Please rank these colleges

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<p>Please rank these colleges in their engineering major, possible mechanical/electrical engineering.</p>

<p>Cornell
UC-Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon
UMich
UIUC
Purdue
Tufts
Lehigh
Vanderbilt
Rice</p>

<p>I am going to attend UNSW in australia, then transfer after 1 year of college. What are the level of competitiveness on transfer of the colleges on the list. Feel free to rank them in order of transfer competitiveness.</p>

<p>Also, I am about to take my IB in less than 2 weeks, and I was wondering how many points I should aim for to have a chance to transfer to colleges on the list above.</p>

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<p>Ranking them would be difficult. I would group them as follows:</p>

<p>ENGINEERING OVERALL:</p>

<h1>1 University of California-Berkeley</h1>

<h1>2 Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, UIUC, University of Michigan-AA</h1>

<h1>6 Purdue University-West Lafayette, Rice University</h1>

<h1>8 Lehigh University, Vanderbilt University</h1>

<h1>10 Tufts University</h1>

<p>ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING:</p>

<h1>1 University of California-Berkeley</h1>

<h1>2 Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, UIUC, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>

<h1>6 Purdue University, Rice University</h1>

<h1>8 Lehigh University, Vanderbilt University</h1>

<h1>10 Tufts University</h1>

<p>MECHANICAL ENGINEERING</p>

<h1>1 University of California-Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>

<h1>3 Cornell University, Purdue University, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign</h1>

<h1>6 Carnegie Mellon University</h1>

<h1>7 Lehigh University, Rice University</h1>

<h1>9 Vanderbilt University</h1>

<h1>10 Tufts University</h1>

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<p>US News, for what it's worth, has the following:</p>

<p>Electrical:
2. UC Berkeley (4.9)
4. U Illinois UC (4.8)
6. U Mich (4.5)
7. Carnegie Mellon (4.4)
9. Cornell (4.3)
11. Purdue (4.1)
19. Rice (3.6)
51. Lehigh (2.8)
44. Vanderbilt (3.0)
77. Tufts (2.5)</p>

<p>Mechanical:
3. UC Berkeley (4.7)
5. U Illinois UC (4.5)
5. U Mich (4.5)
8. Cornell (4.3)
8. Purdue (4.3)
10. Carnegie Mellon (4.0)
28. Rice (3.4)
42. Lehigh (3.1)
47. Vanderbilt (3.0)
71. Tufts (2.6)</p>

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<p>also, can you please rank them in terms of transfer competitiveness. ie. rice is most probably harder to transfer into than purdue.</p>

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<p>Transfer statistics are availlable online. Just go to each university's website and check the stats. I can tell you that Cal and Michigan have deceiving stats because most of the transfers they accept are from in-state community colleges. I'd say most of those schools, with the exception of Purdue, probably have transfer acceptance rates of 20%-40% for out-of-staters.</p>

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<p>In this case would Cal be more competitive in terms of transfer admission than Cornell and Carnegie Mellon?</p>

<p>I believe I will have a better chance at Michigan since they said in the rejection letter of freshman admission that they will give me preference in the case that i might want to transfer there.</p>

<p>Also, can the common application be used for transfer admission too?</p>

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<p>Some quick stats on transfer applicants:</p>

<p>Cal: 10,000 applied, 2,500 were admitted (25% were accepted, mostly in-staters))
Carnegie Mellon: 300 applied, 50 were admitted (15% were accepted)
Cornell University: 2,400 applied, 800 were admitted (30% were accepted)
Lehigh: 250 applied, 100 were admitted (40% were accepted)
Michigan: 2,800 applied, 1,200 were admitted (40% were accepted, mostly in-staters)
Purdue: 2,500 applied,1,500 were admitted (60% were accepted)
Rice: 400 applied, 100 were admitted (25% were accepted)
Tufts: 550 applied, 100 were admitted (18% were accepted)
UIUC: 3,000 applied, 1,500 were admitted (50% were accepted)
Vanderbilt: 400 applied, 100 were admitted (25% were accepted)</p>

<p>Your chances are good with Purdue and UIUC. Like I said, Michigan and Cal are deceptive.</p>

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<p>Wow thx alot Alexandre. This is a very big help.....</p>

<p>Should I retake my SAT 1 & 2 to give me a better chance for transfer?</p>

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<p>If you think you can improve significantly on the SAT, do them again.</p>

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<p>Ahh ok... Any ideas what kind of IB score I might need to transfer into those unis, so I will know what to aim for.</p>

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<p>Straight 7s. A total of at least 40.</p>

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<p>Whoa :O
I am predicted 37...... and I think i will get 37.. lol</p>

<p>Is 37 IB points with about 2000 SAT 1, and 3 x 800 SAT 2 enough to transfer to these universities?</p>

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<p>Purdue and Illinos, yes. The rest would be hard to tell. They would still be worth a try, but I would not trust to hope.</p>

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<p>Just out of curiosity, do you think I am as likely to get into UMich as UIUC, since they said they will give me preference in the case that i want to transfer.</p>

<p>Also, Purdue and UIUC yes - does this mean they should be my safeties?</p>

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<p>Like I said, Michigan gives preference to Michigan community college students. I'd say the acceptance rate for out of state transfer applicants is under 30%.</p>

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<p>Where do you get the transfer statistics. If my son wants to transfer to a top notch, elte enginneering school, will it be easier from Colgate, Villanova, Penn State or GWU.</p>

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<p>I found them on the USNWR university profiles. IF your son wants to transfer into an elite Engineering program, I recommend he go to the best undergraduate institutions and excell at pre-Engineering courses (Calculus 3, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science etc...) his first semester and apply to transfer immediately.</p>