<p>You have champagne tastes (national prestige) but a beer budget (grades and test scores probably too low for uber ‘prestige’ schools). Your best bet might be to attend a school that is well known throughout the country (but perhaps not ‘prestigious’) but also offers a world class, solid education AND will accept you. None of the engineering students from these schools have much of a problem getting jobs.</p>
<p>Purdue
Michigan State
Minnesota
Iowa
Ohio State
Penn State
Pitt</p>