Engineering Schools?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi. I'm a rising senior; asian; male (necessary? lol). </p>

<p>For AP's... I've taken BC calc and Computer Science sophmore yr; Chem and Stats junior yr; and signed up for Physics, Econ, and Art Studio for nxt yr. </p>

<p>GPA...
this is one thing i want to make clear about. I know colleges look at the freshman and sophomore yr grades, but... well here's my case.
freshman yr, around 15~20% (yeah... very far off from those top scores)
then i moved to the states and as a sophomore yr around 20~25%... (english was the "thing" for me)
BUT... as a junior i ended the yr with the top 5% (a major improvement I guess....)
percentage-wise, number-wise, I've gone through a MAJOR improvement in my GPA. </p>

<p>sports...
sub varsity x-country(cap.) and lacrosse. not really significant. I'll explain y later</p>

<p>music...
not really significant just a couple bands. just normal...</p>

<p>arts...
this is one i would like to emphasize on my app.
i've been taking art classes every yr since middle school, won some prizes, and planning to send a portfolio to the colleges w/ my app
i heard the engineering schools are recently looking for those talented in art as well, so maybe a plus impact? (i hope...)</p>

<p>EC
math team- president, and won several honorable awards on competitions (i'll skip listing which competitions)
math club (seperate from team) - president
won a couple math prizes for my dedication to the school's math team.
AIME qualifire (sophomore n junior n probably senior as well..)
patent holder <- also wat i would like to emphasize on my app.
done public services constantly : I've been going to the same public service center for the disabilites since middle school, worked as a translator on a International Marathon Walk, etc.
internship at Seoul National University (#1 university in korea)
internship as a junior researcher at a fashion company
AND...
done several researches/reports on the field of math/science/and art
the researches are purely done by myself, which I managed to do since middle school. I'm planning to send a CD with the reports I had done on it.
AND...
currently working with the fashion company I worked as a junior researcher on combining IT with fashion (applying my patent).</p>

<p>well this is basically wat i hv. </p>

<p>I'm aiming a range of 2100~2200 for SAT and 30~35 ACT (taking this sept. and oct.) </p>

<p>for SAT 2's, I hv a 800 on Math 2c, 750 on Physics (planning to take again; usually get 800s... don't know y i got that..) and a 710 on Chem(ouch... planning to take again.. i usually get 790 or 780 on practice tests). </p>

<p>So... plz based on the assumption that DO get such scores on my SAT and ACT, could you evaluate my status and which schools to apply for? </p>

<p>THANK YOU! luv u all. :)</p>

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<p>Berkeley, Stanford, Harvey Mudd, UCLA, U Washington</p>

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<p>You should also try MIT, Cooper Union, Johns Hopkins, and WashU.</p>

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<p>collge. thanx for the advice. maybe another advice of where i should put for EA/ED?</p>

<p>EG. thanx too. is Cooper Union good for EE?</p>

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<p>BUMP plz reply if u read this :P</p>

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<p>you don't give your gpa so hard to tell.
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Georgia Tech</p>

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<p>well, the main reason is caz our school uses a 6 scale instead of 4...
so it's kinda different from wat you all would know. neway my junior GPA was around 5.2~3 out of 6.0</p>

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<p>Cooper Union is good for EE at the undergrad level. An advantage of Cooper Union is that students there don't pay tuition. It charges about $120,000 for four years, but it gives all enrolling students $120,000 scholarships.</p>

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<p>wow... even to international students like me?</p>

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<p>BUMP one more :)</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech, of course.</p>

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<p>Since your are an international applicant the following will be hard to get in.
MIT/UCB EECS
SAT1: > 1550/1600 (CR and Math)
SATII: > 2300 (M, Physics/Chem, 3rd subject)
Stanford:
SAT1: > 2300
SATII: > 2300 (M, Physics/Chem, 3rd subject)</p>

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<p>What areas of engineering are you interested in?</p>

<p>MIT, Caltech, Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, Michigan, Illinois, and Cornell have top-10 faculties in just about every area of engineering. Others are a little spottier, but if you have a specific interest in Electrical Engineering, for example, you may not care that a school is not as strong in Chemical Engineering. </p>

<p>You GPA sounds a little questionable for MIT, Caltech, Stanford and Princeton, and even apart from GPA you need to count those as "reach" schools, though you may want to take a shot a applying to one or more of them. Berkeley is also a difficult reach if you're OOS. I'd say take a good look at Cornell, Michigan, and Illinois. Among the Ivies, Penn is also pretty good in some areas of engineering. Other non-Ivies with strong engineering programs are Northwestern ,CMU, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, Texas, UCLA (tough if OOS), and Georgia Tech.</p>

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<p>bclintonk offered a good list.</p>

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<p>CMU doesn't take into account freshman GPA so that might help your case.</p>