<p>The higher end of the ranges (act 24-30 like 27-30) is most likely engineering with obviously some higher outliers. So should I skip my sat? I didn’t studying at all for my SAT (my mistake)</p>
<p>I’m leaning towards skipping sending in my SAT, but if someone more knowledgeable than I in college proceedings thinks otherwise, please tell me</p>
<p>Yea I didn’t look hard enough at Purdue’s engineering stats. You should only submit your ACT since the 50% range is between a 28-32 while the SAT ranges from an 1800-2080.
<a href=“Home - Office of Future Engineers - Purdue University”>Home - Office of Future Engineers - Purdue University;
<p>If you want a good safety, consider Iowa State. Good engineering with great recruiting and pretty low cost for an OOS school.</p>
<p>I got deferred from JMU with a 3.6 GPA and a 29 ACT, what the heck??</p>
<p>Have they rec’d your midterm grades?</p>
<p>Can your GC call and see if there’s something you can send to help your situation?</p>
<p>What is your GPA for core classes? English, math, etc?</p>
<p>Did you have a downward trend as a junior?</p>
<p>JMU has gotten a lot more competitive the past few years - as has GMU. You may want to apply to GMU though (deadline is 1/15 for RD). Very good engineering school, nice campus, near DC - in state tuition. VA has a number of good engineering schools - VCU if you prefer an urban campus. We’re lucky in VA to have a number of good, very different, in-state options.</p>
<p>GPA has been a 4.0 since sophomore year, I screwed up my freshman year pretty bad. Turns out I forgot to send in my ACT score in addition to my SAT…but still my SAT score is good enough for JMU. I don’t know what happened</p>
<p>Hello bwoods96,</p>
<p>I agree with your line of thinking. The top tier engg. schools are very global nowadays as they attract lots of good foreign students. The salaries offered may be the same for the same openings across colleges, but that does not mean that the companies themselves recruit from all and sundry engg. colleges. My suggestion would be to go with Purdue or VTech… both are well known in the industry and respected world-wide. Paying extra for Purdue may be worth it though and you will have to do the cost/benefit analysis.</p>
<p>I am in the process of doing a similar analysis for my D who will be heading to college for ChemE in Fall 2014. My current short listed ones are UMinn (no. 4 and $20K) vs GTech (no. 10/overall no. 5 and $30K). Once we hear back from UCB (her dream school), we will decide.</p>
<p>[Top</a> 100 universities for Engineering and Technology 2013-14 - Times Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/subject-ranking/subject/engineering-and-IT]Top”>Subject Ranking 2013-14: Engineering & Technology | Times Higher Education (THE))
[Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences - 2013 | 2013 Top 100 Universities in Natural Sciences and Mathematics | ARWU-FIELD 2013](<a href=“http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldENG2013.html]Academic”>http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldENG2013.html)</p>
<p>Good luck !</p>
<p>What was your Math + CR for your SAT?</p>
<p>What is your ACT composite?</p>
<p>Composite: 29 (31R, 31S, 29R, 26M)
SAT: 610M, 570CR (1180 2 score)</p>
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<p>Apple reportedly has a strong local bias, with lots of San Jose State graduates working there.</p>
<p>While companies may not offer significant pay differences for new graduates of different schools, their may choose to recruit at different schools. Local schools are often strongly preferred due to convenience, while travel recruiting may have some bias in favor of schools that the employer knows. Smaller companies are likely to have a stronger local bias due to fewer needs and smaller recruiting budget.</p>
<p>Of course, a student can still try to apply directly to companies that do not come recruiting, though that would mean having to find them first if they are not big and well known.</p>
<p>Note that having your lowest SAT and ACT sections be in math may not look good if an admissions office is looking holistically at you for engineering. What level of math are you taking, and how well have you been doing in math courses?</p>
<p>You would be selling yourself short by not casting a wider net. You just found out how competitive admission to engineering colleges is in Virginia. At VaTech for example, the last two years saw few, if any, admits from the wait-list.</p>
<p>I second the recommendation of schools such as Alabama-Tuscaloosa, an institution that might make it well worth your while financially to enroll there. Another low cost but rigorous option that I have some familiarity with is South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. They have a car building lab team. Don’t know how strong they are in robotics, but SDSM&T kids and alumni are everywhere in terms of engineering; NASA, the Jet Propulsion Lab, John Deere & Company, Boeing etc.</p>
<p>As far as my math scores: my math was the highest on my SAT but lowest on the ACT, simply put the math used on these tests in pre-algebra, geometry, and algebra 1. I took Geometry in 6th grade and Algebra in 7th, so it’s been a loooong time. While I did study, there is only so much I can relearn. I have taken (in high school): Trig, Elementary Functions, Math Analysis Honors, and currently Calculus.</p>
<p>Composite: 29 (31R, 31S, 29R, 26M)
SAT: 610M, 570CR (1180 2 score)</p>
<p>You need to send your ACT fast!</p>
<p>Your ACT is higher than your SAT. Your ACT is the equivalent of a 1300 M+CR. That 1180 looks far worse.</p>
<p>Send your ACT and call admissions and let them know.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to be harsh, but your math strength demonstrated by the ACT and SAT does not bode well for engineering.</p>
<p>I’m very concerned that you’re trying to squeeze thru into an 'impressive program" (Purdue, for instance) and yet your classmates will be so much stronger that you’ll be weeded out…and holding the bag for loans. ugh!</p>
<p>You need to tread VERY carefully. Do not take out extra loans, do not have your parents do so either. Send your ACT and try to get into JMU. If you make it thru their eng’g program, breathe a sigh of relief and go forward with your life.</p>
<p>I really don’t know much about local biases, but a friend’s S graduated from Arizona State a few years ago with excellent offers from both Microsoft and Apple. It’s possible to go to your local state school and come out with great job offers. He also graduated debt free and has his untouched college fund free to spend on the down payment for a house.</p>
<p>@Mom2collegekids: With all due respect you know nothing about me, my work ethic, or my abilites in school and math. The SAT/ACT is one test which test math I took 4-5 years ago. So don’t bother telling me that I will be “weeded out” because of there are more intelligent people; there will always be someone more intelligent than I, but I will not be weeded out.</p>
<p>If you want to verify your math skills as needed to succeed in your frosh year course work in engineering, you may want to try these placement tests:
[Placement</a> Test](<a href=“http://math.tntech.edu/e-math/placement/index.html]Placement”>http://math.tntech.edu/e-math/placement/index.html)
[Calculus</a> Diagnostic Placement Exam | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/placement-exam]Calculus”>http://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/placement-exam)
Entering frosh are generally expected to be proficient in all math through precalculus, as it will be used throughout the engineering curriculum.</p>
<p>I expressed a legit Concern based on your math scores.
That said, I hope you Sent your ACT because your composite is much higher.</p>
<p>Purdue student here. If you were still curious about it I might be able to help a little. The engineering program here has pretty high scores, our freshman class this year is one of the highest. The overall acceptances that you see from the university includes other programs, like our liberal arts, which are fairly easy to get into so you really can’t use those scores at all to see if you will get into an engineering program.</p>
<p>That being said, Purdue does have a good acceptance rate, BUT be very cautious in choosing to go here if money is an issue. Purdue kind of does this thing where it takes a decent percentage of applicants and then throws you in very hard weed out courses your freshman and sophomore year. That’s why Purdue has a good program. The people that aren’t dedicated to working hard will not graduate with an engineering degree. Most of them switch to the technologies. However, if you think that you can really take school seriously and are willing to do the work then I would consider it. A LOT of recruiters come here, and we have a very large Industrial Roundatable career fair that happens in the fall. I know engineers that have worked at some really cool places because of IR, like Nestle for instance.</p>
<p>I’m in the Computer Science program, and I have already met with reps from Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Facebook, and I’m having lunch with some reps from Google next week! And the engineering department here is much more well known than CS, so I would take that into account.</p>
<p>Anyway, just make the right choice for you! I know Purdue isn’t cheap and I’m sure there are other options that would also be a great fit! Good luck!</p>