<p>I really want to do aerospace engineering, but my SAT scores really suck, I am hoping to improve at least 200 points by oct, but if it really doesnt improve, what good schools can I get in with the scores I have now?
Im applying to USNA. I would like to attend schools preferably in the northeast!
heh, my sat score sux 1820 (going to retake)
sat ii math iic 630 (going to retake)
chem 600
ap us hist. 4
ap latin vergil 3
taking ap calc, ap physics, ap chem, ap computer sci, ap langlit
my weighted gpa is 4.3
(our school is on a weighted scale as 4.3 being A+)</p>
<p>ecs
math team 1 place in county
ISEF - won space sci award and semi-finalist
Future Problem Solvers International Competition 3 place
FBLA State Competition 2 place Regionals 1st
Academic Decathlon State Competition 1 place in many events
300 hrs community service
Partners in Science Internship Program (currently working @ Rutgers in nanotech)
I play violin and tabla
JV and Varsity Tennis team
nothing else i can think of right now :-D
thnx all</p>
<p>Cal Poly San Luis has a good aero program (and very few large lectures), but we're out in CA. Furthermore, you could probably get in...which seems to be your biggest problem.</p>
<p>Notre Dame has a lot of enginners, including aero. Very nice campus, good food, and #2 ranked football team (if that is important to you :)).
Met a lady aero enginner who gave us tour of ND in 2003(her shirt said "Why, yes, I am a rocket scientist!") who absolutely loved the place. You might too.
Not the NE, but it is cold like the NE!
Good luck.</p>
<p>Check out the site for ABET accredited colleges. ABET stands for ABET is an accrediting board that checks out the engineering programs offered at colleges and it is really important to check this out before applying to colleges. Getting a degree from a non-Aerospace-ABET accredited school is an extreme disadvantage. Just remember that MIT is not ABET accredited, because they really set the standard for ABET. They don't care to get accredited. If you get into MIT, go to it even though it is not ABET accredited. So far, I've visited the ABET accredited universities in the Northeast and they are really awesome. To get to the site for the Aerospace ABET accredited Colleges, go to Google, type in ABET, click on the first choice on the next page, on the left side click on Find an Accredited Program, drag mouse to Engineering Programs and click, click on the arrow by Search by Discipline and then scroll down to Aerospace and there you go. Sorry that I couldn't make a link, but plese check this site out. It is really important. Good luck.</p>
<p>I'm.... almost <em>positive</em> that you don't actually need a PE license to design a rocket that goes to the moon. ABET accreditation for aero is quaint, but not necessary.</p>