<p>Hi everyone!
I'm currently looking into majoring in Chem E, and would like to make a list of possible schools that I can apply to for Regular Decision. </p>
<p>My stats:
SAT Reasoning: 2210 (CR-730, W-720, M- 760)
SAT II Chinese w/ Listening: 790
SAT II Chemistry: 780
SAT II Math Level 2: 780
SAT II Physics: 730 (didn't study for this one, just spontaneously decided to take after I took Chinese)
GPA (unweighted): 3.80/4.00</p>
<p>Courses (with predicted marks):
IB Math HL - 5
IB Chemistry HL - 7
IB Economics HL - 6
IB English A SL - 6
IB Chinese B SL - 6
IB Physics SL -6</p>
<p>Currently, I have already applied to Georgia Tech, Stanford (super reach), Emory, Texas A&M, UT Austin, UIUC, UC Berkeley and UCLA. Future plans include Cornell, Rice, Northwestern and UMichigan.</p>
<p>I am looking to add some schools to my list since I now decided that I am most interested in Chemical Engineering.
Does anyone have suggestions according to my interest and stats?</p>
<p>Oh, and I am in state for Texas, I currently attend school internationally, and finance is not an issue for me. I am ok with any size school in any location as long as it fits my intended major. </p>
<p>University of Alabama. You qualify for the full tuition merit scholarship based on your SAT and GPA, but you need to apply by Dec 15. It’s an easy application and takes less than 15 minutes. You will also be admitted to the Honors College. You get an additional $2500/yr for being an engineering student.</p>
<p>University of Delaware Chem E very highly ranked, beautiful East coast campus with a true American Main Street running right through the center of campus.</p>
<p>Since you applied to the UCs already, can you add other campuses? UCSB is highly ranked in ChemE. Davis also has a respected program. You’ve already received some good suggestions. Other options include Wisconsin, CMU, Case Western. </p>
<p>Question: have you run the net price calculator at each school and learned from your parents whether they can match the Expected Family Contribution? </p>
<p>I am also interested in this thread - D has applied to Tulane, UCSB, USC (reach), Case Western Reserve, URochester, UMass, Drexel, SUNY Stony Brook, and UMBC for Chemical Engineering, I’ve seen some very negative posts about SUNY Stony Brook, and iffy ones about UMBC. Anyone know of pros & cons for these ChemE programs?</p>
<p>She has focused on mid-sized schools that also offer a dance minor. She doesn’t like huge universities, particularly those with football/sports obsessions (e.g., Ohio State). </p>
<p>Don’t know where you heard detrimental information about U Maryland-Baltimore County. It’s nearly unanimous that President Freeman Hrbowski has done a masterful job of creating a very good STEM university there.</p>
<p>Also, UVA is a great university generally, but the engineering department there is not even the best engineering program in Virginia. By the way, UVA engineering is not as prolific (in research) as two of your other choices; U Rochester and Case Western Reserve University.</p>
<p>Dr. Hrbowski spoke at my son’s high school commencement this year. He’s a very impressive and dynamic speaker. Virginia Tech is arguably the better all round engineering school with a solid reputation.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback on UMBC. The negative comments were related to its reputation as a commuter school, an unattractive campus, limited social life and school spirit. I know they are working hard to get past that. Their ChemE program looks great on paper and we haven’t visited yet, so I am definitely keeping an open mind. Thank you for the tip about UVa research. Research opportunities are important to D. </p>
<p>@NoVADad99, to your point about V Tech, we had to forgo all of the tech schools because of the dance minor, and because she wanted options in case engineering isn’t for her. She’s been admitted to Tulane with an excellent merit award, but worries their ChemE program may not be as highly ranked as some of the other schools she’s applying to. </p>
<p>Wow, thanks for all these responses! I will look into all of the suggestions. And @jkeil911 I’m not really sure what to do for the calculator, but I am quite confident that tuition is not an issue. Thanks!</p>
<p>Rankings really aren’t all that useful when it comes to undergraduate engineering departments. An applicant should instead investigate the career outcomes of a given Chemical Engineering department. Find out which companies visit Tulane ChE to recruit new graduates. And where did Tulane ChE alumni go for graduate school recently, for example? And so on and so on.</p>
<p>@thegrant I’ve heard some recommend that school to me but I don’t know much about it. Where does it rank on a list of engineering schools?</p>
<p>@jmek15 I have, but I’m unable to see anything past the 10th. Just got rejected from my highest reach school, so I plan on applying to another maybe. Any opinions on Yale Chem E.? I know its really small and undeveloped compared to others, but having read up on it, it seems that the general ratio of professors to students per major is 2:1 (2 professors, that is). So that is quite high. This also means that there would be more research opportunities etc. So I am currently deciding on that. Any opinions? </p>