<p>I need help making my list..or narrowing it down per say. I'm looking for good engineering but also opportunities elsewhere so i dont wanna go to a tech school. I need something that has a good nice environment (I applied to UPenn early and I love it if that gives you an idea). And for lower level schools I need money to make it worth going to over Rutgers which is a full ride. SAT: 800M, 720V, 740W; SATII: 800 math 1, 790 math 2, 800 physics; weighte GPA: 5.67/6; ranked 13/474; all the hardest classes, APs and all that good stuff; I have a huge list that I need to narrow down, but also I'm open for good suggestions. The list is as follows, no particular order: Dartmouth, Swarthmore, Hopkins, Duke, Cornell, Penn State, UMD, UVA, Columbia, Stanford (dunno about the dist..i live in jersey), lafayette, rutgers, tufts, BU, Cooper, Princeton</p>
<p>There is a whole discussion group about Engineering in another part of College Confidential. They will be very happy to explain to you (in great detail) the pros and cons of any college you are interested in.</p>
<p>And U of Mich has a great Engineering department.</p>
<p>From your list, I would drop the following:
Dartmouth excellent school, minimal engineering program
Swarthmore ditto
Cooper a different kind of experience
Tufts you are overqualified
Rutgers ditto
BU ditto</p>
<p>I agree with collegehelp. Also, applying to Princeton and Stanford would probably be a waste of time because if you get in Penn ED, you have to drop PS. If you get denied PennED, it would take extreme randomness to get into PS.</p>
<p>There are a lot of safties. Unless you really have a lot of time, you can probably drop some. Add UMich and Northwestern--both have many top-ranked depts in engineering.</p>