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<p>What are good schools in engineering that are in CA with the following stats?</p>
<p>GPA 3.2UW/3.7 W/ 3.72 UC GPA
SAT: 1800
ACT:26</p>
<p>plan to retake sat/act, shooting for 2000/30+
plan to take subject tests in math 2, us history, and physics</p>
<p>CA Resident
good amount of extracurriculars</p>
<p>I am interested in the Cal Poly SLO/Cal Poly Pomona/UCs/Purdue/WPI/ U Pittsburgh/U Rochester/CMU/ Case Western.</p>
<p>Which schools should be avoided for engineering?</p>
<p>Thanks. This is all really helpful.</p>
<p>None of those should really be 'avoided' for engineering. You have chosen well--the Cal Polys, UCs, and the others if you'd like. For UCs, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD, and UCR all look good for engineering.</p>
<p>your gpa isn't strong for engineering; they are usually among the most competitive programs to get into.</p>
<p>As for what to avoid, avoid a school you wouldn't want to attend if you switch out of engineering. A lot of kids think they want to be engineers, but a combination of a crushing workload and realization the work isn't really a match for them causes them to switch. Nationally between 1/2 and 2/3rds of all those who enter college as engineering majors end up switching to something else.</p>
<p>^^ that's a very good point.</p>
<p>Definitely try to find a school that has at least adequate programs in more than engineering. Cal Poly SLO, for example, is also great in architecture.</p>
<p>San Jose State, Santa Clara University, University of the Pacific</p>
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Nationally between 1/2 and 2/3rds of all those who enter college as engineering majors end up switching to something else.
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<p>I'm curious to see where numbers like that came from. Of all my engineering friends in college, I'd say maybe 1/10 of them switched out. Also, I imagine people that go to "tech school" have a lot lower rates of swapping out of their major than people at large public or private universities. It's like telling someone not to go to a small LAC excelling in the humanities because they might want to major in a hard science somewhere down the road.</p>
<p>I think your numbers might be a little on the low side for CMU, though I think you've got very good chances for Pitt. Case Western is somewhere between the two of them, so it should be possible. WPI also seems reasonable, though I don't know how their selectivity's changed since I applied there six years ago.</p>
<p>There are some exceptions to the transfer rate, probably at the elite schools (Caltech, MIT, etc). But at many schools I think it is pretty accurate.</p>
<p>My numbers come from various industry trade magazines & newspapers; usually I've posted the links. Here are two:</p>
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Educators say that such results aren't a surprise, in light of the fact that the majority of engineering undergrads drop out or flunk out of the curriculum within the first two years. With a few notable exceptions, U.S. engineering schools typically have attrition rates hovering between one-half and two-thirds.
EETimes.com</a> - If I'm happy, can this be EE school?
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Nearly two-thirds of all electronic-engineering students in the United States flunk out or quit, resulting in a shortage that is filled by engineers from other countries. By most estimates, the United States now imports more engineers every year than it graduates from engineering schools.
EETimes.com</a> - Undergrad brain drain imperils U.S. industry, educators say
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