Is this list too reach heavy?

College Search & Selection
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<p>These are the places I'm planning on applying to next year. Do I have too many reaches?</p>

<p>MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Northwestern
Duke
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
UT Austin</p>

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<p>Yes. Without your stats, it’s hard to tell much. But even with a 2400, 4.0 UW, and good ECs, almost every single one of these schools would be a reach, except Carnegie Mellon and Cornell which could be high matches. (I know nothing about UT Austin.) Assuming you do not have those scores/ECs exactly, these are all reaches except UT Austin. You need more safeties and more matches.</p>

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<p>All reaches unless you are in-state for UT-Austin.</p>

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<p>Yea I’m instate for UT Austin, but I’m having difficulty finding better engineering schools than UT that aren’t massive reaches.</p>

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<p>If you are in the top 7% rank at a Texas high school, UT Austin is a safety for the campus, but not necessarily for the engineering division. You may want to add Texas A&M or another school as a less selective safety. If you are not in the top 7% rank at a Texas high school, UT Austin is probably harder than you think to get admitted to.</p>

<p>As long as you have at least one safety that you are certain of admission to (including admission to the division or major), certain you can afford, and which you like, the rest of your list can be whatever you want, limited only by the time and money you want to put into applications.</p>

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<p>Whoops totally forgot to post stats. My school doesn’t rank.</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.98
ACT: 36 C
SAT II: Took Math II and Physics in June</p>

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<p>I’d add Texas A&M and Georgia Tech to that list. Just my advice. Both fantastic engineering schools and you should have a near perfect chance at them.</p>

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<p>Hmm, not really a huge fan of the deep south, and I’d rather transfer from ACC than go to Texas A&M to be honest. I guess I’ll add Georgia Tech. I’d like some matches though…</p>

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<p>Well, A&M is a match. Not too deep, north of Houston. Lets see, UNT, Embry-Riddle Daytona and Prescott are all good places too</p>

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<p>No ranking => UT Austin cannot be a safety, although you would likely be at the high end of applicants competing for the last 25% of the admissions (along with all of the out-of-state and international applicants). Add more safeties.</p>

<p>What kind of cost constraint are you looking at?</p>

<p>Some schools with engineering to consider if you want to look outside of Texas include Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Stony Brook, and Minnesota; they have somewhat lower out-of-state costs than many others.</p>

<p>The following lists may be of interest:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-18.html#post15895768[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-18.html#post15895768&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-2.html#post15889078[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1461983-competitive-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-2.html#post15889078&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>My parents can foot 30-35k each year, maybe a little more. I’ll probably have to take out Stafford loans, but I’d qualify for some need aid at privates based on the calculators, so nothing too extreme. What about Purdue? Don’t they have killer engineering?</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech isn’t nearly as selective as you would think it would be. U of Michigan might be a good match and they are pretty good in most areas. A lot of UC schools have good engineering programs too and might be more in your range. If you’re top 7% then I would use UT as your safety.</p>

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<p>UT-Austin and TAMU are definitely ultra safetys. Your GPA and SAT’s are probably in the top 5%.
You do not need to look at Purdue. Its basically in the same level as UT-Austin.
UMichigan, UC-Berkeley, UWisc, GTech are some colleges to look at. </p>

<p>You have great chances at those top private schools.</p>

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<p>As said earlier though, UT is a safety, Cockrell School of Engineering is not</p>

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<p>The OP said that the high school does not rank, so the OP cannot rely on the class rank based automatic admission at the Texas public universities. At UT Austin, the OP will be competing for the remaining 25% of spots with the out-of-state and international students, and other students from high schools that do not rank (often elite high schools). Also, UT Austin engineering is more selective, and automatic admission to the campus does not necessarily mean admission to engineering there.</p>

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<p>Exactly, the engineering at UT is extremely selective. You’d be more likely to get into Rice</p>

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<p>Wait seriously? Cockrell is more selective than Rice? That’s the first time I’ve heard that.</p>

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<p>Depending on exactly which field of engineering. That’s not a pure statement of fact, but I have heard it multiple times from my counselor. Cockrell admits much fewer people, especially for petroleum, biomed, and chemical. My counselor told me personally I have a better chance at Rice than BME. My stats are lower than yours though</p>

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<p>In any case, with no high school class ranking provided, do not consider UT Austin a safety.</p>