<p>I'm a rising junior interested in the following majors so far: chemical eng, computer eng, philosophy, and computer science. The schools I'm looking for must have at least 2/4 majors from my list. So far, the only school that has interested me is Tufts. I like the global perspective it has, their engineering department, and the location. I'm open to LACs to universities. I would like the population to be no more than 15,000 but no less than 2,000. I would also prefer a suburban or urban campus. The school doesn't have to have a huge party scene. </p>
<p>Stats:
3.7ish UW GPA
SAT: 2200
SATII: Chem (740) Math 2 (780) I will take more in the future
APs: Only AP World so far. I'm predicting a 4 or 5. Next year I will be taking: Lang, Spanish, Calc AB & BC, US History, and Chemistry
ECs: Cross Country (JV), Math Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Model UN (VP), Sophomore and Junior advisory board (student gov. thing), leadership club, interact club (VP), helping hands. I'm also in my counties youth leadership program. We participate in different activities around the county.
Summer activities: summer@brown, counselor at a camp for children with asthma, great books program at Mercer University, summit at local food bank.</p>
<p>I'm just interested in seeing what schools you guys suggest for me. Along with Tufts, I'm interested in the following:
UMich
Wesleyan
UChicago
Northwestern</p>
<p>Have you used an online calculator for your EFC, your Expected Family Contribution?
The collegeboard’s website is a good, one, select “IM” and “FM” and keep hitting “save” so you can refer back to it. You will need your parents’ 2010 Tax returns and yours and other asset information. </p>
<p>Michigan for OOS is over $50,000/year with very little aid.</p>
<p>I would suggest you take a look at Rice, Emory, Carnegie Mellon (especially if you’re interested in engineering), and maybe Wake Forest or UVA. Also possibly Boston College/Boston University.</p>
<p>I think you should apply to Stanford… I don’t think that Stanford gets many black southern applicants…you would add to ethnic and regional diversity.</p>
<p>Why do you think you couldn’t get accepted into Stanford? Your stats are around the middle and you’re a URM, you’re OOS, and you’re from the South…which all would add to diversity.</p>
<p>I think you have a decent chance.</p>
<p>Test Scores
Middle 50% of
First-Year Students Percent Who Submitted Scores
SAT Critical Reading: 660 - 760 92%
SAT Math: 680 - 780 92%
SAT Writing: 670 - 760 92%
ACT Composite: 30 - 34 5%</p>
<p>It’s going to be a reach no matter what (~7% acceptance rate). Being OOS doesn’t matter to Stanford since it’s a private school. But it is a great school.</p>
<p>*Being OOS doesn’t matter to Stanford since it’s a private school. [/I</p>
<p>Yes…but…it does matter for Stanford. About half of Stanford’s students are from Calif…so OOS students help their regional diversity. And, I just don’t think they’re getting tons of apps from Black women from the South.</p>
<p>Swarthmore and Smith. Swarthmore is a little smaller than you want, but it fulfills the other requirements. Smith is a little less urban, but it’s part of a consortium and in a lively community.</p>
<p>The thing about half of Stanford are Californians - they can’t help it since it’s how the school was chartered. OP, you should apply to Stanford, if you think it’s a fit school for you.</p>
I’d look a little deeper before eliminating Smith just because it’s all womens. It is part of a five college consortium which greatly widens social options.</p>
<p>Most importantly is its focus on women in the sciences, engineering especially. You’s get a lot of mentoring and support. Similar to Wesleyan in ambience.</p>
<p>It would most likely be a safety for you.</p>
<p>I’m a graduate of UMich myself and my son went to Williams, so I’ve observed firsthand the difference in learning/teaching style between a large university and a small liberal arts college. There are pluses and minuses to both; you have to think about what’s best for you. </p>
<p>Tufts is a good medium sized middle road. If money is not at issue, you might consider applying ED. (But be sure to visit first.)</p>
<p>Brown could also be a good fit.</p>
<p>One other thing, I’m a humanities person and don’t have a lot of first hand information here, but doesn’t engineering school require a serious commitment from day one? I would think that that’s the first decision you need to make.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t know if engineering requires that commitment. I will put Smith on my list. I’m almost certain that I will apply ED to Tufts. Do you guys have any safety schools for me?</p>
<p>^ Make sure that you are comfortable with the large percentage of lesbians/bi students on campus.
That alone made me hesitant to apply to all women colleges.</p>
<p>Since you like midwestern schools, I’d research these as well:
Case Western, UWisconsin, UIUC, Oberlin…</p>