Need Help thinking of colleges to apply to

Applying to College
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<p>I am planning on majoring in Chemical or Mechanical engineering the schools I am currently looking at in order of preference are</p>

<p>MIT
UT Austin
Rice
Texas A&M</p>

<p>I have a good GPA but a low class ranking because I go to a private school. My class ranking is 7/60 and my school calculates the GPA's weird but throughout my freshman-junior years I have gotten all A's except 3 B's in history and English classes I take a lot of honors and AP classes to so out of a 4 point scale, I estimate my GPA to be around 3.65</p>

<p>I have taken one SAT, 1 ACT, and subject tests</p>

<p>SAT
Composite:2110
M:790
CR:650
W:670</p>

<p>ACT
Composite:34
EN:33
M:34
R:33
SC:35</p>

<p>SAT Subject tests
MATH level 2: 800
Physics: 790</p>

<p>My EC's are decent. Varsity tennis, NHS, NHRP, community service, internship at medical clinic, choir, student govt, communitie service, etc...</p>

<p>I am thinking that I need to apply to more safe schools and other schools around the same level as UT Austin
does anyone have any suggestions of schools I should consider applying to?
Please post if you have any ideas</p>

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<p>Purdue and Iowa State are strong in engineering programs and not so expensive for out-of-state students compared to the private ones. They also offer some scholarships.</p>

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<p>thanks I will look at them</p>

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<p>Rose Hulman, RPI, UMich, GaTech, Stanford</p>

<p>(My kid is seriously thinking about U-M and Purdue)</p>

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<p>University of Minnesota Twin Cities and University of Wisconsin Madison both have very good ChemE programs. </p>

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<p>Remember that for engineering, all you need is ABET accreditation. So if a certain program is too expensive for you (after scholarships/grants/etc, not sticket price), forget about it.</p>