<p>I feel really badly for my friend - he was rejected from his two top choice schools, WashU ED and UFlorida. He also applied to
FSU
Tulane
Miami (OH)
Penn State-UP
Rice
Emory
UDelaware</p>
<p>He is Jewish, rather liberal, from Tampa, very good private school, very smart, interested in engineering but not the nerdy type, more the creative type, also very interested in starting his own company with original products/inventions. Obviously Rice and Emory should be at the top of his list but his acceptance is doubtful. Can others rank the other options for me? Thank you!</p>
<p>Emory and Tulane are relatively Jewish and lieral. PSU is politically diverse (as is PA...think Philadlephia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between). I'm not too sure about the others.</p>
<p>What were his SAT/ACT/GPA/rank? Hard to know anything without those. Knowing nothing about him, here are my guesses. If he did not get into WUSTL, he prob won't get into Emory (but you never know). UF is weird with their admissions so don't use that rejection to gauge anything else. FSU is relatively easy to get into...so he should get in and be offered a scholarship (assuming his SATs/GPA were of WU/Emory lower ranges). Rice is very competitive...no clue. Penn State should be an acceptance. UDelaware should be an acceptance. Forget Tulane, engineering department is in the shredder...the faculty is on an exodus, there will be mold issues galore in the classrooms and dorms for years to come.</p>
<p>Miami has a large Jewish population and has an active Hillel. In addition, Miami has some very strong programs plus is probably the best place to attend school among the list.</p>
<p>Not only does it have fabulous sports teams such as PSU, but it has the best weather. Food is great and so is the facilities such as gyms,pools, computers etc.</p>
<p>It is also one of the fastest up and coming schools in the US. Its endowment just 8 years ago barely exceeded 500 million. Now its endowment exceeds one billion. In addition, Miami gives some preference to its undergraduates for graduate, medical and law school admission.</p>
<p>Also don't forget that many college kids come to South Florida for their winter break. Miami kids live there! There are a huge amount of things to do and see. The city also has some wonderful restaurants too.It really is a great place to go to school.</p>
<p>Serious consideration should be given to Miami.</p>
<p>This wasn't really a chances thread, seiclan, but I appreciate the input. GPA was a 3.4 or so at a very competitive Florida private, and a 2000 SAT (not sure exact but something like 760M 580V 660W). Good, very original essays (which I edited!) and some work and EC experience.</p>
<p>I had no idea Tulane was eliminating engineering! Thanks guys. Any more thoughts are appreciated.</p>
<p>Miami U (In OH) is a good school. They like to party, but they love to study. It's pretty liberal, I think. A lot of kids who go there are like your friend: medical, science, math, etc. with a creative side.</p>
<p>This was probably already mentioned, but yea after Katrina Tulane dropped its Engineering program so if he’s dead set on that he should cross Tulane off his list. If not, Tulane has a whole bunch of other opportunities and is a great school overall.</p>