Good computer engineering colleges

College Search & Selection
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<p>What are some good computer engineering colleges for an Indian male from a very competitive school in Illinois?</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Algebra I B+ / A
Science B+ / A-
English C+ / B
Desktop Publising -> Intro to Business A- / A-
World History B- / A-</p>

<p>Summer School:
Geometry A / A</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Chinese A / A
Biology A / A
Comp Prog AC -> Comp Lang AC B+ / A-
Adv Alg. AC A- / A
AP Human Geo B+ / A-
English A / A
Health A-
Driver Ed A- for class and C- for behind the wheel (don't ask lol, not taken into GPA luckily)</p>

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<p>Here onwards, I am just predicting my grades for junior year.
Summer School:
US History A / A</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Chinese 2 AC A / A
Chemisty AC A-/A-
AP Comp. Science A / A
Precalc Honors A / A
English AC A / A
Physics AC A / A</p>

<p>Summer school:
Government A</p>

<p>Senior Year schedule:
Chinese 3 AC
AP Physics C
Computer Techniques Honors
AP Calc BC
AP Stats
AP Themes
AP Macro / Micro</p>

<p>Tests:
AP Geo: I am guessing a 4
AP Comp Sci: I am guessing a 5
self studying the next two
AP Physics: I am guessing a 5
AP US History: I am guessing a 4
ACT: plan on getting at least a 34
SAT: at least a 2250
SAT II: Math II and Physics probably, will aim for at least a 750 on physics and a 800 on the math</p>

<p>EC's:
Debate Team: Maybe a position on the e-board by junior year (9,10,11,12)
FBLA: Chapter treasurer junior year and will run for either VP or Pres. next year and also area and state offices. Hope to win state in Banking and Financial systems next year and goto nationals and place there (9,10,11,12)
Investment Club: President and Founder(10,11,12)
Science Club: hope to place in some engineering competition at state next year (11,12)
TEAMS: JV next year and varsity member senior year (11,12)
NHS: (12)</p>

<p>By the time I apply I will have 4.1 gpa weighted out of a maximum 4.85 I believe and 3.8/4.0 unweighted. I will have unfortunately a 20% class rank. I am pretty I can get a good rec. from my counselor. I don't know if this helps or not but I am a first gen. immigrant.</p>

<p>Some colleges I am considering are Cornell for ECE, applying ED, UIUC, and Purdue as a safety. What are some other colleges you guys suggest? Thanks</p>

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<p>I can tell you firsthand that Cornell ECE is an awesome program. Be prepared to work. "Building character" (i.e. work ethic, performing under pressure, managing time and tasks) is part of the curriculum. The department chairperson told me this. Overall, Cornell is a wonderful environment. But, you probably won't have much time to fully enjoy it until you are an alum.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon is known for Comp Sci and Comp Eng.</p>

<p>ECE programs are classified under electrical for the Gourman Report:</p>

<p>Gourman Report undergraduate ranking for electrical engineering:</p>

<p>MIT
Stanford
UC Berkeley
U Illinois Urbana Champaign
UCLA
Cornell
Purdue
USC
Princeton
U Michigan Ann Arbor
Carnegie Mellon
Polytechnic U
U Texas Austin
Columbia
Georgia Tech
U Maryland College Park
Ohio State
Stevens Institute of Technology
U Minnesota
Northwestern
UC Santa Barbara
U Florida
RPI
Johns Hopkins
Rice
Brown
U Wisconsin Madison
U Arizona
UC San Diego
U Colorado Boulder
Washington U St Louis
U Pennsylvania
Yale
Virginia Tech
Penn State University Park
Case Western
U Missouri Rolla
U Mass Amherst
Syracuse
Michigan State
U Notre Dame
U Pittsburgh
Iowa State
North Carolina St
U Washington
Texas A&M
Southern Methodist
UC Davis
Duke
SUNY Stony Brook
U Tennessee Knoxville
Arizona State
U Kansas
U Hawaii Manoa
Texas Tech
Colorado State
SUNY Buffalo
U Utah
US Air Force Academy
U Iowa
CUNY City College
U Connecticut</p>

<p>Gourman Report ranking for undergraduate computer engineering.</p>

<p>MIT
UC Berkeley
U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
U Michigan Ann Arbor
Purdue U West Lafayette
Case Western
RPI
Carnegie Mellon
Iowa State
U Florida
U Missouri Columbia
Arizona State
Stevens Institute of Technology
Syracuse U
UCLA
Georgia Tech
U Arizona
U Cincinnati
Boston U
Lehigh
Penn State University Park
U Texas Austin</p>

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<p>Do you think I have a good shot at Cornell though?</p>

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<p>Collegehelp, the Gourman Report rankings are dated. In instances where there are no recent reliable program rankings, falling back on Gourman is fine. But For Engineering, the USNWR publishes more recent rankings.</p>

<p>2007 USNWR ranking of undergraduate Computer Engineering programs?</p>

<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University </li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University</li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley<br></li>
<li>University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign<br></li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin </li>
<li>Cornell University </li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Purdue University–West Lafayette </li>
<li>Princeton University </li>
<li>University of Washington </li>
<li>University of Wisconsin–Madison </li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>University of California–Los Angeles </li>
<li>Northwestern University</li>
<li>University of Maryland–College Park<br></li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University </li>
<li>University of California–San Diego</li>
<li>Texas A&M University–College Station </li>
<li>Rice University </li>
<li>Pennsylvania State University–University Park<br></li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</li>
</ol>

<p>2007 USNWR ranking of undergraduate Electrical Engineering programs?</p>

<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University </li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley<br></li>
<li>University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign<br></li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University</li>
<li>Purdue University–West Lafayette</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin </li>
<li>Princeton University </li>
<li>University of California–Los Angeles </li>
<li>University of Wisconsin–Madison<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University </li>
<li>Rice University </li>
<li>University of California–San Diego<br></li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University </li>
<li>University of Southern California<br></li>
<li>Virginia Tech<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State University–University Park<br></li>
<li>University of Virginia<br></li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University</li>
<li>Texas A&M University–College Station<br></li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute </li>
<li>University of Washington<br></li>
<li>University of Minnesota–Twin Cities</li>
</ol>

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<p>If you're looking at rankings, I would go with Gourman over US News. Their rankings are much more accurate.</p>

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<p>I saw them talk about Polytechnic University and I am going to be a freshman there next year. It is a good electrical engineering school(I am also majoring in that) in brooklyn, NY. They have alot of indian/asian- 40% and
white-50%.</p>

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<p>lol, they have all the rankings....</p>