. Sometimes..you get a hunch. Methinks this might really be an option for your D. </p>
<p>I was going to third the idea of U Missouri/Rolla except I just found out they changed their name to Missouri University of Science and Technology. According to their website:
If your ACT composite score is 24 or higher, or the total of your SAT critical reading and math scores is 1090 or higher, and you have completed the required curriculum, then you meet the requirements for admission to Missouri S&T.
They fly under the radar, but give a great education. Some really top-notch kids I know have gone there after not getting in to schools like Rice or UT, took the scholarship $ at Rolla. I’ll let nngmm weigh in on the town - I have never been there.</p>
<p>sounds like you have done significant research, but wanted to throw in a couple of other possiblities–depending on location / financing. It sounds like you know the top tier schools Purdue /RHIT/ UICI etc … so something of a second tier approach .. not to denigrate the schools listed </p>
<p>Colorado School Of Mines- very good Engineering School
Rennsealer Poly
Missouri Rolla/S&T
Michigan State
New MExico Tech (interesting school-but very ‘western’)
Texas Tech -smaller large state school some interesting programs in Wind engineeing and the like
Univ of Tulsa- has some very good programs -it is private and expensive but significnat aid these days</p>
<p>At least at Case, that ACT ensures acceptance. I know a student who took 5 years to graduate high school, finished with a 1.9 and multiple recorded suspensions, and still got in last year. What was the one thing he had going for him? A 35 ACT. Her GPA is better, she’s graduating on time, and I presume she has a less extensive history of thuggish behavior. So I’d say she’s in. I realize that is anecdotal, and therefore not necessarily the case with every such applicant. But Case wants higher average test scores, and so is normally willing to overlook crippling shortcomings.</p>
<p>Edit: By the way, if the OP has questions about Case, I can answer them, as I am transferring out (albeit from CAS).</p>
<p>If the admissions people were the ones who actually looked at the summer program applications, then I would certainly not apply to RHIT in the fall. But my guess is that the people reviewing summer program apps are the people running the summer program.</p>
<p>If RHIT would be one of your D’s top choices, but for the rejection from the summer program, I’d put in an application in the fall. Give the admissions people a chance to look at her file.</p>
<p>Also consider schools with programs such as UW’s Women in Science and Engineering residence hall program- that can make a large school feel small.</p>