<p>First, putting down some statistics
GPA unweighted 3.89, GPA weighted 4.647 (Honors is 5.0, AP is 6.0)
Currently a junior, by the end of this year I'd have taken six APs and taking I believe six next year, so twelve by graduation.
SAT - 2030, but that's from sophomore year with little studying. Still haven't gotten PSAT results from this year so I can't confirm whether or not national merit scholar.
Extracurriculars are a bit weak, really only have one multi-year major commitment, and a bunch of smaller commitments and volunteering and whatnot</p>
<p>Colleges I'm currently thinking of applying too:
MIT
Duke
Vanderbuilt
NC State (Backup school, I live in Charlotte, North Carolina)
University of Virginia
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Father is an alumnus)</p>
<p>And I'm still debating whether Duke or MIT is worth going early decision on, as MIT is only a bit better I believe but Duke is much closer. Plus I'm not a fan of snow.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'm looking for more schools, so any backup-ish or medium range, or high range engineering/physics schools would be appreciated.</p>
<p>What is your budget? Many of the top schools on your list do give great aid for those who qualify, but when looking for match and safety schools budget becomes important because those schools don’t give great need-based aid. Some give good merit.</p>
<p>If you don’t know how much your parents will pay each year, ask them. :)</p>
<p>Here are some fairly high level schools that are good in engineering. Private schools: Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Northwestern, USC, Washington University in St. Louis, Stanford. Public schools: most UC schools (Berkeley, Davis, UCLA), University of Michigan, UT Austin, Purdue, Clemson University, Virginia Tech. Technical schools: Caltech, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, RIT.</p>
<p>When it comes to money, I can assure you that it’s not a problem. We can afford whatever school I choose to go to (as long as I get accepted) but it still would be nice to not have to pay the full bill.</p>
<p>Your parents probably have a different take on that. The reality of spending more than $200,000 for a college education is hard for most to swallow.</p>
<p>Lots of good options above. Also add Stevens Institute of Technology in NJ.</p>
<p>Michellel pretty much got most of them. Just a few others to add to your list: Cooper Union, George Washington University, Florida Tech, Illinois Institute of Technology, Lehigh, UC San Diego, NJIT, Olin, Syracuse, WUSTL, UVA, Texas Tech, Worcester Polytechnic Institute</p>
<p>Add Case Western Reserve University. Great engineering school out of Cleveland. And about MIT I wouldn’t assume your acceptance there because it is extremely hard to get in. For example, my good friend got a 2380 on his SAT is taking all AP classes and is the computer club and robotics club leader as well as a program intern for a company based out of Mass. and he was deferred Early Decision. So I would just be weary of this in your planning.</p>