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Those are quite good stats. My stats weren’t close to yours but alas, I didn’t get into MIT either. I hope to go to a 1st tier grad school though. I guess what you are saying is true - fortunately or unfortunately Math SAT is looked upon closely by engineering schools.</p>
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BU is quite overpriced for most engineering (they do give out a few merit awards -including full scholarships - but these are few and far apart). I was rejected with a 2210 SAT/top10% in HS/reasonable EC’s. My brother got only $2k in loans though he opted UChicago instead (with a better aid package).</p>
<p>I go to WPI and while it is a good school and gave me a good scholarshp, it is really in no way exceptional. I came here because of the “project based” curriculum and thus far, I am finding that there aren’t that many projects here and am having a hard time finding research opportunities here (the faculty don’t have funding and/or are not willing to take you on unless you have taken a course with them).</p>
<p>I feel that a lot of the private schools in the Northeast are somewhat overrated and have mediocre engineering programs. If you look at the UG engineerng rankings, UMass Amherst ranks higher than Northeastern, Tufts, BU, and WPI but is still not exceptionally good. Look to schools outside of NE where they give good merit scholarships. Illinois Inst. of Tech and Drexel good examples.</p>