Recommend safety schools for me?

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<p>I want to major in Chem Engineering. I live in NJ and would like to stay within the Northeast or Midatlantic. I'm having trouble finding good safety schools that have good engineering programs near me.</p>

<p>My Stats:</p>

<p>UW GPA (Through Junior Year): 3.6, but a huge upward trend from C's Freshman Year to all A's Junior Year. This was mainly because of laziness and lack of maturity freshman and sophomore year.
SAT Superscored: 1850 (Taking again)
SAT II's: Taking fall of Senior Year
ACT: Taking fall of Senior Year
APs: Not offered until Junior Year. Taking 2 Senior Year.</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Chem
AP Comp Sci
Fundamentals of Calculus
H Physics
H Spanish IV
H English
H Western Civ
Phys Ed (Required)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Ted Ed Club (devoted to making our community more aware of the issues surrounding them)
Community Service Club
Joining more clubs that help others out this year</p>

<p>Other:
Ethnicity: African American
Hook: URM, Legacy at NYU</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Anyone?</p>

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<p>You can certainly get into Rutgers. It might not be where you most want to go, but you can get a first-rate education there. I know nothing about the Engineering programs at some Historically-Black colleges. It seems there must be some good ones. Drexel is expensive, but quite good for Engineering. You probably have a shot there. Temple is a little less expensive; I don’t know how selective their Engineering program is, but it would be an overall academic match for you. Almost every major public university has a good Engineering faculty; some are just more selective than others. West Virginia University is probably pretty safe for you. </p>

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<p>Take a look at UMBC, they are known as more of a stem school and have an inspirational president.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys</p>

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<p>Look into Manhattan College and Rowan University.</p>

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<p>Read point 1 of <a href=“Before you ask which colleges to apply to, please consider - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1621234-before-you-ask-which-colleges-to-apply-to-please-consider-p1.html&lt;/a&gt; .</p>

<p>Howard is probably a safety, since you are probably (depending on SAT CR+M score) in range of an automatic full tuition scholarship (scholarship is first come first served, so apply early).
<a href=“http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman”>http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So, no disrespect intended, but what strikes me immediately is that you are not taking AP Calculus, and seem to be ona college prep math track. Is math not your thing? Do you realize how math intensive engineering is?</p>

<p>I think that if you are less mathematically inclined, you might be better off at a less rigorous engineering school, such as Rochester Institute of Technology, or Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. There are some other one’s that I know less about. </p>

<p>If you meet the following criteria, your should definitely consider the Meyeroff Scholars Program at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC):
<a href=“http://www.umbc.edu/Programs/Meyerhoff/benefits_eligibility.html”>http://www.umbc.edu/Programs/Meyerhoff/benefits_eligibility.html&lt;/a&gt;

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<p>This program is designed as a boot camp for underprivileged kids with high potential. If you don’t meet those criteria, then you won’t get the boot camp, and would be at a disadvantage there. </p>

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<p>Affordability issues?</p>

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<p>Wentworth does not have chemical engineering.</p>

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<p>Right now, you have a 1230 m+cr SAT which is about an ACT 27. what was your math score?</p>

<p>Frankly, anyone with a sub-700 math is going to have a much harder time with the math reqts for engg. And chem engg is one of the harder engg disciplines.</p>

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<p>@ClassicRockerDad‌ My college prep math track was predetermined for me in the eighth grade when I was put into pre-algebra instead of algebra 1. I never cared about school until this year, so I never argued. If you didn’t know, I am taking pre-calculus at my local community college so I can take fundamentals of calculus next year (I might be able to take AP Calc AB depending on how well I do in the community college class). Math is my favorite subject, and I have always done best in it out of all of my subjects. And yes, I do realize how math intensive engineering is, it is the reason I want to become an engineer. </p>

<p>@mom2collegekids‌ My SAT scores are 610 Reading, 620 Math, 620 Writing. I always get 650-670’s on timed math SAT’s but I guess I let the nerves get to me. Do you have any tips on performing as well on test day as I do before-hand?</p>

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<p>@ErinsDad‌ My mother makes close to $80,000 a year and my dad makes a little less. They are encouraging me to look for schools that won’t cause me to be in much debt after school </p>

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@ErinsDad‌ My mother makes close to $80,000 a year and my dad makes a little less. They are encouraging me to look for schools that won’t cause me to be in much debt after school</p>

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<p>what does that mean? you need to ask them how much they each will pay. you need to know now if they are thinking that you can pay for all with loans…which you cant. YOU can only borrow 5500 for frosh year</p>

<p>each parent will likely be expected to pay about $13k…so about $26k total. that means that as an instate Umich kid, you would get little/no free money…just fed loan, work-study, and maybe tiny grant.</p>

<p>You need to get a number from each as to how much they will pay.</p>

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<p>University of Delaware? VIrginia Tech? I would definitely take the other posters’ suggestions about beefing up your math, as most schools would want higher scores, better grades, and a higher level of math in order to consider you for an engineering program. And possibly as part of your match and safety list, as a “parallel plan” you might want to consider schools that will let you apply to their engineering school after you prove that you can do well in upper level, college math, as well as college chemistry. You may also find in the meantime that engineering is not for you. </p>

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<p>In-State Affordable: Rutgers, Rowan, NJIT</p>

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<p>Ignore the above…mixed up the student. sorry.</p>

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<p>mother makes close to $80,000 a year and my dad makes a little less. They are encouraging me to look for schools that won’t cause me to be in much debt after school
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<p>Ok…if your parents are together, that means a single household income of about $150k+. You will have a high EFC…probably around $50k. Ask your parents how much they will pay each year.</p>

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<p>@mom2collegekids‌ My parents are divorced. Does this change my financial situation?</p>

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<p>well, at the schools that give the best aid, all parents’ and step-parents’ info is needed. have they remarried?</p>

<p>have you asked them how much they will contribute each year??</p>

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<p>NYU gives lousy aid, so that’s not likely.</p>

<p>Hopefully, there are some who can recommend some schools that may give you good money because they want more diversity. </p>

<p>however, these schools will still expect your family to pay some…how much will each parent pay?</p>

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<p>??? how do we know that? Mom’s income is likely too high for any state aid and is too high for fed aid.</p>

<p>If mom can only pay a few thousand per year, how are those affordable?</p>