<p>Roughly from more to less selective:</p>
<p>Stanford, Princeton
Duke, Dartmouth
Cornell
Wisconsin
Colorado School of Mines
Cal Poly SLO, Colorado - Boulder, UC Santa Barbara, University of Hawaii, Virginia Tech</p>
<p>For a balance of decent engineering, beautiful campus, outstanding natural surroundings, and dry sunny weather? Where mere mortals have a realistic shot at admission? University of Colorado at Boulder.</p>
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