<p>Hi, I have 12 colleges I'm looking into for chemical engineering, but I need to narrow the list down to maybe 7-8. Maybe some knowledge of admissions would be helpful and possibly personal experience. I get straight A's, 32 on ACT, and 660 on Math 1 & 610 on Chemistry for Subject Tests.</p>
<p>Here's the list:</p>
<p>University of California - Berkeley
University of Texas - Austin
University of Illinois - Urbana
Georgia Tech
UCLA
Purdue
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Cal Tech
Cornell
Virginia Tech
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Looks like you generally prefer well-rounded places (with sports, etc). So I’d drop Caltech (prob toughest to get into, too) and Carnegie-Mellon.</p>
<p>GaTech is certainly top-shelf academically, but if you don’t really want an urban school with a lot more males than females, I’d dump it.</p>
<p>I don’t know what’s wrong with U of Illinois, but for decades it seems like a lot of in-state students prefer Wisconsin, Michigan, and Purdue to it. Maybe it’s just the ol’ grass-is-greener principle. Maybe an Illinois resident could explain.</p>
<p>Can you afford all those OOS schools?</p>
<p>If you live outside of California and need financial aid, you should dump Berkeley. They won’t give you any money, and you’ll have to deal with an underfunded school.</p>
<p>Do you think that if I brought my two SAT Subject Tests into the 700s/mid 700s I would have a better chance at some of the schools?</p>
<p>Drop CalTech (very very low chance of getting in so application will be a waste of time). Consider dropping UCB and UCLA if you’re out of state and need financial aid. UC’s are all low on money and are admitting more and more out of state students (since they pay more) but do not give financial aid to them, so if you need aid, no point in applying. Getting your SAT II’s up to at least 700 will greatly increase your chances for Carnegie Mellon and Cornell. The rest are currently matches or low reaches.</p>
<p>What would you consider are low reaches on this list? As in colleges that I could do better than.</p>
<p>Can you afford all those OOS schools?</p>