<p>This is my current college list:
Dartmouth, Notre Dame, UPenn, Northwestern, Cornell, WashU</p>
<p>I KNOW I will need some safeties, but I don't know what I should consider a safety. Some have told me to consider Miami of Ohio, Providence, Holy Cross, etc. but I need a school that has an engineering program.</p>
<p>My stats:
-private school in chicagoland area, definitely ranked in at least the top 10%/300, but don't know for sure since my school doesn't release rankings
SAT (best composite): 2240 (750CR, 760M, 730W w/ 10 essay)
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.71W, 4.0 UW
PSAT: 218, at least commended, possibly semi-finalist</p>
<p>ECs:
-student tutor
-writing lab tutor
-volunteer at non-profit organization 2x/week for about 2 hours
-physical/occupational therapy aide at the above organization (5 hours/week during the school year, 20 hours/week over the summer)
-lector at my church
-NHS (this is only offered for seniors)
-I am planning on joining the JETS/WYSE team at my school next year
Awards:
-was on a business case competition team that came in 2nd/42 teams at a large competition at a university
-won scholarship to my private high school for my exemplary entrance exam scores, have kept this scholarship all 4 years</p>
<p>I will be attending the Cornell Curie Acadmey this summer and a leadership conference in DC.</p>
<p>I am interested in biomedical or chemical engineering.</p>
<p>I'd think any "tech" school would be a match/safe match/safety, depending on the school. Tech schools desperately want female engineers. You could probably get $$ from them too, as many have scholarship funds specifically for women. </p>
<p>Nice stats, by the way.</p>
<p>I think the fact that you're a girl may help you with admissions since they usually get very few female applicants, also you're stats are good.</p>
<p>There are many schools that you could consider safeties, what kind of school exactly are you looking for?</p>
<p>If you live in Illinois (you mentioned Chicago) you should definitely apply to The U of Illinois @ Urbana, its engineering programs is more highly ranked than all the other ones you listed there, although in biomedical and chemical I'm not sure how they are. Purdue is close to there as well and they're chemical engineering program (and engineering in general for that matter) is excellent, among the best in the nation. Also Case Western has an excellent Biomed E program as well as chem E, and they've got coop programs. Lehigh as well.</p>
<p>I think you can get into all the schools I mentioned above, I think most with the exception of Case and Lehigh, you are almost guaranteed to get in.</p>
<p>RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). Very likely a safety with your stats and being a girl. Good aid for girls too. But it is a very good engineering school, and just opened a new biotechnology center in 2004.</p>
<p>thanks...my only worry about going to a "tech" school is that I will miss out on the "normal" college education...I DO want engineering, but I would like some liberal arts classes mixed in too...that's why my list of schools is not completely engineering oriented...</p>
<p>for non-techie schools, in addition to lehigh and case you might want to add bucknell, boston u, rochester, syracuse and vanderbilt. applying early to michigan and penn state (or another rolling state u) might be a good idea, too.</p>
<p>Villanova has a good engineering program.</p>
<p>i could try bu, syracuse, case western, and stuff... but lehigh is great school all around...</p>
<p>Lehigh, USC, RPI, Case Western, UIUC</p>
<p>Yea RPI I second that</p>
<p>Out of the ones mentioned above and the ones you posted this is the list I recommend (in no particular order):</p>
<p>-Dartmouth
-UPenn
-Northwestern
-Cornell
-UIUC
-Lehigh
-Case Western
-RPI
-Purdue</p>
<p>All excellent engineering and all around schools. The most prestigious school on that list would probably be Cornell Engineering.</p>
<p>The reason I ommited USC is that it's not in the midwest/east coast which is what the OP seems to be going for. WUSTL is great in sciences and everything, but I've never heard too much acclaim for their engineering programs, same for Notre Dame.</p>
<p>How about Bucknell?</p>
<p>Michigan Match, Wisconsin-Madison and Illinois Safety.</p>
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OP writes: won scholarship to my private high school for my exemplary entrance exam scores, have kept this scholarship all 4 years
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If you really go to a private HS, one of the things parents pay for that they don't get free at the local public HS is a counselor knowledgeable about admissions. You should be talking with them.</p>
<p>Dartmouth and Notre Dame are excellent universities, but they are average in Engineering. Why not apply to Duke and Rice instead?</p>
<p>Anyay, some good safeties for you:</p>
<p>Purdue University-West Lafayette
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Wisconson-Madison</p>
<p>University of Minnesota and Wis were 1 and 2 in chem E - still good I am sure.</p>
<p>Again, still back in the dark ages, U of W, and all big schools, use a prof/TA system where your discussion sections are taught by TA's and your work is graded by TA's. I still have an urge to strangle the arrogant, unassimulated jerk that would bleed all over my Transport Phenomena homework.</p>
<p>I loved UW, but the TA system is a little irritating sometimes. And as one of the best chem e grad schools around, the TA's were jerkier than most.</p>
<p>If you apply to Pitt early - ROLLING ADMISSIONS!!! - you are a shoo in to get big bucks. Now that's a safety!</p>
<p>U Mich may have rolling admissions too.</p>
<p>These are GREAT schools - I should be ashamed of calling them safeties.</p>
<p>I would recommend taking a look at U of Delaware, Penn State, Ohio State, UConn & Clemson. All have pretty decent engineering programs and a very well-rounded college experience.</p>