I’m currently a high school junior, interested in pursuing electrical engineering. I would like to have as many options as possibly when it comes to applying to college.
My current list:
Cornell (reach)
Carnegie Mellon (reach)
Penn (reach)
Johns Hopkins (reach)
RPI (match)
Northeastern (match)
Pitt (match) (used to be a safety until I learned how competitive the engineering program’s admissions are)
UMD College Park (low match?)
UMass Amherst (safety)
Drexel (safety)
WPI (safety)
I’m basically looking for any suggestions on schools to consider that I might not have thought about yet, or any on this list that I should remove. My stats are actually a good bit above the average for my match schools, but still on the low end for the reaches. My current first choice is Northeastern (even though it’s a match school, not sure if that’s unusual?) because I love Boston and the co-op program seems like an amazing opportunity. I would love to be in an urban area, but a small college town is fine (would like to be a manageable distance from a city though). My search is limited to the Northeast because a) I live in Pennsylvania and would like to be relatively close to home and b) I can’t deal with warm weather year round. I’d be willing to look a bit to the west though. Co-op programs are definitely a plus for me! As far as money- my parents have a decent amount saved up so it isn’t going to prevent me from applying anywhere.
Not looking for any type of chance me thing obviously, just curious if there are some other schools that could be a good fit for me! I would like to hear suggestions of schools that seem to fit in with my current ‘match’ schools. Any feedback would be appreciated 