Prestigious Engineering Schools (Info Provided)

College Search & Selection
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<p>As I am entering my sophomore year come September, college has been a topic of interest to me. I want to hear what level of education you think qualify for with the provided information below.</p>

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<li>Will have over 150 hours of volunteer service with Red Cross by 2012 (graduating year)</li>
<li>Can maintain an A- average in an Honors math course</li>
<li>Maintains a GPA of 3.6/7</li>
<li>Member of swim team and tech class (fuel cell car project, has even been complimented by GM)</li>
<li>Plans on taking AP physics</li>
<li>Of Hispanic/Armenian background</li>
<li>Currently attending Darien high School, CT</li>
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<p>I mention math since I have been setting my eyes on a career in the automotive industry, more specifically, automotive aerodynamics or engineering. If there are any notable schools with reputable auto aerodynamics/engineering courses, I would love to hear them. Also I would like to stay in the northeast us, but if there is a school that I catch a liking for, then I would happily travel.</p>

<p>I have been looking around for the top engineering schools and have taken interest in:</p>

<p>Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
MIT (a stretch, would need to improve my gpa by .1 - .2 I imagine)
Yale school of engineering (again, very ideal, but still an option, the university is only 30 minutes away)
Stanford</p>

<p>Any feedback on those schools would be appreciated. I cannot thank everyone enough. </p>

<p>Edit: Just out of curiosity, would an ivy league school even be a consideration if I maintain or even improve my gpa slightly? Not going to get my hopes up though.</p>

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<p>If you want to go for automotive engineering then U Mich should be on your list.</p>

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<p>Propane, I can say that Clemson University’s automotive engineering program (which is a graduate degree) is among the best in the nation. They just built a new facility solely devoted to the program called CU-ICAR and it’s partnered with BMW And Michelin.</p>

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You seem to be under the impression that getting into an Ivy or other very selective school is a mostly a matter of GPA. It’s not. Once your GPA is high enough to show you you’ve been a good student, the other factors come into play. A 3.7 is high enough. Those other factors would be essays, SAT scores, letters of rec, and ECs. What I see most problematic from what you’ve posted are your ECs. Here is a post from an Ivy League interviewer listing what Ivies and similar colleges in terms of admission difficulty (such as MIT) see as strong ECs: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-whats-good.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/210497-those-ecs-weak-so-whats-good.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks, just want to confirm that ECs are extracurricular activities right? I am going to be on the engineering team next year.</p>