<p>I have seven right now, but want to do six...one less app to deal with and make it even......going to apply for chem engineering</p>
<p>UIUC
USC
UT
MIT
CMU
UCSD
Penn State</p>
<p>bump...........</p>
<p>If you are a guarantee admit at UT then forget Penn State - UT is a better school, has a better reputation, cheaper, and in a much better city.</p>
<p>it'd be nice to know more about you, but with the little information we have I second kcirsch</p>
<p>yeah Penn State isnt worth it at all.</p>
<p>Hopefully one of those publics is your in-state safety...</p>
<p>UT Austin has an excellent chem eng program. The only school on your list that I would choose over UT Austin is MIT. I would drop Penn State and UC San Diego and maybe USC. Add Rice (it is in TX and relatively inexpensive for a private), Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Maybe Texas A&M as a safety. I am afraid I made your list bigger, not smaller.</p>
<p>UT austin is in state, but im still a little nervous about getting into the engineering program...... no to aggies.....i put UC san deigo and usc because i want to apply to cali schools that i can actually get into. I want to go to a large school too so Rice got eliminated a while ago. umm i don't have much of my stats yet but i have a 700 sat ii chem, taking sat for a probable score of 2050 after taking 8 practice tests, retaking 620 sat ii math for a 700+, hardest classes possible at school, top 4 percent class rank, ap chem 3- i was a lazy sophmore, ap biology 4, engineering camp this summer and good ECs that are mostly dance</p>
<p>plz i just want to go to a good college, thanks im dropping penn state</p>
<p>bump another opinion would be appreciated</p>
<p>Penn State isn't horrible. If it were, would so many people go? I wouldn't think so. </p>
<p>I'm not trying to defend it, but seriously. You guys act like it's a diseased campus...</p>
<p>eliminate one of the calis</p>
<p>i wanna go to so cal</p>
<p>then only do UCSD (SOCAL) ... i dont know about USC</p>
<p>I'd apply to 3 schools if I was you. Since you are from Texas, you can't really beat UT-Austin. Since you said that you would like to go to California, USC and UCSB should be good schools. Unless your stats are in the top 25-50%, don't apply to MIT. No point in going out-of-state for a public school that's equal in quality (UIUC, Penn State), when you can save money and get a great education with UT-Austin. Carnegie Mellon may be an ok school for you as well. You need a solid safety.</p>
<p>Apply to UT-Austin, USC, UCSB, and Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>the thing is, if i end up at ut, i will hate myself. i have to leave. well im a female and URM so i have a really good shot at mit. i think im going to apply to ervything on the list cept penn state now.</p>
<p>why would you hate yourself? you might find that with maturity and open-mindedness (as I did) that Texas really has a lot to offer and is a great place to live. I don't see the point in applying to 4 public schools.</p>
<p>texas, the state, makes me wanna kill myself. i want to go far away</p>
<p>I say just apply to UT. Give it a shot. You might regret not having it as an option later.</p>
<p>You aren't going to get into a school solely based on your ethnic and sexual status. Your SAT/ACT scores, GPA, Essays, Recs, ECs, curriculum, and rank are all far more important.</p>
<p>You need a safety, which is why you should apply to Texas. If you fit in their percentiles, it makes sense as a safety. It's very hard to OOS, unless you are in the top 25%. Especially for publics like Illinois and Penn State.</p>
<p>i read illinois and penn state treat OOS the same...is that wrong?</p>