<p>I am a female senior in Queens High School for the Sciences at York College.
(one of the specialized high schools in NYC)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 92.8 (all Honors classes with 4 APs total)</p>
<p>SAT
reading 700
math 740
writing 760
2200</p>
<p>Act 30 </p>
<p>I have a lot of extracurriculars, volunteer work, (very active presbyterian church go-er)
6 year National Grid Program for future pipeline engineers (includes internship)
Piano for 10 years. I have a talent in art.
I'm in Arista. Math Team, robotics, Research projects, SGO senior secretary. Done clubs.
Been volleyball captain for 2 years. I tutor. Know how to use matlab. I like to scuba dive, horseback ride...etc..ATv (is this necessary? LOL)</p>
<p>Macaulay CUNY City College-safety?
Cooper Union (ED)-reach
Cornell U-reach..should i even apply?
Franklin W Olin C En...reach??
Lafayette C
Lehigh U
Rensselaer Polytec I--reach??
Stevens Inst Tec-safety?
SUNY Binghamton-safety?
Tufts U--reach??
Union C (NY)</p>
<p>Using your SAT score, I think you have a realistic shot at all the schools on your list, including your reach schools. You will definitely get a nice little bump for being a female Engineering applicant. Definitely apply to Cornell. Heck, you might even consider taking a shot at MIT-- they LOVE their tech-y female applicants!!</p>
<p>MIT is definitely a long shot, but you are leaving some really good Engineering schools on the table by NOT applying to them. You have a very good list overall but you might want to re-consider applying to Tufts and instead give Duke, Northwestern, and Rice a shot-- all better rated MechE schools than Tufts. If money is not a factor (OOS public tuition), UMichigan and Georgia Tech have awesome MechE depts. I’m assuming you want to stay more to the East (Rice being the biggest exception). We’re from CA and if my S didn’t get accepted to UCBerkeley for MechE, he would have gone to UMichigan. If you prefer smaller schools, than look at the original suggestions: Duke, Northwestern, and Rice. Good luck!</p>
<p>yes I want to stay in the Northeast Area. my reasons for not applying to those colleges is that its too far in my standards…i wanna be close to home but at the same time but not too close but ill reconsider THANK U</p>