<p>Penguin, Indiana doesn’t have an engineering program.
Public flagships like Umich, Wisconsin, UIUC, UT-Austin, UW-seattle, etc are all likely to have strong business and engineering programs. </p>
<p>Yes but Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas and Washington are a tough admit for most applicants. Also, I don’t know how Texas treats financial aid applicants from out-of-state but those other 4 schools generally DO NOT provide abundant scholarships or aid to non-resident students. In fact, the U of Washington recently adopted a policy of admitting additional numbers of non-residents for the purpose of enrolling more full-pay students.</p>
<p>Well here are some privates that have good engineering and business such as Marquette, Lehigh, Bucknell, Vanderbuilt, Case Western, Carnegie Mellon, and obviously stanford/mit</p>
<p>OP, sorry if you took offense at my question. I noticed you picked an OOS public U that offers virtually no merit aid to OOS students. I just wanted to point out what the cost would be. Students on CC frequently assume their parents agree with their school selections until the parents see the potential prices. Please discuss this with them now. It doesn’t make sense to fill your list with reaches and no affordable alternatives (and yes, we’ve seen that happen).</p>
<p>Your SAT is not much below average for BU, so it might not be as big of a reach as you think. Not much of a campus,though. Then again, all of Boston would sort of be your campus.</p>
<p>Villanova is not pushy about its Catholicism, although about 75% are Catholic. Has a reputation as the second choice for students not accepted into Notre Dame. You would be required to take two theology courses and a philosophy course. That is about the extent of religious involvement required. See this:
<a href=“http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/undergrad/new_core.html”>http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/undergrad/new_core.html</a></p>
<p>If you don’t like chemistry, then don’t take it. There is a particular perversion which seems to believe that you need to do specific things (whether you like them or not) to get into your preferred colleges. If you are true to yourself, and take challenging courses which you find interesting, then you will get into a college that you like. Your ECs are excellent. I predict that BU will accept you.</p>
<p>Have you considered Syracuse University? Very much a match, almost safety for you, and has an engineering school. The SU business school (Whitman) is highly reputable.</p>