<p>Please help me pick a good school that I have a good chance of getting in to. This is not me trying to brag; I'm honestly just looking for some help. I know I'm being lazy, but I need someone to at least point me in the right direction. I'm gonna be a senior this year, and these are my stats. I am interested in studying physics, engineering, and possibly computer science. I live in Florida but I would LOVE to go out of state (preferably New England or Cali.) I can't afford tuition (middle class, living with my mom).</p>
<p>2370 SAT (770 CR)
800s SAT II (physics and math 2)
Great teacher recommendations
One AP sophomore year, five junior year, eight senior year
All As/A+s except for freshman year (lived in country with much stricter/less objective grading)
Captain of varsity soccer junior and senior years
400 hours of volunteering (Key Club, local hospital)
Seventh place in national math competition in Sweden
Three certificates from Edx.org (statistics and physics)
Trilingual
VP of debate club
Captain of quiz bowl team
Various small awards</p>
<p>Any input? I would love to go to an Ivy, but I know admission is highly competitive.</p>
<p>You have Bright Futures or whatever the Florida program for good students is called? That probably makes University of Florida low cost for you.</p>
<p>You may want to check the net price calculators at each school to check affordability.</p>
<p>Only some of the Ivy League schools are considered strong in engineering.</p>
<p>Of course, MIT, Stanford, and CalTech come to mind with your testing scores. But I also think NYU has a killer Physics Dept., Rice has an upper-tier engineering department. Most of your large and rigorous public universities dominate the engineering realm.</p>
<p>The California privates generally considered strongest in engineering and physics are Stanford, Cal Tech, and Harvey Mudd. All are extremely competitive for admissions but you have the stats to enter the “admissions lottery”. USC also has a rapidly improving engineering department (no idea about its physics program).</p>
<p>All four colleges are full need schools with Stanford and Cal Tech among the most generous in the country.</p>
<p>Check out Michigan-Ann Arbor. Apply EA. If admitted, a student with your academic accomplishments and interesting background could get a large scholarship.</p>
<p>Thank you for the replies! I have been looking into Stanford, MIT, and Cal Tech (although the latter is a little small for my taste). But I understand from my reading that MIT is not as generous as similarly ranked schools with regard to financial aid. I’ve also heard that Ithaca is pretty dead, so Cornell might not be so appealing.</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that I’m most likely going to be a NMF (225 PSAT) if that means anything.</p>
<p>I would really (really) love to get out of Florida.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for match-schools? I’ve narrowed down my list to five very selective (IVY-range) schools and two “safeties” (FIT and UF). But I’m having trouble finding a strong physics/engineering school where I would have a high chance of being accepted. Good schools in Northeast with generous financial aid are preferred. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Check out the University of Rochester. Strong engineering and physics programs, in the Northeast, and good financial aid programs. You’d almost certainly be admitted.</p>
<p>While an ivy might be nice, most aren’t good in both engineering and physics. Out of state publics might be tough to go to as they don’t give much aid compared to the top privates - therefore aim for ones with large merit aid.</p>
<p>Most of the schools mentioned are good choices. I would add in University of Maryland - College Park.</p>