Michigan State, Purdue, U Mass, U Minnesota, Pitt...??

College Search & Selection
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<p>UW GPA: 3.56
SAT: 1200</p>

<p>Asian-American male, senior in Pennsylvania high school.
ECs include volunteer club, computer programming, orchestra, econ club</p>

<p>Major: Electrical Engineering / Computer Science
Minor: something like econ, business, art, music, etc...</p>

<p>colleges already applied to:
Penn State University Park
Temple university
Penn state abington branch campus (to be safe)</p>

<p>colleges looking at:
Michigan State
Purdue University West Lafayette
U Massachusetts Amherst
U Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Pittsburgh Main Campus</p>

<p>^^ out of those, please put in order #1-5 of what do you think would be both the best for my major and the easiest for me to get into.</p>

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<p>Purdue and Michigan are some of the best engineering schools. I don't think you'd get into Michigan but you have a good chance at Purdue. A lot of major companies recruit regularly from both those schools.</p>

<p>You also have a pretty good chance at Pitt and they have a pretty good engineering program.</p>

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<p>you have a pretty good shot at minnesota probably.. you should submit it like today though because of rolling admissions (theres no essay on the app so its pretty easy)</p>

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<p>Jedo, I think you are confusing Michigan and Michigan State. Michigan State is much easier to get into, but still has good engineering. For engineering, probably:</p>

<ol>
<li>Purdue</li>
<li>Minnesota</li>
<li>Michigan State</li>
<li>Mass. and Pitt.</li>
</ol>

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<p>Look into University of Cincinnati. It started as an engineering school and is strong in a number of the minors that you mentioned.</p>

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<p>go to pitt, those other schools are ungodly expensive for out of state students.</p>

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<p>Pitts isn't cheap for out of state students. Also, the tuition and fees do vary with the major. Check out url: <a href="http://www.ir.pitt.edu/tuition/pghosfirst.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ir.pitt.edu/tuition/pghosfirst.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>For Arts and Science majors, the tuition and fees are about $21,000. Business is about $23,700, Engineering is $23,000 and Nursing is $26,600.</p>

<p>Cincinnati at full tuition is $23,000,but the OP will probably qualify for at least $5,000 per year in yearly scholarship money with the Cincinnatus Scholarship,which is given out to many kids with SATs of 1200 and above. Thus, the real cost for Cincinnati is about $18,000. In addition, Cincinnati has a very strong music program and art program, and business programwhich the OP in interested in minoring. </p>

<p>Finally, Cincinnati has the strongest paid coop program among all the schools mentioned. This will not only cut your cost for college since these programs are well paid, but they will substantially augment your resume with strong experience. All engineering students and business students get a coop for 6 quarters if they want one.</p>

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<p>Penn State - Match</p>

<p>Temple - Safety</p>

<p>Penn State Abington - Safety</p>

<p>Michigan State - Match</p>

<p>Purdue - Match</p>

<p>UMass - Safe Match</p>

<p>UMinnesota - Slight Reach</p>

<p>Pittsburgh - Match</p>

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Pitts isn't cheap for out of state students. Also, the tuition and fees do vary with the major.

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<p>Last i remember, Pitt is in Pennsylvania, unless it of course has moved.</p>

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<p>You are right. I didn't realize the the OP was from Pennsylvania.</p>

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<p>I recently graduated from Pitt engineering. I'm from Kansas originally, and I just loved Pitt's program. After I graduated, I was offered jobs in New York, Florida, and Topeka, but I love Pittsburgh so much, I'm staying right here. For me, the out-of-state tution was worth it. It's been a great experience.</p>

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<p>Admission at Michigan State University is no cakewalk.</p>

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<p>Apply to Minnesota... they don't require essays or recommendations so the app won't take you very long...</p>

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<p>I imagine this applies to some extent to the other schools on your list as well, but be aware that Purdue engineering beats everyone within an inch of their life. They intentionally make the intro level classes extremely hard to weed out everyone who isn't capable of the work or really dedicated. This is necessary because pretty much every kid in Indiana who thinks they want to be an engineer (a lot) applies to Purdue.</p>

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<p>Admissions selectivity (US News)
Massachusetts - 146
Purdue - 137
Michigan State - 113
Minnesota - 77
Pittsburgh - 66</p>

<p>Electrical Engineering (NRC rankings)
Purdue - 8
Minnesota - 18
Massachusetts - 29
Michigan State - 44
Pittsburgh - 63</p>

<p>Electrical Engineering (US News)
Purdue - 9
Minnesota - 26
Michigan State - 43
Massachusetts - 53
Pittsburgh - 53</p>

<p>Computer Science (NRC rankings)
Massachusetts - 18
Purdue - 26
Pittsburgh - 43
Minnesota - 46
Michigan State - 52</p>

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<p>I am completely biased but I would recommend Minnesota. It's a great school, they recently built a new EE/CS building. It's huge and the parts that I have seen are really nice. But that is just by bias because that is where I will be next year. Other than that, Pitt wouldn't be a bad choice. This is an old thread, but as of now, the priority deadline for Minnesota has passed so it may be more competitive, but it's still worth applying.</p>