Can you retake the ACT to bring up your math? That 29 could keep you out of engineering though your overall score is fantastic! I don’t see Rutgers, UCIC, GA Tech, Purdue and Michigan accepting you into the school of engineering. You should seriously consider studying and retaking if you have your heart set on this top engineering programs.
It’s a good idea to try to bring up the math but a 29 shouldn’t rule the OP out of engineering (the 93rd percentile for ACT math scores). At Rutgers it’s within the middle 50%ile. http://admissions.rutgers.edu/academics/admissionsprofile.aspx
My son’s in a very similar predicament. His GPA is 3.9 including some dual-enrollment English and History classes. He has a solid B in a fast-paced calc and analyt class at the local community colllege.
SAT’s are M=600, CR=780, W=710. He just retook SAT and thinks he did a little better. I’m hoping a math score of 640 will qualify him for a full scholarship at Temple U in Phila. We’re in SE PA.
Does he have a shot at some beefy merit at schools like Rochester, SD Mines, Clarkson, Rice? He’s hoping for the automatic full scholarship at Temple if he got the 640 in math (will find out 10/22). He already qualifies for a compitetive scholarship at U Houston. Any other similar schools to suggest? He would be better off, I think, at a relatively low-pressure engineering school.
U of Rochester is not a safety school
Thanks. I shouldn’t have listed it as safety. Temple seems more like safety.
How about Union?
How about your in-state state school? Any accredited engineering schools will train you as a fine engineer.
STEM at U of Houston is under-appreciated, inappropriately so. And an ME or ChE from U of Houston competes well with job candidates from other schools in the southwest and gulf states.
“U of Rochester is not a safety school.” (#23)
Was it said on this thread that it is?
Post #24 seems to imply it was.
Penn State has a top program but his math SAT would suggest to me that it might be a bit too rigorous for his abilities. Also, we’re hoping for a full scholarship school. Otherwise, Penn State would be a no-brainer in PA.
At South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, you’ll learn fracking. At Rutgers & Rowan, you’ll learn how to clean it up.