<p>Currently a junior at U of Illinois. I don't like it, I want to transfer. Thinking of Cornell Engineering
I have a 3.5 (in the science/engineering classes), a few extracurriculars (sports team for 2 semesters), in HS: 1370 SAT, 3.6 GPA, top 15%.
What are my chances? Any more suggestions for other places to transfer to? I don't want to go to a tech school, so rule all of those out.</p>
<p>bump...
Sorry, typo. Currently a Sophomore, wanting to transfer for Junior year. Just looking for a basic idea if I have a chance, Also any other decent schools with an engineering department. I want to get out.
Thanks</p>
<p>well just so you know, UIUC ranks better in most enigneering fields than Cornell.</p>
<p>yes i know. im really just not happy here for several reasons. im not looking to transfer anywhere for more "prestige" or whatever. i just want to get out, and im not sure ill get into cornell, so looking for more options. liberal arts schools with engineering departments. not buckell or lehigh. too small, and not really diverse.</p>
<p>I'm applying to both UIUC and Cornell engineering schools. I will be thrilled to get into Cornell, but I sure as hell won't be sad if I end up going to UIUC. Can you specify what it is that you don't like about UIUC?
As for schools you should look into stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Rice and Duke.</p>
<p>i just don't like the whole general attitude of the place. big state school. big party school. people don't really seem like they're there to study, but instead are there to spend their parents money. sort of hard to describe. i want a school with a good social scene, but also one which the student body seems to place an emphasis on learning. Carnegie seems too "techy", purdue/michigan also seem to be the same state school thing. hopkins probably doesn't have enough of a social scene for me, and rice too small, and the fact that it's in texas... I've been thinking about northwestern a bit, but still very difficult to get in to. I've never thought of duke, but that's an interesting suggestion, and I'll look into it. probably appeals to me more than northwestern, though it is difficult to get in to.</p>
<p>soccer, the kids at cornell are verrrrry serious about their studies</p>
<p>true, but I'm pretty sure Cornell has a much bigger social scene than Hopkins. Kids go out on the weekends, and there are things to do. I looked at Hopkins. The camus looks like *<strong><em>, and there would be nothing to do, as it's in the middle of a *</em></strong>ty area.</p>
<p>Actually, for the sake of others who might be reading this thread, some people find the Hopkins campus very attractive and it abuts one of the prettiest parts of Baltimore on one side of the campus, with a vibrant shopping/restaurant area on the other side of the campus.</p>
<p>For soccer0407 - Tufts? Case Western? Syracuse? But, soccer, when you rule out large, small, too tech-y, too party, not social enough.... what are you left with? </p>
<p>I think a good approach would be too look at schools where faculty have interests in topics which excite you, which are in a geographic area you like and then work hard to find your kind of people when you get there. You will find kids who are too party focused, too tech focused, not social enough etc. everywhere you go. You will also find "your people," too, if you are open to it. Maybe even where you are now. It will be hard to replicate the "ranking" in Engineering at another place and meet all your other criteria. I would hate to see you transfer and find yourself in the same frame of mind at another school. Just a thought.</p>