What schools to look at in the Northeast for engineering?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Son is thinking engineering but also has a strong interest in history.</p>

<p>He does not want to be any further than 3 hours from central MA. He is a severe introvert with some LDs that are not accommodated. His SAT/ACT were 1x with no prep.</p>

<p>Stats:
gpa 3.67 (weighted) all honors
Advanced in all 3 section of 10th grade MCAS
SAT 2140 (CR: 790 M: 730 W: 620 essay:7)
ACT 33 (E:35 M:33 R:35 S:30 essay:6)
will take SAT II US History and Math in Oct (missed the deadlines in spring)</p>

<p>EC:
violin 7 yrs in school orchestra
Games club: 9-
Programming club: 11-</p>

<p>Volunteer:
town library: 3yrs- over 100 hours a yr</p>

<p>work:
babysitting</p>

<p>honors:</p>

<p>will be NMS commended
2 bronze medals in MICCA festival (Mass. music festival)</p>

<p>He will apply to:</p>

<p>WPI
Northeastern
U Conn
U Mass Amherst (least fav so far)</p>

<p>looking at UMass Lowell/Dartmouth this week</p>

<p>might look at UVM.</p>

<p>at this point even he is not sure about where he wants to be re: big/small, city/rural, etc.</p>

<p>He does like cities, but really liked the UConn campus! </p>

<p>Any other schools to look at would be appreciated---personally I'd like to see him at a LAC--but he doesn't want a 3/2 engineering program.</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

<p>marie</p>

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RPI in the Albany area is a school,you should look at…</p>

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<p>I second that. RPI is a fabulous school that tends to be underrated. There engineering and science departments in general are incredible. The school is actually located in it’s own city: Troy, NY. But it is pretty close to Albany.</p>

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<p>Any ideas of what type of engineering?</p>

<p>Have him check out UNH. They have a terrific engineering department.</p>

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<p>Also Union (near Albany also) might be worth a look.</p>

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<p>Isn’t his .gpa too low for RPI/Union?</p>

<p>justamomof4–he’s not sure what type of engineering…</p>

<p>we’ll take another look at RPI and Union…</p>

<p>keep the suggestions coming!</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>marie</p>

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<p>Isn’t his .gpa too low for RPI/Union?</p>

<p>No. Your son is a great candidate/match for RPI. I say in at Union.</p>

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<p>Also RIT (maybe too far but not sure), Manhattan (good engineering school close to NYC) and Trinity (CT).</p>

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<p>try Lehigh University, it is a better engineering school than most mentioned above and you have a chance at it with the SAT scores, although the GPA is a little low.</p>

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<p>RIT is probably too far–will check on Manhattan and Trinity. thx</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestion, but we’ve looked at Lehigh and it’s too far for ds (almost 5 hours). Pretty much anything beyond NYC is out.</p>