Looking for a good Chem Engineering/Business school

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello, all. I had made my own list and I've applied to a bunch and I know it's the middle of January, but if anyone could help me to figure out what schools would be the best for me, I'd truly appreciate it.</p>

<p>I am interested in majoring in ChE and, if it's possible, dual majoring or minoring in business.</p>

<p>I have v670/m640 on the SAT I, and I didn't take any SAT II's. I got a 4 on three AP tests (eng lang and comp, us govt and politics, and am hist). My list of extracurriculars is a mile long, and I'm unintentionally really balanced in stuff ranging from cooking to guitar to martial arts to academics. I got a two-year degree (AA) through dual-enrollment at the high school and the local community college. Also, I am certified in computer networking (CCNA--one of the youngest ever or something). I wrote terrific essays (lol fourteen drafts). Also, my mom makes 33k per year and my step-dad isn't my legal guardian and won't be contributing money to me, but he's on unemployment anyway. I'm from Florida, as well. Oh yeah, 4.2 weighted gpa, and ranked 3rd in my class of ~250. And the reccomendations made my eyes water.</p>

<p>I applied to Brown, University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne (if that's how you spell it : ), and Penn State--I hadn't really known the term before I came here, but Penn State and University of Florida are my 'safeties', I guess, mostly because Penn is by my family up north, and UF is not only 100% paid but it is also ranked fifteenth in engineering or something (another thing is, I don't know my statistics on these colleges). I chose Brown because it's curriculum would allow me to follow something like the General Engineering program at UIUC (engineering+business+a little bit of the other fields of engineering so that I could be able to direct quite a variety of people, and understand a bunch). </p>

<p>I still want to apply to UPenn and UF, but I am not sure where I should be directing my efforts. Also, I feel that if I got an interview with any school I could sell myself.</p>

<p>And, although I did get that two year degree, to Brown and the like I don't intend to transfer the full degree, just what requirements it fulfills, like calcI, II, and III. To UF and that sort I do intend to transfer the whole thing. Is this even a good idea? I don't understand why I couldn't enter as a freshman, even if across the board I have enough credits to be a junior (84 at this cc or something like that).</p>

<p>Please excuse my procrastination and aid me!</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, my class rank is set in stone because my school calls that after seven semsters. And my GPA could go up to 4.3 from 4.22 after this semester. Yarrrgh sorry to reply to my own post.</p>

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<p>Try UT-Austin or Texas A&M
They both hvae good Che. Eng. programs as well as business school.
If you don't have any SAT II, espically writting I don't think you wll have too
much chance for the Ivies.</p>

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<p>I got a 4 an the AP english and I had great essays--will that overcome the SATII disadvantage? And what if I took em this month? Err, they're probably already done with, though...</p>

<p>And aren't engineers who can communicate supposed to be rare or something? LOL I dunno. Thank you for those schools, btw.</p>

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<p>for engineering AND business look no further than Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>Its ranked 6th and 8th in business and engineering, respectively.</p>

<p>Its business is comparable to NYU Stern(5th) and its Engineering is RANKED HIGHER than Cornell (10th). Carnegie is amazing in business/engineering/technology fields to make up for its lack of law and medicine. </p>

<p>I would go to U.Penn for business only or California Tech for engineering only but for BOTH COMBINED I would definitely choose Carnegie.</p>

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<p>oooo thank you! The only problem I saw with cmu when I looked at them was that they required me to have taken certain courses which I haven't taken yet, because instead I was branched across stuff, like nursing, law, business, computers--I figured I'd focus on my science when I actually reached college. ^_^ I will look again.</p>

<p>I gotta repeat that I have a lot of extracurriculars, and I'm probably gonna be relying on them. I was getting that degree and doing a ton of clubs and activities and all sorts of other things (heh, running a computer consulting business) while some people were studying hard enough to score perfect A's and get SATII's done (lol no excuses, no excuses)</p>