Suggestions for Matches/Safeties

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking to apply to some Ivies and top 10 schools, but since those are obviously reaches for everyone, I'm trying to find some more possible matches and safeties. I don't really want to post detailed stats, but my academics are in range for top schools and my extracurriculars are beyond school clubs and pretty in-depth (PM me if you want to see them in detail).</p>

<p>What I need in a school:
* Strong chemical engineering program
* Not farther west than Illinois, not farther south than Virginia
* Under 55k per year, including room and board</p>

<p>What I'd like in a school (but not necessary):
* Urban or suburban setting
* Over 2000 students</p>

<p>These are the low reaches, matches, and safeties on my radar:</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Carnegie Mellon
University of Virginia
Georgia Tech
Case Western Reserve</p>

<p>What am I missing? :)</p>

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<p>What is your cost limit?</p>

<p>University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is highly regarded for chemical engineering, but has an out of state list price of $29,000. It is only slightly west of Illinois.</p>

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<p>Another reach, but have you considered Olin?</p>

<p>And feeling too lazy to look at a map, but Rose Hulman. And even though I have no map, I’m pretty sure Atlanta is south of Virginia. :D</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Other lower cost schools to consider:</p>

<p>Buffalo
Hampton
Iowa State *
North Carolina State *
Maryland Baltimore County
Rowan
Stony Brook
Virginia Tech</p>

<ul>
<li>Just slightly past your geographic limits.</li>
</ul>

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<p>For more lower cost schools, try the list given here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1294383-less-expensive-list-price-less-obvious-schools-attract-good-students.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1294383-less-expensive-list-price-less-obvious-schools-attract-good-students.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and cross reference it with the list of schools with ABET accredited chemical engineering degree programs listed here:</p>

<p>[Accredited</a> Program Search](<a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx]Accredited”>http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx)</p>

<p>Don’t forget to check your in-state public schools.</p>

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<p>Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette in PA, URochester and Union in NY, Trinity in CT</p>

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<p>Thanks, everyone, for the great suggestions!</p>

<p>GeekMom: Whoops, haha! I copied and pasted those colleges from a list I have, and I’d accidentally left Georgia Tech on there from before the geographical limits were imposed.</p>

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<p>UMBC, Virginia Tech, Rutgers</p>

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<ul>
<li>Under 55k per year, including room and board</li>
</ul>

<p>==============</p>

<p>Is that the amount that your parents will pay every year? If not, what does that number mean?</p>

<p>What state are you in?</p>

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<p>NJ, and yes, that’s how much my parents can pay each year.</p>

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<p>damn u rich kid!!! send me some money</p>

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<p>If cost is not a problem, consider Wisconsin, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Purdue, and Penn State for chemical engineering (but Minnesota is usually considered as good as or better than these at a lower price).</p>

<p>If you can get a top notch education in chemical engineering at Minnesota for $29,000 per year instead of $55,000 per year, then your parents will certainly appreciate it.</p>

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<p>I’m no expert, but I believe MIT and uPenn have strong programs. Judging by the schools you have listed, I’m assuming you are qualified for them!</p>

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<p>^ The OP already intends to apply to Ivies and is looking for matches and safeties. </p>

<p>Good list from UCBAlumnus.</p>

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<p>If you’ve read his other posts, he is qualified. I actually think those may be matches.</p>

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<p>Safety: Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago; you’re likely to get an excellent financial aid package, great internships, and a solid education. Definitely a school flying under the radar.</p>

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<p>It is extremely doubtful any student is a match at an Ivy if, for no other reason than the low selection percentage.</p>

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<p>At the edge of your geographic range is Wash. U St. Louis, Notre Dame, Purdue.</p>

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<p>Top Chem E programs in your geographic range would include (in order of US News ranking, highest first): MIT, Minnesota, Princeton, Wisconsin, U Delaware, Illinois, Cornell, Michigan, Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Penn, Penn State, Johns Hopkins, Ohio State, RPI, UMass Amherst, Notre Dame, UVA, VaTech, Columbia, WUSTL, Case Western, Lehigh, University at Buffalo (SUNY), U Maryland-CP, Pitt, Yale, Michigan State, Rutgers.</p>

<p>Of these, only MIT, Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon, Penn, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Case Western, Buffalo, and Pitt are truly urban. Suburban would include Northwestern, WUSTL, U Maryland, and Rutgers. Ohio State is in Columbus which is now technically the largest city in Ohio, but it doesn’t feel like a city, it feels like a sprawling college town, and not a particularly nice one at that; for a small city/college town feel, Madison and Ann Arbor are much better. Yale is in New Haven, a small city with all the problems of a big city and few of the benefits.</p>

<p>I include Minnesota in the “no farther west than Illinois” category because the western boundary of Illinois is defined by the Mississippi River which runs smack through the middle of the University of Minnesota campus, and the engineering school is on the East Bank, so the Illinois side of the river. WUSTL, on the other hand, is in a western suburb of St. Louis which is on the west bank of the Mississippi, thus west of Illinois, but a little further north some parts of Illinois extend farther west than St. Louis and its western suburbs.</p>