Help with engineering/physics schools

<p>I'm an A average student from Wyoming. I've got one B and all of my other grades are A's. What would be some good schools to look at for engineering and physics? I am looking at some better colleges right now that I am not certain of getting into but I think I have a chance. These are Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and University of California at Berkley. Some others that I think I stand a better chance at are University of Michigan, Texas A&M, University of Pittsburgh, and Colorado School of Mines. Are these all good schools for engineering and physics majors? What other colleges should I look at?</p>

<p>Considering GPA, 32 ACT, and top 10% of class, what should I look at for reaches/matches/safeties? Also, do I need to take the SAT for these colleges?</p>

<p>You should also look into Rice. And don’t worry about the one B – no school is going to deny you for that reason.</p>

<p>University of Michigan, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, UC - Berkeley, California Institute of Technology are all superb schools for engineering and physics. All these colleges accept the ACT. Here are my opinions:</p>

<p>Cornell: Slight Reach
Carnegie Mellon: High Match
UC Berkeley: Slight Reach
California Institute of Technology: Reach
University of Michigan: Match/Safety Match
University of Pittsburgh: Safety
Texas A&M: Safety
Colorado School of Mines: Safety</p>

<p>Rankings: USNWR Engineering(Where doctorate is offered)</p>

<p>1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.9
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.7
3 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.7
4 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.6
5 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.5
6 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 4.5
7 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4.3
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.3
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.2
10 Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.2
University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX 4.2</p>

<p>Most of these schools have excellent physics departments.</p>

<p>Weren’t Cornell, Purdue, and Texas tied at 9?</p>

<p>You have a good list already. Also look at the University of Minnesota, Cornell, Purdue, Georgia Tech, and U Wisconsin.</p>

<p>Take a look at the [NRC</a> rankings](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41indiv.html]NRC”>http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41indiv.html), but remember that they are only an extremely rough measure of prestige. Otherwise, look for individual programs that interest you.</p>

<p>@ JW: Yea they were. I copied and pasted the list so it came out wrong when I tried to do the spacing.</p>