<p>Applying to colleges, planning on majoring in biomedical (if present) engineering, mech, or material science.....and hope to get an MBA or take some courses at business schools so a good business school wouldn't hurt either....which schools should i maybe consider?...drop?...if someone could even "rank" the colleges for engineering that would be great..</p>
<p>Anyone have any comments on my college choices...admitedly I often pick schools bc of reputation rather than actual worth but I feel I have definately picked some good colleges</p>
<p>Stanford, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Yale, Penn, Duke(i kno biomedical is probably the only "good" engineering program there), UCBerkely</p>
<p>safeties..kind of...
Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, UNorth Carolina, UCLA, Notre Dame(attend well-known private catholic school so there's a "pipeline"</p>
<p>Few stats...2200 SAT, 2230 combine SAT, 800 Math, 800 Math Level 1, dont plan on taking Level II(maybe i should?), 740 Biology SAT II.....3.93 uw GPA - 2nd ranking....</p>
<p>norwestern is not a match you baloney! And neither are UNC and UCLA if you're OOS. Personally, for someone who knows they want to do engineering I'd take of p-ton instantly. They don't hold their own. Take Duke off if you're not sure you'll be happy with bioE. You might try doing some research</p>
<p>UNC is really hard to get in out of state. Are you from NC? Northwestern is closer to Cornell and Penn in admittance. Penn's engineering school is easier to get into than Northwestern, I think acceptance rate is between 25 and 30%. Cornells good in all of those fields, but the difficulty of getting in probably isn't different from Northwesterns.</p>
<p>Duke's Engineering school is great at combining natural science with engineering, but I'm not sure about the fields besides biomed. I think for Harv Penn and Duke you have them more out of reputation than actual engineering opportunities, but thats ok. Cornells probably my favorite school there for just engineering/material sciences.</p>
<p>You can always go to a different school for the MBA. You can take some undergrad econ courses to get yourself started. U Penn has excellent Biomed Eng and Business. Johns Hopkins, Duke, Case Western, U Michigan, Northwestern, Boston U, U Virginia. Cornell is not as strong in Biomed as it is in other areas of engineering. I would drop Harvard and Yale. Does Princeton have undergrad Biomed? If so, I do not think it is very strong in this area.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, i have done some research however only for about half of the schools I am applying to, like i said....half of them are based on reputation...</p>
<p>Following all ur advice, if i drop UNC and UCLA..and sorry...i meant to put Northwestern as a reach school...that leaves me with ND, Mich as safeties I like...which isnt much at all...so does anyone have any good engineering institutions similar to those of Michigan and ND in terms of university type, size, etc.?</p>
<p>As for Harvard, Yale, Princeton...their engineering programs arent what they're known for but how bad can they be?...they are, after all, still programs in 3 fine institutions...I also have heard Princetons is second only to Cornell's in the ivy league...neone have any comments on this?</p>
<p>Instead of HYP, I would go for JHU. It's just as big of a reach for Biomed, but if you get in your education will be of unsurpassable quality.</p>
<p>IMO, you should take MathII. It looks a lot better to adcoms (but who am I to talk, I got an 800cr and 720 math and I want to be a neuroscientist).</p>
<p>i agree w/ tkm256-- you should look at jhu
also, mich should not be you're only safety unless you're instate
i would apply to a state school for an additional safety</p>
<p>Actually, I live in Ohio, so Ohio State is a safety but i really honestly dont want to go there...I am interested in Biomed however am not 100 percent sure so I want a school with an overall excellent engineering program...so JHU mite be a little on the topheavy side with biomed..also I have legacy at Michigan</p>
<p>UIUC has an excellent engineering program... as does Michigan. Two good schools in the midwest for you. And neither are biased towards in-state students that much, Michigan actually allows tons of OOS students.</p>
<p>Your "safeties" can't possibly be considered safeties, because you aren't guaranteed admission to them. I almost laughed when UNC was on there. They have quotas established so that they can only admit 18% OOS applicants, and you typically need a 1500+ (old SAT) to get in there. Here's something I wrote on a UNC thread...</p>
<p>"I checked out the EA thread from last year... and just looked at OOS students... here's what I found.</p>
<p>Basically for OOS applicants, unless you are a minority, or you have a 1500+ SAT score, you won't be accepted."</p>
<p>Northwestern, UCLA, and Notre Dame aren't ever safeties for applicants with your grades, test scores, and ranks. When you apply OOS, you need to be in the top 25% of all applicants to have a "match". And it's even harder at OOS publics.</p>