<p>GPA is 95/100 unweighted. weighted is like 98.5.
first time taking the sat - i got a 2110. 600 cr/ 730 m/ 780 w .
retaking to improve math/cr.
Im looking for schools that will pretty much offer a very nice scholarship or even a full ride with my stats. (engineering schools please)</p>
<p>copper union
if you are lucky enough to get in
then the tuition is free
you only pay room and board / supplies/ personal expanse
but it is extremely competitive.</p>
<p>RPI, Clarkson, and Case Western all give great merit aid… but I don’t know if they qualify as “engineering schools.” They all have great engineering programs, though.</p>
<p>Franklin W. Olin College Of Engineering, it’s the nicest engineering school in the country, classes are small, private dorms, food is awesome, engineering students are happy and its highly rated for job placement</p>
<p>plus did I mention that it’s FREE (even room and board), message me if you want more details</p>
<p>I think that’s the best school for you</p>
<p>i hear about olin. and cooper union was at my schools college night. it was nicce also.
can i get more info on olin? i heard it doesnt have a lot of engineering majors? is that true?</p>
<p>Franklin W. Olin College Of Engineering: Electrical, Computer, Mechanical. Bioengineering, Materials, Systems
Cooper Union: Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical</p>
<p>Franklin W. Olin College Of Engineering</p>
<p>Academics</p>
<p>“An “innovative,” “exceptional” “project-based” curriculum attracts the country’s math and science whiz kids to Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. The school’s “small size” and “open atmosphere that’s supportive of everyone” are very appealing to the approximately 300 undergraduates on campus. But the piece de resistance—the thing that has students choosing this place over schools like MIT and Cal Tech—has got to be the “free tuition.” “Academics-wise, the school kicks people’s [butts] right and left. It takes the best and the brightest and breaks them, pushing them when they likely have never had to work hard before. Around here, everyone is smart, and professors assume that, so the classes are taken to that level; there is no such thing as an easy class.” One might describe professors here as “grown up Olin kids” insofar as they “are geniuses,” but also “young” and just “generally awesome people.” “They love teaching,” and are “mostly on [a] first-name basis” with undergrads, professors bend over backwards to make themselves accessible, either in person or over e-mail, which means “that they always seem to be available.” In terms of how smoothly things run, keep in mind that Olin is “an experiment, so you never really know what’s going to happen,” which “tends to lead to some chaos.” That doesn’t mean that the administration isn’t trying—it’s actually trying all the time. There is a “constant dialogue of feedback between the students, staff, and faculty” and the administration “always has open doors to everyone.” “You can sit down and eat lunch [in the dining hall] with the president if you want to.” Feedback drives a “continual reassessment” of the institution with the aim of constant “improvement in all departments.””</p>
<p>Student Body</p>
<p>"Picture this: “Engineers with social skills.” Yes, they really do exist, and about 300 of them live and learn happily together at this small college on the outskirts of Boston. These folks “are all extremely intelligent and very high-achieving.” “There are students here that have held patents since high school, [and others] who have worked for NASA.” Perhaps because people like this—people who have “already made incredible, insane contributions to the world”—are not in short supply, “The majority [of students] don’t seem to feel like they’re especially smart.” So there’s little threat of being smothered by peers’ egos if one enrolls here. “Olin has a very diverse student body with regard to everything except race.” “The full-tuition scholarship allows for students from less wealthy backgrounds” to attend, and a “strong group of very religious students” coexists peacefully with a “decent number of people who express alternative sexualities.” In sum, a live-and-let-live philosophy is pervasive. “People are allowed to have their own passions and opinions so long as they have passions and opinions.”</p>
<p>Campus Life</p>
<p>“A popular saying used to describe student life at Olin goes like this: “Choose two: work, sleep, fun.” The majority of students choose the first and the last because “An Oliner at rest is an unhappy Oliner.” The “Entrepreneurial spirit is strong” here, leading many people to choose to spend what little free time they have “working on cool projects” like “hacking the thermostat in their room” and “playing with lasers and circuits.” Not everyone engages in genius science “geek” endeavors in their free time. Instead many do plain-Jane, run-of-the-mill, vanilla geek activities like “playing DDR” and “video gaming.” Still, normal college student stuff happens here, too. “There are definitely typical college parties with drinking games,” and “Clubs and student organizations put on a lot of activities.” Plenty of students also get heavily involved “with local service groups (FIRST Robotics and Habitat for Humanity are particularly active).” And as it is at every one of the gazillion colleges in the greater Beantown area, “going into Boston for events” is a popular pastime here too. Concerning the more mundane details of day-to-day life on campus, students are pleased. The dorms are “nice and warm,” and “The food is amazing.””</p>
<p>Cooper Union</p>
<p>Academics</p>
<p>“One of the coolest things about The Cooper Union is that there is no tuition. The school “offers a full-tuition scholarship to everyone who is accepted.” We hasten to add, though, that room and board (in New York City), books and supplies, and various fees add up to quite a bit each year. There is a mandatory core curriculum here in the humanities but, so far as majors go, programs in engineering, art, and architecture are the only options on the menu. Cooper is “one of the best schools for what it does in the country.” “It is a school where the students can really go crazy and learn a lot.” “Classes are small” and “professors are more than willing to give extra help outside of class.” However, it’s “not for the weak of heart.” The “very visceral and involving” academic experience is “hell.” It’s “exhaustive and murderous.” “Cooper Union: where your best just isn’t good enough,” muses a civil engineering major. Cooper is about “hours of study, neglect of personal life,” and generally “working your ass off.” And “the work you put in does not necessarily reflect in your grades.” “I have never worked so hard in my life and probably never will,” speculates a junior. All of this “kind of sucks at times” but “as long as you can get through it, you’re set for life.” Complaints among students here include “worthless” adjunct professors. Some lab equipment “could be upgraded,” too. “The administration is sometimes difficult to approach” and “scheduling is always weird.” Nonetheless, management “mostly meets the students’ needs, with minor mishaps.””</p>
<p>Student Body</p>
<p>"Diversity here is simply dreamy. Cooper’s overwhelming male population is exceptionally ethnically diverse and “everyone is very different from everyone else.” “The student body is teeming with sensitive and excitable minds, which caters to an unbridled sense of adventure and exploration.” These “really ridiculously smart” students have “incredible, raw talent.” Personalities “range from your seemingly typical frat jock to your genius who knows everything but how to socialize.” Cooper students are very often “hardcore” and come in three stereotypes. “The art kids all wear the same ‘unique’ clothing and smoke a lot.” They’re “definitely more free-spirit, social people.” “The engineers are either playing video games or saying sad jokes that only other engineers would understand.” And “the architecture students can be a mixture of both, or anywhere in between, but they are hard to catch because all they do is work all the time.” These three groups of students “don’t mix so much” and sometimes there are rivalries. “The battle is like the Cold War, mostly sent in written messages on bathroom walls but no direct actions. It’s benign in nature and just for amusement.”</p>
<p>Campus Life</p>
<p>““There is no meal plan” at Cooper and the lodging situation is harsh. “There is only housing guaranteed for first-year students and since Manhattan is a very expensive place to live, it becomes a problem after freshman year.” “Everyone is extraordinarily busy,” comments a fine art major. “School is life and there’s no way around it.” For the architecture students, life is “nothing except architecture in radical explorations and expressions.” For engineers, “Cooper is about selling your soul for four years.” Art students sometimes “take time off because it’s hard to be creative every minute.” “The intense workload gives little break for fun.” There are “many extracurricular programs” but the urban fare of New York City consumes most free time. The surrounding East Village is full of funky shops, cheap eateries, theaters, bars, and live music venues; subways can whisk students throughout the five boroughs at any time of day. “Drinking with friends is a great and sometimes necessary way to decompress” but for most students, “ruthlessly sucking on booze” is a very occasional thing. “We are not a party school,” says a sophomore. “We get to campus in the morning, and leave late night.” “Cooper isn’t for everybody,” advises a senior. “If you need excessive guidance, or prefer an exclusive, well-defined campus structure, you won’t be happy here.””</p>
<p>At Olin, all admitted students receive a full tuition scholarship. Room, board, laptop computer costs are paid by students. Three engineering majors are offered: EE, ME, and Engineering.</p>
<p>in response to chrisd, the major “engineering” is broken down into several concentrations: Bioengineering, Materials, Systems, and Computing</p>
<p>Yes. That and much more valuable info is readily found on their website!</p>
<p>My daughter is an Olin '07 mech. e.grad. The first two graduating classes paid only for food and the laptop, and of course books and all those extras.</p>
<p>any others?</p>
<p>Try Purdue.</p>
<p>Clarkson bump</p>
<p>LSU has a pretty sweet engineering program, so does LA Tech.</p>