Right now I’m at a point where I enjoy my time university, but I have a few problems with it, mainly with the almost required party scene and a general lack of having to put on a fake personality to get any friends here. I tried being myself and it turns out there aren’t a ton of people here into the stuff I am at all. To add onto that, I’m in a 3-2 engineering program and I’m not really loving it, I’d rather be at in a normal program.
Before anyone says that you don’t need to party to have fun, I’m not here to argue that I’m just curious about where would be a good place to apply to. I’m looking for higher level engineering program. Currently I have been accepted to Northeastern University (as a result of some over the summer talks with the admissions staff, it’s conditional on having a 3.3 GPA which is easy. This was my number one choice in high school).
But I want to try higher, since I feel that my high school grades limited me a lot and didn’t represent myself completely. Would it be worth applying to any of the Ivies? I heard that Cornell accepts a lot of transfers, and I’m currently in a program with Columbia (3-2) which could give me a boost since I already expressed extreme interest by entering this program. They claim that a 3.5 is all that’s required, but I seriously doubt that’s true.
I’m not interested in a pure engineering school like RPI or WPI, I’m looking for more academically diverse universities like Boston University or Dartmouth.
Where I’m considering applying so far:
- NEU (Accepted already)
- Boston University
- Cornell
- NYU
- Villanova
Some stats about me:
- GPA: 3.7 (I hold the same GPA in math+science)
- Extracurriculars: So far just a political club and eagle scout, nothing too exciting but I plan on doing more. I'm proficient in two coding languages and excell, I guess that would be included.
- SAT: 2100 (710 math)
- I'm fortunante and don't have to worry about money in regards to where I go, so that isn't a consideration for me.