<p>Hi,
Taking our son college shopping this summer and plan to hit mainly east coast. He has been on line investigating options and have of course seen all lists for best engineering programs etc but was wondering if anyone has any suggestions/personal expereince etc. and can recommend we go take a look. He would like to apply to MIT but needs some more reachs and safety's. He is looking for a school mid-size not too small with diverse population, preferably a larger female population than some engineering schools he has looked up!
SAT's 800 CR; 780 Math; 720 Writing;, Subject Tests 800 Math 2; 800 World History; 780 Literature, he plans on taking chemistry and Physics subject tests in fall. GPA 4.0 UW; now attends an IB school in Europe (we are American living overseas) and predicted is 43-45. EC's good mixture of sports, leadership community Service etc. He obviously is qualified to apply most places but from reading CC realize that this will be highest application year so far and are interested in hearing about some schools that may not be on the top 10 but are worth the look. Thanks, we head to the states on the 12th.</p>
<p>Congratulations EAO. Your son is in very good shape. </p>
<p>Reaches:
Harvard University (only for Math and Physics)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University</p>
<p>Matches:
Carnegie Mellon University (for computer related field)
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvey Mudd College
Northwestern University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago (only for Math and Physics)</p>
<p>Safeties:
Carnegie Mellon University (for any non-computer related field)
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>Well, you will generally find a low female population in engineering schools, unfortunately. But some schools you may want to look into are Carnegie Mellon University, Cal. Tech, Georgia Tech, Stanford, and Duke University.</p>
<p>Alexandre's list is good but I would remove Harvard. Harvard doesn't have a real engineering program, just general engineering.</p>
<p>I think highly of Cornell and Princeton for undergraduate engineering education.</p>
<p>In which field of engineering does he plan to major? That could make a difference.</p>
<p>Maybe consider Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, U Maryland College Park.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd has an all-girls school right across the street (Scripps) and 3 other colleges it is attached to. If you actually do make it to the west cost, seriously do visit. </p>
<p>Else, Alexandre's post lists great options. I would suggest that, like Harvard, Princeton is for math and physics only; it has a comparably weak engineering department to the others.</p>
<p>Cornellllll</p>
<p>Rice. I know it may be small, but it is in the 4th largest city and has great engineering and math programs.</p>
<p>Thanks, for the advice, will get him to look at all the above.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is amazing. It's all the way in CA, but definitely worth it.</p>
<p>For an additional safety, there's Case Western.
Cal Tech should be on the list as a match too. As for the Male/Female ration, you can't have everything.</p>