<p>A few more suggestions: Brandeis, the University of Rochester, Rensslaer Polytech Institute, U of Wisconsin, Northeastern, U of Michigan, Washington U in St. Louis. As an Ohio resident, don't rule out some of the Ohio publics. There's been a discussion about Miami U starting a new engineering program in a thread on the parents board that might interest you. </p>
<p>Applying ED will not hurt your financial aid package, however it will mean you can not compare offers to see which schools offer you the best financial aid package with the lowest amount of loans. If you need significant financial aid, I'd advise against ED just for this reason but of course, that's for you and your family to decide. Good luck!</p>
<p>Bkyln2Cornell, maybe we'd both be better off going to our local community tech schools...too much decision-making for my blood. Thanks for your college suggestions, carolyn. I basically looked through a list of every college in the northeast that offered computer engineering, and I've since been narrowing it down more and more based on my own tastes in a college. This is what I'm down to as of now:</p>
<p>MIT
Cornell
Northwestern
CMU
Northeastern
University of Rochester
Boston University
Syracuse University
RIT
Case Western
RPI
and then my 2 original safeties</p>
<p>I'm hoping I can squeeze good financial packages out of these. MIT scares me more than any of the others, though. That place seems beyond me. I doubt I'll have a chance. I've spent many, many hours just pondering over what universities to choose. I hope this college search is worth it. Any comments or criticisms from anyone would be nice. I like discussions.</p>
<p>In terms oif cost and a dept. that fits your needs - UMBC - University of Maryland in Baltimore County has excellent computer engineering depts. lots of diversity, not too expensive, not a heavy party school....an up and comer that you should look into..,.</p>
<p>a fact:<br>
you can get into Yale with a 1400 SAT, example is my friend who is a sophomore there now... she also got into Brown...basically everyone's credentials are so damn high and close to eachother that say 20 points don't matter much. they're not looking for the highest scores, they're looking for people who would fit in well at their school. </p>
<p>best of luck.</p>
<p>the only bad thing about northwestern is their quarter system which i hear most of the people that are there don't like so much.</p>
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If it's a lie, then why do JHU, Cornell, and MIT seem to accept better students than me? I'm worried that I would stand absolutely no chance at those schools, even with interviews, good recommendations, and excellent essays. That's why I'd like to find more schools like Case and Carnegie Mellon where I stand a good chance of acceptance. I really want to apply to Cornell and MIT, but I don't think I'd even be waitlisted at the very least. My application seems too weak for them...
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<p>CMU's Electrical and Computer Engineering Program is at least as hard to get into as Cornell Engineering and JHU. CMU ECE's admissions is separate from the rest of CIT's, and it's somewhat more selective. The average SAT is somewhere between 1400 (CIT's average) and 1460 (SCS's average), higher than those of Cornell and JHU, which are both around 1380 (average SAT score is a strong indicator of selectivity). So I think you have a good shot at Cornell, CMU, and JHU. MIT really is a reach no matter what your scores (their average is around 1470), but you have as much of a chance of getting in as most of the other male applicants. It would be worthwhile to apply to all of those, although CMU and MIT would be your best choices for CompE.</p>
<p>(Edit) Sorry, I'm going by the old SAT. What I said times ~3/2 :-)</p>
<p>Cornell is pretty generous with financial aid and they make an ernest effort to admit qualified students regardless of socioeconomic status. There are also the SUNYs at Buffalo, Binghamton, and Stonybrook if you are a NYS resident. Don't mention the bathroom vandalism unless someone asks.</p>
<p>I have to mention the vandalism. Almost all college forms ask for it. And I'm from Ohio, so...</p>
<p>How many reach schools is too many? Is there really a point in applying to schools where one doesn't stand much of a chance of acceptance? I think most kids do it with the hopes of being accepted into at least one of them (like applying to all of the ivies hoping to get into one).</p>