<p>Hi guys. I am currently a senior applying to college as a chemical engineering major and I came up with a list of colleges. I'm not sure if the list is reasonable, though, as my GPA is rather low. I live in California, so a majority of the ones I'm applying to will be in CA. Here is my stats followed by my list</p>
<p>SAT:2130 (800M/610CR/720W 11E)
Chem:800
Math II: 730
List:
Cal
UCLA
UC Davis
UCSB
UCI
UCSD
Cal Poly SLO (Materials engineering since they don't have chemical engineering)
Cal Poly Pomona
San Jose State
University of Washington
UIUC
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)</p>
<p>I am mostly concerned with whether or not I have a good amount of safeties, reaches, and matches. Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Looks like a good list. Is there any reason you don’t have UT-Austin or Texas A&M on there? Both have great programs, and there are a TON of chemE jobs in Houston and the gulf</p>
<p>Great list. I’ll chance you since I know most of these schools extremely well. My kid applied and got into most of them for engineering.</p>
<p>Cal – Extreme Reach
UCLA – Reach (We went in with very high hopes for this school and were very disappointed by this school’s engineering program. Son rejected their offer.)
UC Davis – High Match
UCSB – High Match and probably the best school for you to go to for ChemE. No joke, research this school well. It has a national reputation for your major.
UCI – Match. This school is really making headway.
UCSD – Reach. Great school.
Cal Poly SLO (Materials engineering since they don’t have chemical engineering) – High Reach. My kid goes here for Mechanical Engineering. I love the school, but it is not a good choice for ChemE. However, for MatE it is very good.
Cal Poly Pomona – Great Solid Match and an excellent school to fall back on.
San Jose State – Match
University of Washington – Match
UIUC – Do not know.
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) – Do not know.</p>
<p>@OsakaDad I took the ACT last Saturday, so scores will probably come out soon. Thanks by the way for chancing me! Hopefully I get into UCSB because I too heard their ChemE department is excellent!</p>
<p>University of Washington
UIUC
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)</p>
<p>You have a 1410 M+CR…I don’t think that’s high enough for merit or much merit aid at those schools as an OOS student.</p>
<p>What is your financial situation? OOS publics can be very expensive and you’ll likely be expected to pay all or nearly all OOS costs for the above.</p>
<p>A good financial safety for you would be Alabama. Very good ChemE (my son is ChemE there) and with your stats, if you apply before Dec 1, ** you’ll get the Presidential scholarship…FREE tuition. PLUS…as a eng’g student, you’d get an additional 2500 per year…so total value of both scholarships…about $100k. ** The school app and scholarship app are super quick and easy to fill out…no essays, no teacher recs. </p>
<p>These scholarships are ASSURED for your stats if you apply before Dec 1st. Each fall, Bama enrolls 500-600 frosh with that Presidential scholarship.</p>
<p>Bama has a brand new mega-sized Science and Engineering Complex…800,000 square feet of new STEM academic space. Amazing…Bama now has about 1.5 million square feet of STEM academic space.</p>
<p>the campus is gorgeous, the academics are strong, and the people are friendly. (As a native Californian myself, Calif public univs are rather ugly…lol…seeing Bama’s drop dead gorgeous campus is amazing).</p>
<p>California is ranked #5 in sending students to Bama. 55% of Bama’s frosh this fall are from OOS.</p>
<p>However, if the OP is a list price payer, UMTC’s out-of-state list price is lower than the UCs’ in-state list price. But if the OP needs financial aid, that is a different story.</p>
<p>Re: Alabama and its Presidential Scholarship</p>
<p>But note that if the OP comes from a lower income to upper middle income family (under $80,000 per year), then UC financial aid grants will cover at least UC in-state tuition, so Alabama may only be lower cost to the extent that living expenses are lower there.</p>
<p>If your ACT is really good you may consider using it instead of or together with the SAT’s. Looks like you have a great future ahead of you.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids – How can Bama afford such generous financial aid offers? I am very curious. You seem to be very bullish on this school and it wasn’t even on our radar screen when our kid applied to schools. My kid is well adjusted and happy where he is, but I’d like to hear more.</p>
