<p>GPA: 4.1(w)
SAT: 2090 Math 730 CR 640 WR 720 (retaking)
SAT II (710 Math IIC, 680 US history) need to take 1 more</p>
<p>probably am going to major in engineering / business not sure on my career choice yet, but am probably going to apply to schools strong in this area. I might also consider medicine because it interests me although i havent taken AP Bio or Chem at my school.</p>
<p>I live in michigan so im considering applying to these colleges. I like University of Michigan and im going to apply early so i get my results early if i need to apply to any other safeties. So its basically my safety for now. I’ll probably end up going there if i dont get into my reaches?</p>
<li>University of Michigan</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Duke(how are the engineering/business programs here)</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis</li>
<li>Urbana Champaign</li>
<li>University of Chicago(does this place give any scholarships… i hear its very expensive)</li>
<li>?</li>
</ol>
<p>But, again im very unsure of my major. My parents want me to go into engineering, but i dont think i feel the same way. I would love to hear of other colleges that offer a wide amount of career choices, but please no Liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>2-8 + U of Chicago seem to be reaches in varying degrees.
What is your unweighted GPA and where do you rank (if school does not rank approx %)?
Michigan looks pretty good if your Michigan GPA is in their average since you are in-state.
You might want to add several matches to give you a more balanced selection.</p>
<p>Your list seems to be top heavy with reach schools as well as schools that don't offer UG Business and/or Engineering. Your list follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>University of Michigan</li>
<li>Stanford No UG Business</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Duke No UG Business</li>
<li>Harvard No UG Business or Engineering</li>
<li>Princeton No UG Business</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania </li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis</li>
<li>Urbana Champaign</li>
<li>University of Chicago No UG Business or Engineering</li>
</ol>
<p>So if Business and Engineering are your majors why apply to either Harvard or U Chicago at all. Neither school offers your major. Plus yur only safety schools are U Michigan and U Illinois. If you are in-state in either of those choices you are in good shape. You might want to consider schools where you would match a little better than your list above.</p>
<p>Stanford, Harvard, Duke, Princeton - none of these schools have UG business schools, but when it comes to business I would not look past any of them</p>
<p>Stanford, Duke, and Pton all have strong engineering programs at the undergrad level as well, and its fairly easy to add an econ minor between programs (though I don't know how it would be to add a engineering minor to an econ major...)</p>
<p>All the schools on your list will be great options for both fields</p>
<p>You need to rethink your list unless you really want UMich. Most of the others are HIGHLY unlikely unless you failed to tell us you're a recruited athlete or multi million dollar donor.</p>
<p>Bobby, Backfire gets to attend Michigan for less than $20,000/year. Most of Michigan's academic peers, like Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern and Penn cost over $45,000/year. So it isn't very common for most Michigan residents to send their kids out of state unless it is for a schools like MIT or Harvard.</p>
<p>[Backfire] Have you considered applying to Carnegie Mellon (CMU) ? It offers top 10 programs both in engineering and in business. I believe the undergraduate engineering program is ranked #8 overall according to US News, with computer engineering in particular ranked # 3. The undergraduate business program is ranked, I guess, # 7 overall by US News. In the undergrad business specialties ranking, CMU is # 2 in the categories production/operations management, quantitative analysis, and management information systems.</p>