Junior interested in engineering...what schools should I look at?

College Search & Selection
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<p>As second semester approaches, I'm starting to think about what schools I might want to look at. I'm interested in engineering. I'm not sure exactly what type, but I know it won't be anything with the prefix "bio" :) </p>

<p>Stats:
*From California (Bay Area)
*Competitive private high school
*White; fairly high income (won't need FA)
*Female (which my help with getting into schools for engineering slightly, from what I've heard?)
*GPA is probably between 3.75 and 3.8 UW; my school doesn't do weighted.
*My school also doesn't rank, but they do give deciles for GPA with the school profile. Assuming my class is about average for the deciles, I would be in the top 10-20% decile.
*I'm taking the SAT in January, but my PSAT score was 212. I didn't study, so I'm hoping I can improve at least a little for the SAT.
*My main EC is ballet - I train in a pre-professional program, so it's a very big commitment (6 or 7 days/week; minimum 3 hours/day or so). I also volunteer a local, underprivileged elementary school and study Conversational Hebrew, but basically ballet takes up all my time. The past summer, I attended a fairly prestigious ballet program. I am applying to Smith's Summer Science and Engineering Program this summer, so I am hoping to do that for part of the summer. </p>

<p>Here are some schools that interest me, though I'm not set on any on of them, really:
*Smith College (their engineering program is really appealing to me)
*Purdue
*UIUC
*Cal Poly SLO
*Harvey Mudd College
*WUSTL</p>

<p>If anyone could suggest some schools and maybe describe what you think would be a safety/match/reach, that would be great!</p>

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<p>You would like GaTech</p>

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<p>Why don’t you consider Berkeley, one of the other UCs, Stanford? There is a big difference between schools that offer a general engineering degree like Smith and schools that offer majors and training in specific engineering fields like UIUC. Study the differences and decide what you want. I think Smith has an agreement of some kind with other engineering schools.</p>

<p>Do you prefer an LAC or a university?</p>

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<p>Since you are looking at some smaller colleges with engineering programs, may I suggest Rose-Hulman? Other possibilities are Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, Swarthmore.</p>

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<p>Case Western, Lehigh, Villanova, Bucknell, Carnegie Mellon, UMich.</p>