What Engineering Schools should I apply to?

College Majors Engineering Majors
1

<p>I'm currently a junior looking into a couple of Engineering Schools, and I was wondering what some of you guys thought about my resume...</p>

<p>General Background: New Jersey, Male, Indian. School is beginning to suck but it still retains a good reputation among colleges. (We always get a good number of students into Ivy League schools)</p>

<p>Academics: (My School Uses) Weighted GPA- 3.9/4.0 Unweighted is probably a 3.3
Rank - unsure, at least top 25%
I take the hardest classes my school has to offer including
-5 years of sciences (1 of honors chem, bio and earth science, and 2 of physics AP),
-5 years of math (Algebra II, Geometry, Pre Calc Honors, AB Calc, and AP Stat) And I have taken a precalc summer course
- 2 Years of technology courses including Transportation Technology, Tech and Design, and Robotics
-and also 4 years of history and English both AP. (the only thing I don't take honors/AP of is Spanish)</p>

<p>SAT Scores- 700 math, 670 in Reading and 680 in Writing
I haven't taken my Sat II's or AP tests yet but they will include:
Math II Sat, History Sat, English literacy SAT
AP tests will be: AP English, AP US History, AP Calc, AP Stat, AP Econ Macro/Micro, AP Physics,</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
1. Track (Sprint Varsity) - 8 years (through high school) with numerous awards. Summer of 9th Grade I qualified for Nationals (AAU) after passing the county, state, and regional level. Time commitment- Every day (including weekends not sunday) during the spring time.
2. 5 years of band playing percussion
3. Part of the Debate team (Forensics) for 4 years (Varsity). Awards won in local and national level tournaments. Currently Treasurer of the Team as well as Novice Trainer. Time commitment- 3 days a week all year not including tournaments on the weekends and during breaks. Approximately 30 tournaments attended including First Place in the National Debate Forum.
4. Model United Nations- once a week, (not very big for me)
5. Interact (community service) Approximately 100 hours + doing various community service activities
6. Summer Job at my father's hydraulic business (doing paperwork)
7. Co-founder of a magazine in school based on international events taking place (editor and writer).
8. Fed Challenge (Economic "Game")
9. Nominated from my School to attend Governor's School of International Studies</p>

<p>From some excellent physics/math teachers</p>

<p>So if you guys could just tell me what schools I should at least attempt to apply to for engineering it would much appreciated.</p>

2

<p>what else do you want in a school?
as far as engineering goes, there are great schools that are 400 students and 40,000 students. they can be in the middle of Manhattan to the middle of cornfields. some pride themselves on great grad school placement, whereas some prepare you for employment as an engineer directly out of undergrad; others focus more on faculty research.
based solely on your stats and location, start your search at Stevens (NJ) WPI (MA) and RPI (NY). they are midsized schools in smaller cities (or right outside of a big city, in the case of Stevens).
if you want to go to a bigger school, Illinois and Wisconsin have strong engineering programs, as do many other large state schools. keep in mind that at the larger schools, you’ll be one in a number of people and there might be more high competition weed-out classes.
it really depends on what you’re looking for.</p>

3

<p>Just to throw out some schools worth researching: </p>

<p>Target (with significant chance of $$$): </p>

<p>RPI
RIT
WPI
Georgia Tech
Boston University (one of the best debate teams in the country if you intend to do that in college, widely known for having likeable speakers)
University of Michigan
Stevens
Rose Hulman</p>

<p>Reach: </p>

<p>Rice
Carnegie Mellon
Johns Hopkins
Harvey Mudd</p>

<p>These are all good engineering schools that are worth researching. Whether you want to go to an undergraduate or graduate focused school should be one of the first decisions you make. Then you should decide if you want to go to a large school or a small school. Whether you want to pursue graduate studies or not at some point is also a prudent question, but I would not place too much weight on it because your interests will probably change in the future.</p>

4

<p>You have good enough stats to be a little selective in what sort of school you want to go to. Like the guy asked, what do you want in terms of
School Size
Location (where in the country, rural/urban, etc.)
Focus (Undergrad, grad, research)
Activities on campus</p>

<p>That ought to get you started.</p>

5

<p>The big state schools are probably going to give you a good deal. Rutgers, perhaps? Or you can see if there is a program where you can get in state tuition in an out of state school by taking a major not offered at Rutgers.</p>

6

<p>I’m not too worried about $. Generally I like medium size schools 5000-10000 (although academics/name outweigh the # of people who attend) with a fairly good student to faculty ratio. 1:20 i consider to be good (less is even better). The campus, I am not too concerned about although I am primarily looking at schools in the East Coast and Midwest. Also, I am looking at majoring in mechanical and/or aerospace engineering. Thanks for the comments so far</p>

7

<p>Try Lehigh University, PA. It is a great school for engineering.</p>

8

<p>Consider retaking the SATs if you think that you can do better, also think about whether or not you want to go to a teaching or a research university.</p>

9

<p>Recheck the SAT II requirements for your target schools. Some schools require Math II and a Science SATII like Physics, Chem, Bio. Better to know now than to scramble in the fall.</p>