Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. My home state is MN and I am a male student. Speaking of Cornell, that was actually the school I was looking at. I was also looking at Johns Hopkins but again, I might not be a good candidate for admission.
That being said, I will go to any school that is a good fit for me. I am not really concerned about location.
The only thing about Union College in NY is that it doesn’t have ChE major.