sweet 16s not M-16s

College Search & Selection
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<p>WHAT ARE SOME REALISTIC MATCHES FOR ME FOR ENGINEERING SCHOOLS??? </p>

<p>Am I too ambitious in looking at vandy, CMU, Wash U, northwestern, UVA, maybe duke, etc.</p>

<p>white male, private school, very competitive (15% national merit finalists),</p>

<p>rank: 10/115 is my guess, but we don't rank</p>

<p>PSAT: 211 commended scholar probably <em>sigh</em></p>

<p>SAT I
CR: 700
M: 800
W: 690</p>

<p>SAT II
Math II: 800
Chem: 690 (will retake soon....i was a freshman)
just took physics, latin 2 weeks ago</p>

<p>ACT
33</p>

<p>GPA: 3.78/4.0
I will have taken 8 APs total in high school...all but 1 class in high school honors/ap. I'm in the "most rigorous" course-load bracket. My gpa is not the greatest numbers-wise, but my school tends to shy away from grade inflation, and I think my recs will identify that. </p>

<p>AP
Stat: 5
US: 3
Latin: prob 4
Physics C: prob 5</p>

<p>Service:
Peer tutoring
Mississippi spring break trip to help with Katrina relief
Tutor underprivileged children at a camp this summer</p>

<p>Extra-currics
Track 9-11
Debate 9-10 (several national circuit awards)
Envirothon 11
Math Club 9-11
Philosophy Club 11
Youth Legislature 11</p>

<p>Awards that i can think of:
School AMC 12 winner, took AIME
Geometry H medal</p>

<p>senior courses:
calc bc ap
chem ap
bio ap
eng ap
us gov/comparative gov ap
astronomy regular</p>

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<p>Why aren't you looking at schools with better Engineering programs. CMU and Northwestern are excellent, but Duke (except for Biomedical Engineering), UVa, Vandy and WUSTL (except for Biomedical Engineering) aren't known for their Engineering programs. Why not replace them with schools like Cornell, Michigan and Rice?</p>

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<p>Try princeton as a good reach.</p>

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<p>Well, first off I'm looking for a good college experience. I'm the kind of guy who is naturally smart and works fairly hard (not super perfectionist) but goes out every weekend. I live in TN so Michigan and especially Cornell are too cold and depressing for my tastes. NW I visited and really liked it, but mostly bc its near a big city. I wouldnt go way north and not be in a big city. Also, engineering is my main focus but just in case I want to change majors I'd rather be at a well-rounded place like vandy than somewhere like gtech.</p>

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<p>How about VA Tech instead of UVA?</p>