<p>My kids chose to apply to fewer schools, but put in a huge amount of effort writing tremendous essays for the schools they really wanted. S1 had ten on his list, S2 had eleven. They each dropped three and added one after excellent EA results, for a net of 7 and 8 apps submitted, respectively.</p>
<p>There is a limit to how much one can personalize eighteen college apps and still demonstrate that you’d be blissfully happy at any one of them. Presumably you have different versions of your essays for engineering vs. econ? Some schools want to know if you are a good fit for them, and that may have little to do with objective numbers.</p>
<p>Engineering schools and business schools generally want to see that Math Level II score, plus physics or chem. Some engineering programs will NOT accept a Bio SAT-II. Check your schools. I know someone (BME major) who found this out Oct. of senior year and had to scramble to take the Physics SAT with only one year of the two year SL Physics completed.</p>
<p>Are you taking Calc AB this year or did you take it last year? If the latter, are you taking BC this year?</p>
<p>Engineering is a very tough program, even for people who love it and want to be engineers. If you are not committed, you may find yourself pretty miserable. You would do better to consider schools that are good in both business and engineering in case you change your mind. Majoring in engineering is quite different from bio research, even if you go the BME route. You still have two years of core engineering to get through before you start getting to the interesting bio electives.</p>