Female, Asian, gpa 4 unweighted, ACT 35, very good extracurriculars and leadership profile.
Match me to chemical engineering schools for top40 schools. Coast schools and Chicago area, St. Louis. Looking for a good early decision. Thinking about Brown, JHU.
Do you care about anything other than “top 40”?
Have you checked net price calculators for all colleges of interest?
Has something changed since you did this thread in March? At that time you were looking for a well balanced list.
Look into molecular engineering at UChicago. I would’ve applied in my cycle if I had know it existed lmao. Program seems awesome for a math and physics heavy chemical engineering/bioengineering student.
Edit: I myself was deciding between pursuing CS and BioE. In the end, it looks like CS won out, and I will be studying CS at a public uni.
Different major, higher ACT.
My ACT score is now 35. I have also started a new and very well received affinity student club at my high school.
I am also realizing that I like chemistry and math the most. I decided to focus on this as a major instead of bme.
Look at WashU. Somewhat similar to JHU. Both have ED1 and ED2 at around 30%, and unlike a place like Brown, the increased ED admit rate isn’t mostly because of legacy and athlete admits.
In my opinion, you should still be looking for a well balanced list.
To be clear…I never mentioned looking for a low COST school. I simply mentioned the need for a varied list. I just wanted to know if/what had changed.
Re Brown and Hopkins…both are excellent schools. I agree with the above poster about perhaps looking at University of Chicago. What about Northwestern?
Lots of great choices in the geographic areas the OP suggested.
I know this might not be quite in the geographic area you are targeting but U of Minnesota has a highly ranked Chem Engineering program (US News #5) and they do rolling admissions. It was one of my daughter’s first acceptances a couple of years ago.
I know this isn’t in the geographic area either…but Rice is a great option. The Houston location is excellent for chemical engineering.
@Clara-sp There are so many good options for ED in the top40, but your likelihood of admission and anyone’s ability to match you depends on more information:
-What is your estimated class rank(ask your counselor if they do not rank–most will give you a general idea, as in top 10%, top20, top 30, or you can look on your school profile and see how your gpa compares to previous years, or look on your high school’s naviance)
-How common is it that your school gets acceptances to engineering top40ish schools? If your school only takes one JHU or Brown or WAshU engineering kid a year, then that makes them a very big reach unless you think you are one of the top few STEM kids in your class, and maybe it does not make sense to “waste” an ED at this type of high reach.
-What AP courses are you taking this year? Your scores on math/science AP as well as your grades in STEM classes relative to peers will be important.
Since ED is a binding agreement, we need to know what else you are looking for other than just ranking. When looking at schools with higher rankings, it is important to note that “match” isn’t the best term, as most will be reaches for all unhooked applicants. You mention some geographic regions but what about Greek life or a rah-rah athletic atmosphere? Most importantly, what is your budget?
Will you be visiting any schools before applying?
I have a chem e at Purdue. It’s a fabulous program and probably a match, even though the acceptance rates for engineering continue to drop every year.
U of Delaware also has a very highly rated chem e program, and again an easier admit than most of the other schools that are being suggested.
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