The past few weeks I have been really deciding a list of colleges that I am interested in. My first choice of major would be Agricultural Engineering and my second might be something like Bioengineering (however I truly don’t know what kind of engineering I would want to go into other than ag). I want to stay in california, perferablly not more than 7 hours from San Diego. So my list right now is Cal Poly SLO, Stanford, University of the Pacific, Loyola Marymount University, UCSB, and UCD. Can anyone offer any other colleges that have great engineering programs, but are generous in scholarships. Or if anyone knows of any pros or cons that might increase or decrease my liking of the school (if accpeted obviously). If your curious about my stats, just look at my previous posts… Thanks
CPSLO has bioresource and agricultural engineering. UCD has biological systems engineering.
The following California publics have some kind of bioengineering, but may have more of a medical emphasis:
Bioengineering B.S. (UCB, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSC, UCSD)
Bioengineering B.S. (Assistive Technology: Cognitive/Perceptual Concentration) (UCSC)
Bioengineering B.S. (Assistive Technology: Motor Concentration) (UCSC)
Bioengineering B.S. (Bioelectronics Concentration) (UCSC)
Bioengineering B.S. (Biomolecular Concentration) (UCSC)
Bioengineering/Materials Science and Engineering B.S. (UCB)
Bioengineering: Bioinformatics B.S. (UCSD)
Bioengineering: BioSystems B.S. (UCSD)
UoP has bioengineering, apparently also with more of a medical emphasis. LMU does not appear to have your desired majors.
Your interests appear particularly well suited for UCDavis or maybe UCSanDiego… Davis might well be the best in the world in all forms of agricultural studies.
LMU has pretty weak engineering if at all. I wouldn’t recommend it. Luckily for you there are a ton of good engineering schools in California. You could apply to all the UC’s. All you have to do is pay the app fee and check the box. You could also check out USC or Cal Poly Pomona. I agree that UCSD and UCD are your best bets.
thanks guys @ucbalumnus @ThankYouforHelp @blueguy99 . The only thing that makes me want to have slo over davis is the fact that uc schools have very large classes, except the smaller ucs, whereas slo has smaller classes with easier contact to the professor… (All of this assuming I would get in)
also do you guys think I would have any chance of getting into Stanford or USC with the stats that I have on my other posts? @ucbalumnus @ThankYouforHelp @blueguy99
Your SAT score was only 1150, and your ACT was 23? You have virtually zero chance of Stanford engineering. USC, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Davis and Santa Barbara engineering are also huge reaches. By all means apply to the UCs and USC, but I wouldn’t even bother wasting the Stanford application fee… Stanford is arguably the hottest engineering program in the world right now, and a sub 1300 SAT isn’t going to get you even a millisecond of a glance.
Your best bet are UC Merced & Riverside and the California State Universities: SJSU, SDSU, CPSUSLO, CSPUP, CSULB, SFSU
Stanford is super-selective and wants to see top-notch test scores to go with your 4.0 GPA, plus high level achievement in extracurricular or some such. USC has a reputation of wanting high test scores, which is unfavorable for your GPA-heavy, test-score-light profile. UCs’ emphasis on GPA over test scores works in your favor, but there is a limit to how far the more selective ones will stretch on test scores for you. http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/freshman-admissions-summary can show you admission rates by UC campus and HS GPA, but be aware that engineering majors may be significantly more selective than the campus overall.
CSUs trade off GPA and test scores by 0.1 GPA = 80 SAT points or 0.1 GPA = 2 ACT points. See https://secure.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/eligibility_index.asp . CPSLO adds additional points based on other criteria for its own admissions.
Note: calculate your weighted-capped GPA for UC and CSU purposes here: https://secure.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/gpa_calculator.asp . For most students with lots of honors and AP courses, it tends to be 0.3 to 0.4 higher than unweighted 10th-11th academic course GPA.
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No.