<p>hi everyone, though i'm still a high school senior, i want to know some "important" STATs a person needs to transfer from a state school (nc state for example that's ranked #19 for electrical engineering) to somewhere such as UIUC, ga tech, carnegie mellon and even MIT ( my dream school,, sigh :(). my SAT is only 1210 (coz english is my 2nd language, i only had 500 for verbal) and my GPA is 3.7 uweighted and 4.0-4.1 weighted at one of the top 50 public schools in the nation. any suggestion for what i need to take and to do during 1st or 2nd year in college? thanks :)</p>
<p>Forget MIT.</p>
<p>well i do have a 650 on the toefl (an English test for foreign students), and on MIT's website, a score above 600 considers competitive. i know my chances ain't that good, can anybody else give any suggestion?</p>
<p>for ga tech, carnegie mellon, and UIUC, get around a 3.8 college gpa, participate in several activities in leadership positions, and get good recommendations. For MIT, get a 4.0, win a national award or two, and say a prayer or three.</p>
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<p>Bingo. As iterated in another thread: only five individuals were accepted into MIT last year.</p>
<p>what about standford? is it likely? or perhaps princeton? i know standford is just as hard as MIT, but princeton is not in the top 10 for EE</p>
<p>You have a better chance at being accepted in Stanford than MIT, but the chance of you being accepted is still extremely low. I highly suggest that you consider a university like UT - Austin, an institution that possesses an excellent engineering program and is more in your range. </p>
<p>It would be good to get into a Top 10 Engineering school, but the odds of that happening with your stats are slim. If you want to, you can fill out the applications and take a shot - it does no harm to you - but do not have high hopes.</p>