<p>Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese Immigrant in the US since 2003)
Sex: F
School type: magnet/competitive public high school.
Ranking: Top 10% of 800 (waiting for ELC in California which is top 4%)
Unweighted GPA: 3.45
UC GPA: 3.80
Weighted GPA (with honors/AP ouf of 5.0): 4.22
SAT I: M: 800 CR: 720 W: 710
EC: pretty weak. but 100+ community service, marching band 2 years (guard captain 1 year then i moved)
Course Rigor: all honors, as of end of junior year, 5 APs completed.
College classes: 18 units UC transferrable so far (taking 6-9 more next semester).</p>
<p>Schools (mostly reaches :[)</p>
<p>UCB
UCLA
UCSD
UCD
UCSB
UCSC
USC
Purdue.</p>
<p>Intended Major: aerospace engineering.</p>
<p>i'm looking for matches and safeties for my stats, especially ones that will take my low gpa :(</p>
<p>THANKS!!</p>
<p>to be honest, there are a lot better schools for aerospace engineering than the UC’s you listed…in fact none of the UC schools are really known for aerospace and I don’t think Santa Cruz or Santa Barbara even have aerospace engineering!</p>
<p>Here are the schools I would definitely look at that are known as the best for aerospace engineering in the country:</p>
<p>Georgia Tech
Michigan
Purdue
Illinois
Texas
Maryland
Virginia Tech
Cal Poly - SLO
Embry Riddle (Florida)
Embry Riddle (Arizona)</p>
<p>You really need to talk to your high school college/guidance counselor. They have access to much more information about you than any anonymous poster on this forum.</p>
<p>Thanks Pierre! i’m going to look at georgia tech and virginia tech (they’re more within my reach than u of m)</p>
<p>and hope: i asked you guys because my counselors recommanded me all UCs, and as you can see. they’re not exactly for aerospace.</p>
<p>Despite what USNews would have you think, UCLA has a good aerospace program. However that would be a reach. Purdue, GT and VT are good choices.</p>
<p>New list of schools 
after some research</p>
<ol>
<li> UCB.</li>
<li> UCLA</li>
<li> John Hopkins.</li>
<li> Northwestern.</li>
<li> UCSD</li>
<li> Purdue University.</li>
<li> Georgia Tech.</li>
<li> Cornell</li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon</li>
<li>U. Michigan</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
<li>UCD</li>
</ol>
<p>can anyone categorize these into reach/match/safety for me? i think i’m seriously lacking some safeties. my state is california. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>erin’s dad: i agree that ucla is underrated for their engineering :). i have a slight problem with the three schools you mentioned though, i’m OOS for all three of htem.</p>
<ol>
<li>UCB: reach</li>
<li>UCLA: reach</li>
<li>John Hopkins: reach</li>
<li>Northwestern: reach</li>
<li>UCSD: reach</li>
<li>Purdue University: safety</li>
<li>Georgia Tech: match</li>
<li>Cornell: reach</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon: reach</li>
<li>U. Michigan: reach</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO: match</li>
<li>UCD: match</li>
</ol>
<p>TOO MANY REACH SCHOOLS!!! not enough safety schools!</p>
<p>I have heard from many professors and other people that Embry Riddle is the BEST school for aerospace engin. GA Tech is also great for engin, not sure about aerospace though.</p>
<p>here’s what I would do, drop UCD, UCSD and Northwestern from your list
add: Illinois, Embry Riddle and Maryland</p>
<p>pierre, do you have any reccomendations for safeties for me? i’m seriously scared i might not even get in purdue since i’m OOS. thanks!</p>
<p>trinniele, if my 3.0 GPA can get me into Purdue engineering, your 3.46 will definitely get you in :)</p>
<p>embry-riddle would be a nice safety school</p>