Need some help finding good schools for me

College Search & Selection
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<p>Heres what I got.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Attend private school in NJ (NY resident)</p></li>
<li><p>Weighted average: 93</p></li>
<li><p>All Honors classes and 4 AP Courses( Euro, English Lit, English Language, and US Hist.)</p></li>
</ul>

<p>SAT---1970 (720 CR, 640 M, 610 Wr)</p>

<p>EC's
- Crew
- French Club
- Peer Mediation
- Ambassador Club
- Model Congress</p>

<p>Volunteer Work
- Work as a teacher at a religeon class every week
- Work Red Cross blood drives
- Volunteer at horse stable for kids with special needs
- Volunteer at soup kitchen in the city</p>

<p>Achievements
- National Honor Society
- French Honor Society
- English Honor Society
- top finalist in technology fair
- Award for top French student </p>

<p>I am thinking about majoring in engineering in college but I'm unsure. </p>

<p>So with these stats, can anyone suggest any schools I should look at. Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>SUNY-Bing, Penn State, WPI, RIT, U Roch., Clarkson, Rutgers, and Drexel for nearby options.</p>

<p>Any particular school atmosphere preferences?</p>

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<p>I don’t want to go to a small school. I want to got out of state too.</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>Clemson, Virginia Tech, Auburn, North Carolina State, Purdue, Michigan State, Kansas State, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Iowa, Iowa State, Pittsburgh.</p>

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<p>I decided to fetch an old post of mine about E-schools that is all-encompassing. </p>

<p>Hope it helps:</p>

<p>Columbia (similar-Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, Caltech, Wash U, Stanford, MIT)</p>

<p>Tulane (similar-Vanderbilt, U Miami, Emory, Rice, Tufts)</p>

<p>Bucknell (similar- Lehigh, Lafayette, Union, Swarthmore, College of William and Mary, Villanova)</p>

<p>U Michigan (similar- Berkeley, UCLA, Northwestern, Cornell, Duke, USC, Wake Forest, UVA, U Wisconsin, U Toronto, McGill)</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon (similar- Case Western, U Rochester, Johns Hopkins, RIT, Pitt, RPI, WPI, GA Tech)</p>

<p>Purdue (similar- U IL- Urbana-Champaign, U Minnesota-TC, Ohio State, Penn State, U Washington, U Texas, Texas A&M, FSU, UF, UGA)</p>

<p>Rose-Hulman (similar- Kettering, Stevens, NYU-POLY, Embry-Riddle, IL Inst. of Tech, Michigan Tech, Cal Poly SLO, Clarkson, CO School of Mines, New Mexico Tech)</p>

<p>Clemson (similar- U South Carolina, North Carolina State, UT-Knoxville, Mizzou, Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, U Arizona, ASU, Oklahoma State, Kansas, U Iowa, Iowa State)</p>

<p>I tried to sort by similar personality and prestige/student quality, but there are probably some gaps. Anyways, just looking at: </p>

<p>Columbia
Tulane
Bucknell
U Michigan
Carnegie Mellon
Purdue
Rose-Hulman
Clemson</p>

<p>… should give you an idea about the basic types of engineering schools out there and their differences.</p>

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<p>Thanks Schmaltz and OHKid.</p>

<p>One last question, is Cal Poly a good school. I saw that it was ranked number two in engineering but the average SAT scores were much lower than any of the other highly regarded engineering schools? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Clemson :)</p>

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<p>My D has stats similar to yours. McGill was recommended and given your French, you might enjoy it. I have no idea about their engineering, however.</p>

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<p>Is money no object? </p>

<p>Do you know how much your family can spend each year on your education?</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>Forgot to add this. I am applying for an NROTC scholarship so that might help with the costs. Other than that though, I’ll be taking out loans. My families income is >150K but I don’t think my parents can pay much because I have a sibling going to college as well. </p>

<p>In regards to the Mcgill comment, I don’t think I want to leave the US for college.</p>

<p>Pierre, do you enjoy Clemson? I am probably going to apply there. I have a week until my school wants decisions made so they can send out our transcripts.</p>

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<p>Matt, I love Clemson and I’m really happy that I came here, the people are really friendly here, the weather is amazing (still wearing t-shirts/shorts!) compared to Boston, the professors and classes that I have this semester are amazing. If you have any questions, feel free to message me or send me a email (<a href=“mailto:ptong@clemson.edu”>ptong@clemson.edu</a>)!</p>

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<p>Does anyone know which engineering program is better, Clemson or Syracuse?</p>

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<p>in the latest US News undergraduate engineering rankings, Syracuse’s engineering program was ranked 76th and Clemson’s was ranked 57th.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot Pierre.</p>

<p>So my list of schools I’m applying to is:</p>

<p>Penn State
SUNY Binghamton
Clemson
Villanova
Purdue
Lehigh
Illinois
Maryland
Virginia Tech
Michigan</p>

<p>Fordham(free application so just seeing what happens)
Elon-early action, pretty sure I can get in</p>

<p>Is this a good list? Too many reaches? Thanks</p>

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<p>Are you going for engineering? why would you apply to Fordham and Elon then?</p>

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<p>Fordham is a free application and I’m basically being forced to apply there by my parents. </p>

<p>I liked Elon when I visited and I’m pretty sure I could get in. I am not positive I want to do engineering and if I do change my mind, I want a smaller school to fall back on if I get in.</p>

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<p>Another suggestion, in place of SUNY Binghamton, I would look at SUNY Buffalo if engineering is in the plans at all or SUNY Geneseo if you would like a smaller school.</p>

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<p>^ How big is the international student body at Clemson?</p>

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<p>The undergraduate international student body makes up 0.92% of all undergraduates. </p>

<p>However, among graduate students, 28.22% of graduate students are international students, 50% of the engineering & science college graduate students are international students so you do see international students on campus.</p>