Good Mix of Engineering Schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>I’m a HS junior putting together my list for next year. I’m planning to major in engineering – not sure what type, possibly chemical. I don’t really care about region (I live on the east coast), but I don’t want the school to be in the boondocks. I’d like to try for a few top schools, but I want a good mix so that I’m not biting my nails at acceptance time. Oh, and I’m a white male and full-pay. I appreciate any advice.</p>

<p>My stats so far:</p>

<p>SAT 2: Math level II – 800, Chem – 780
I haven’t taken the SATs yet, but I’m shooting for 800 in math, low to mid 700s in CR. I’m also planning to the Physics SAT 2.</p>

<p>Junior year:
Independent study advanced calculus (I already completed AP Calc BC (5) last year)
AP Physics
AP US History
AP Statistics
AP Chemistry
Latin 4
Honors English
Studio art</p>

<p>Proposed senior year:
Hoping to take a college level math class (perhaps 2 classes) at a local college (Ivy)
AP English Literature
AP Bio
AP Virgil
History elective
Studio art</p>

<p>I received one high B in English honors last year, otherwise all As. Class rank/GPA: My school doesn’t rank, but I’m probably number one or two out of about 80 (private school, mid-level). I have the most rigorous courseload, by far, of anyone in my grade. </p>

<p>ECs: 2 varsity sports, lots of volunteer work in youth sports – coaching, referee, umpire. Math team captain and high scorer. AMC 10 top scorer for school last two years. National Science Olympiad silver medal. A few other clubs, academic teams, peer tutoring and misc. volunteering.</p>

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<p>Hey there.
Great stats so far. You’re a very strong student. Couple of questions to guide recommendations:</p>

<p>What state do you live?</p>

<p>Do you prefer smaller, technical schools or bigger universities?</p>

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<p>Reaches:
Caltech
Harvey Mudd
Rice University
Stanford
MIT
Cooper Union
Princeton</p>

<p>Matches:
Case Western Reserve
Cal Poly
USC
UW
UT Austin
Carnegie Mellon
Washington University in St. Louis</p>

<p>I don’t know about safeties. It depends on where you live.</p>

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<p>Add to the previous list:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley
University Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
RPI
Purdue
Cornell</p>

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<p>I’m located in New England, so yes, my safeties should nearby. Generally, I’m biased towards the east coast, but if I got into Stanford, I’d probably go there, ha ha.</p>

<p>I’m not crazy about the highly technical schools that are 60/40 male-female. Also, I’m not interested in huge state schools with 40,000 students. I guess my preference is for a medium-sized school with 1,000-3,000 per class, with a mix of people and majors. </p>

<p>Where is Cooper Union?</p>

<p>I’ve heard good things about Rice.</p>

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<p>Cooper Union, very selective, in NYC. </p>

<p>What about WPI in Worcester, MA?
RPI in Troy, NY</p>

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<p>I checked and RPI and WPI are both over 70/30 male:female. I’m guessing a certain type of student likes this environment - a very technical type - this is probably not for me.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Rice University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>

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<p>[Areas</a> of Study](<a href=“http://union.edu/academic/areas-of-study/index.php]Areas”>Academic Programs | Union College) Union-Schenectady, NY </p>

<p>2,133 students, 49% Female, 51% Male, has a trimester school calendar.</p>

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Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Northwestern
Stanford
Princeton</p>

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<p>Sorry GorillaGlue, did not see your 1,000-3,000 per class.
Guess I was concentrating on the Gender Percentages.</p>