<p>Any schools in the same "tier" as these three that are worth looking into? I'm looking to study engineering, and as of now, on my application list, have a mix of safeties and extreme reaches, so I'm looking for some more high match/low reach/target schools like these three. I have a 2350 SAT and 4.0 UW gpa in case that's relevant in finding match schools!</p>
<p>Rice. WashU.</p>
<p>Actually, your stats are good enough for Ivies/equivalents (getting in to those would come down to other factors), so I’m not sure how you determined tiers.</p>
<p>The difference between washu, hopkins, rice, vandy and the extreme reaches is likely smaller than you think. All lotteries and reaches in the end. These schools could enroll a majority of 2300 Sat scorers if they wanted. You need to have defining accomplishments. Targets truly in a different tier would be state schools</p>
<p>If you can afford the out-of-state tuition, consider some state schools such as Berkeley, Michigan, Georgia Tech, Illinois, or Wisconsin. For engineering, the top state schools won’t necessarily be much less selective than JHU, Tufts, or Vanderbilt. Wisconsin’s OOS tuition rates are relatively low. Minnesota’s are even lower. </p>
<p>Is Carnegie Mellon on your list?</p>
<p>Cornell</p>
<p>Don’t count on getting into Cornell. It’s a high reach like all the others. You are a solid candidate, but as more people view Cornell as the “easy ivy”, more people will apply. Cornell is getting more and more selective.</p>
<p>High match/low reaches could also be schools like Cornell, GA Tech, Carnegie Mellon, UMIchigan (which has some type of rolling decision so if you apply early you will hear by December – if you get in then it could serve as a good safety). For more of a safety maybe look at a school along the lines of Lehigh, Case Western etc…</p>
<p>With Cornell, I imagine that it would depend a lot on which college.
Same with UPenn.</p>
<p>Also, one way to turn one reach in to a match is to apply ED.</p>