I’d love if yall could hit me up with some suggestions on matches/safeties—sometimes I feel like the only schools people talk about are these crazy reach schools, and I kinda want at least one acceptance come spring.
Stats, and things:
White female from a southern state, at a highly ranked (more or less top 100 in the country) largeish public school
ACT: 36C (single sitting, not sure if colleges see that or care though)
SATII: 800 Math II and 790 Physics. I never took the SATI, but I did get NMSF
GPA: 3.95-3.99ish unweighted, 4.5 weighted. We don’t do rank
Rigor: really strong, I’ll have 10 APs + 9 DE credits by the end of high school
My highest level classes are probably in the math/science department. I’m taking multivariable calculus/linear algebra and AP physics C this year.
ECs: pretty identifiable, so I’m leaving them off, but I do a couple really time consuming ECs, my main thing (which I’ve been to some national competitions for, blah blah blah) is 25hrs/week and my other stuff adds up to another 7hrs/week or so. I have some juicy leadership stuff in there as well. My ECs tend to skew pretty heavily towards athletics and STEM-y stuff.
Hooks: none :’(
My dream major is engineering, but I want a school where I can ditch that major if I realize it’s not for me.
Wow you have good scores, but you are leaving us hanging a bit :(. You don’t tell us what schools you want to be chanced for, and this isn’t even in the chance me section. Each school has slightly different preferences, and it will be even harder to tell if you will get in because you don’t give us what your extra-curriculars are. You could be playing pokemon 25 hrs/week, or you could be working on your non-profit in Rwanda which has helped over 1,000,000 people from starvation and AIDS. Good luck in your search for a thick packet amongst the pile of thin rejection letters.
Oh, sorry, this isn’t a chance me thread–I was looking for suggestions for safety schools to apply to that have strong engineering programs. Sorry for the confusion!
You don’t even tell us what matters to you in a school. Big? Small? Weather? Location? What state do you live in- does it have to be close or do you hate your family? Does it have to have a strong LGBT presence? Do you want to party? Does financial aid matter? Private? Public?
For safeties, that have to be affordable. How much can you pay/year? What is your EFC and Home State? Also the rest of the info noted in above post ^^^^^.
Terrific profile. I don’t think you’ll need your safety. What’s your money situation.
If money is no issue, almost any public school is a safety for except schools where the priority deadline has already passed. For schools where you missed the priority deadline, they may not have space for you.
Good point! Size doesn’t matter. A strong LGBTQIA presence is a must. I’m very open to all forms of precipitation as long as the school is not frozen in a literal block of ice nine moths out of the year. Schools that dish out merit aid would def be at the top of my list, and I’m open to going mostly anywhere in the country O:-) Also money isn’t an issue. Thanks guys!
If you want some small school options, Smith is a women’s Liberal Arts college with an engineering department. Also look into Swarthmore, co-ed with engineering school. Barnard is next door to Columbia and has some double and joint degree options with Columbia that might interest you. These may be reaches but with your stats they aren’t crazy reaches and might make nice alternatives to consider.
Since price isn’t an issue, consider UC matches like Davis, Santa Barbara, or San Diego (you’re also in range for UCLA and Berkeley but I know you’re looking for match/safeties). Cal Poly SLO would be a good safety/match.
I second the suggestions that you check out Purdue, BU and Case Western.
The University of Delaware has highly ranked engineering programs, you would also likely get some merit$. It is in a nice a college town with a wonderful small town Main Street running right through the center of campus. It has a stop nearby on Amtrak rail line, so easy to get to Philadelphia(1 hour)DC, NYC(both 2 hours).
UMass Amherst, University of MD, VTech also are strong in engineering, and are popular choices for engineering students in my area.
Lafayette College in PA is a nice choice if you would like a smaller school, with excellent engineering.
I also know engineering students who loved Case Western, Drexel U, and Northeastern U, and the U of Alabama.
You have amazing credentials, plus you are a women pursuing engineering. I am guessing your you are applying to MIT, Stanford, All the Ivies, Carnegie Mellon, University of Michigan, University of Illinois, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Rice, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins and Duke. I you haven’t applied to these schools, you should. These are the best engineering schools. With your qualifications you don’t need any safeties. You apply to 15 of the above you will get into at least a few of these top engineering schools.
Trinity College in Conn has Engineering, along with all the non-tech majors you’d expect at an old and established LAC. With your stats it may offer a nice FA package.
With your stats and resume, and most importantly your gender, you will get into several if not most of the top engineering schools. It comes down to affordability. What is your actual budget? Those tippy top schools generally don’t give merit, since everyone there is meritorious. If budget is a concern, you might need some financial safeties.
Seconding Smith and Swarthmore. Not safeties, but your stats are very good. Also look at Penn’s engineering school. They have a healthy %age of women and Penn (and Philadelphia!) is very LGBT friendly.
For safety, Northeastern would be a good bet and they are also LGBT friendly.
