<p>I'm looking for a good school with MechE and/or AeroE preferably in the Eastern part of the US, unless the school is extremely fantastic.</p>
<p>My Stats</p>
<p>SAT: 610 CR 720 M 710 W (2040)
ACT: 30</p>
<p>3.8 UW GPA (91%) at a top 30 school in the country</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
Sophomore Chemistry
Honors Geometry
AP World Year 1</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
AP Chemistry
Honors Alg II/Trig
AP World Year 2
Honors English</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP Computer Science
AP US History
Honors PreCalculus
Honors English
Honors Physics</p>
<p>Senior Year:
AP Physics C
AP Calculus
AP Literature
AP Comparative Government
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations</p>
<p>E.C:
Varsity Soccer Team, Varsity Cricket Team, Robotics Team (Programming Division), Founder and President of the Astronomy Club, UNICEF Club, South-Asian Unity Club (NASHA), Intel Science Research program</p>
<p>Accomplishments:
Silver Medal in the National Latin Exam, Internship with Google for programming, scholarship from Google for IdTech camp, Gold Medal in a math paper competition in NYC</p>
<p>I originally wanted to go to schools like MIT, UMich and Cooper Union but I'm not sure about those possibilities anymore.</p>
<p>Please help.</p>
<p>what can your family afford? have you run the net price calculators?</p>
<p>I’m an only child so my parents value my education a lot. Price is not an issue.</p>
<p>So they are willing to pay $60K/year for school? Have you checked?</p>
<p>Still, show them what UMich, MIT will cost them and see if they’re happy about a quarter million dollar outlay.</p>
<p>Your stats are not particularly strong for an engineering applicant, but if you’re full pay because your parents have a lot of money that may help.</p>
<p>You will find that you may be a match at these schools but the engineering component will mean it will be a bit harder than for the non-eng student.</p>
<p>This list emphasizes aeronautical engineering. UMaryland with Goddard Space right next door; UColorado with its long-standing AE program and proximity to NIST; Purdue; UIllinois; Drexel; West Virginia U; Embry Riddle; Florida Institute of Technology; Virginia Tech; Penn State; Texas A&M.</p>
<p>MIT and nearby Draper would be nice but that’s not going to happen. Nor is UMich, Cooper, or GT.</p>
<p>two more questions: could you take the SAT again? what’s your state of residence? </p>
<p>I’m taking the SAT again, I live in NY and I still have the Math II and Physics SAT II results</p>
<p>If mom and dad can swing it, get a tutor for the SAT. Find one who will agree to take payment in relation to every ten points you raise both the CR and M. I know the average student doesn’t raise their score much. Don’t have an average plan for doing it. </p>
<p>I’m not sure if you know what naviance is, but it shows that I have a 46% chance of Umich, 75% at cooper and 20 at cornell
(With my stats)</p>
<p>RPI! Their Aero Engineering program is one of the best</p>
<p>Isn’t this like the third or fourth time you’ve started a thread on this topic?</p>
<p>Clearly you are not satisfied yet, so what are you looking for exactly? </p>
<p>There are dozens of great schools that offer Aero and Mech engineering. It really comes down to what you are expecting to get out of the school. If you’re looking for a big name and bragging rights, then scroll your finger down the USNWR rankings until you find a school you can get into. If you’re trying to find a school that actually fits you, then you need to give us more information on what exactly you are looking for. Be specific.</p>
<p>Don’t rule out univ of buffalo, it’ll save your parents tons of money and still provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in the aerospace industry. For ME cooper union you attended for free but hard as hell to get into (lower acceptance rate than some ivy leagues) also ask yourself if you see yourself doing w/e an aerospace or mechanical engineer does in the next 10-20 years, to my knowledge most engineers aren’t as hand on as the general consensus would lead you to believe, they spend most of their time using software (CAD etc) to design parts or whole systems, though not nearly as much time behind a monitor as a computer scientist. You’d have to make an effort to get your hands dirty in the profession because their role is to act as a problem solver, not a technician I think actually assembling the parts are left to engineering technologists or automated machines. And one more thing companies don’t necessarily always go for the cream of the crop grads (mit, cal tech, etc) but for individuals who can perform the job well not usually caring about the school, but whether the degree is accredited and how much experience he/she has under their belt, DO INTERNSHIPS/CO-OP!</p>
<p>I’m looking for a school that has a good life and one that will allow me to get a good job and get into a good graduate school.</p>
<p>And I’m okay with doing computer stuff, I do have an enjoyable background in Computer Science</p>
<p>I have a VERY hard time believing your Naviance info for Cooper. A 75% chance at a school that accepted 8% last year and your CR is at the 25%ile?</p>
<p>@"Erin’s Dad" sorry I meant 57% (typo)</p>
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I’m an only child so my parents value my education a lot. Price is not an issue.</p>
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<p>Many parents value education a lot…that doesnt usually mean that money is no object. Just to be sure, ask them if they will pay 60k per year for college. If so, then great. If not, ask them how much they will pay.</p>
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<p>These requirements are extremely vague.</p>
<p>Something like this would be more helpful: I like small rural campuses, I don’t like big sports schools, I prefer west coast location, I want a school that is actively recruited from by Boeing or Lockheed Martin, I want to get into such’n’such grad schools… etc.</p>
<p>The more detail the better. If you are completely indifferent about where you go, then that leaves you with a fairly big list of schools to choose from. It’s not like there’s only one college out there that offers Aero/Mech engineering that will allow you to live a “good life”, with a “good job”, and get into a “good graduate school”. There are many good schools that will get you to where you want to be.</p>
<p>Okay, so yes I’m looking for a school where you can be hired from NASA,Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Space X etc.
And I would like to attend graduate school at top schools like MIT, Cal Tech, UMich</p>
<p>NC State University</p>