<p>Thank you @NROTCgrad ! </p>
<p>Do you guys think 800 Math II and 790 Chemistry SAT IIs will suffice for MIT and others? Thanks!</p>
<p>^Of course 
If you can add one Humanities subject, it’d help you stand out but how could these two subject test scores not suffice :(( :(( :)>- </p>
<p>If you’re around Atlanta, visit Emory and Agnes Scott (they have a partnership with GA Tech and merit aid). Add UGA, about 1 hour away, in a college town, if you can squeeze it. </p>
<p>So I am looking for more suburban schools with not huge size with good engineering (especially chem/env) and a feel similar to Clemson, VT, Yale. Where should I be looking? I want to be in the best position for grad school/the industry as well (not sure, so both would be better :P). Tall order…but any other suggestions/elaborations? :)</p>
<p>Oh, VT is suburban alright! So, too, is Yale! 
WHAAAAAT, OP? VT is suburban in the bring-your-own-banjos sense, and Yale is suburban in the southeast LA sense.</p>
<p>Yes but I love both! VT isn’t TERRIBLY bring-your-own-banjo…but I admit the seclusion is a bit of an issue.</p>
<p>Already said it, but Stevens is suburban (almost urban) and you’re competitive for the full-tuition scholarship there. Olin is suburban.</p>
<p>So is Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>Yeah, thank you @PurpleTitan! I feel like I might want to stay in the south at times though now, with how cold it is! And California is a leap 
But thanks for the suggestions! I wish more of the great schools were in the south.</p>
<p>Bump…? Anyone willing to suggest any others…? Also, which of the Ivies should I apply to? I am attracted to Yale but I don’t know why. Cornell I know I’m applying to because it has pretty much everything I want (is Cornell similar to Clemson in some ways, by the way)? And I don’t know about Princeton and Harvard, also Stanford…probably don’t want to go to California ;)</p>
<p>I really like Princeton and Cornell. I’ve spent a lot of time on Harvard’s campus but everyone seems to busy going somewhere. Cornell had some of this. At Princeton, students wanted to talk to us about Princeton. It says it is a LAC with a graduate school, and that the focus is on the u/gs. We intercepted three graduating seniors on their way to the library and they were very gracious and told my D she had to come there, that it was a great place and they hated leaving it. They talked about all the alumni that come back for graduation and how they all seem to think Princeton was the best four years of their lives. I’ve heard u/g alums say that they’d like to return to Princeton to work. The only Harvard grads I’ve heard say that are the PhDs. I’ve not heard Princeton PhDs say they wanted back. Note: small sample size. My D loved the place, the architecture, the library, the research opps, the proximity to Philly and NYC by Amtrak. She could see herself there, and, I should add, she’s a very particular person. It hurt my D a little when Princeton said no. Princeton and Cornell were probably the only two colleges she wanted to go to.</p>
<p>@jkeil911 where did she end up at? Also, I had thought before that I would apply to Harvard due to its proximity to MIT and the cross-register option, but the more I hear of Harvard, the less I can see myself there. One other tidbit about Harvard is that the 2013 val of my HS chose Harvard over Yale (SCEA). She says Harvard is “just okay” and she “couldn’t say she LOVED it.” Clearly there’s a bit more to the school than meets the eye…</p>
<p>You have to get on a plane to go to Harvard probably, so what is wrong with California? And the weather is MUCH better.</p>
<p>Thank you for your input @intparent ! The problem with California is that my parents say I’ll only be able to come home 1-2 times a year. I am not crossing Californian schools off my list, I just don’t know if I’m ready to just totally leave. I fear it’ll be harder than it seems. Thanks again! Like I said, not removed from the possibilities list, just less attractive to me right now. </p>
<p>My kid loves it so much she has to be pried off her campus… Agree it is hard to come home for Thanksgiving due to time difference. But if you go to Harvard (just an example), would you also only come home twice a year? Still a plane ticket to pay for…</p>
<p>Okay so I’m planning a trip to the Northeast, and I don’t know where to visit… so far I’m thinking Cornell, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale (the super reaches), Olin (probs another super reach for me), URochester, Stevens…I don’t know exactly where I’ll end up able to go. Where else fits me up there supremely? So confused :/</p>
<p>I don’t usually tell this to many applicants but why don’t you apply to Stanford, don’t cross off California. You can stay with friends during Thanksgiving and such. You have the stats to get into many selective schools, female+engineering.
Cornell is a great engineering school but you have to go through lots of corn fields to get to Cornell. It was one of these drives that turned my daughter completely off from Cornell.</p>
<p>Yale engineering is nowhere near the top of its discipline. Bioengineering at Yale may have some gravitas, but in the traditional engineering fields, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Columbia are way ahead of Yale.</p>
<p>@DrGoogle thank you for the suggestion! I have a feeling I’d be in love with the vibe at Stanford, but of course the place is very far away and a trip to California is almost out of the question. And with the extreme difficulty of admission to Stanford, I wasn’t sure if it would be worth an app fee, considering…but I think I might take your advice anyway! @LakeWashington I know that, but I do like how small the engineering department is there, and I also like other aspects of Yale, such as the shopping period. Not sure if I’ll end up applying to Yale, but I’d sure like to visit, if I’m able. But I won’t feel too bad taking it off the list of schools to visit. </p>
<p>I will be going to the Northeast, so any other suggestions would be nice! I don’t like the UPenn vibe and I don’t know whether I would want to live in the area, either. This is based off of the website, info sessions, and trips to Philadelphia (not the school itself) though, so I’m not COMPLETELY sure, but mostly. I’m not afraid of Cornell’s rural vibe, that’s actually one of the things I like (not that I’d ALWAYS be into a rural school…just depends on the school. Everything is so complicated). </p>
<p>The other thing I’d like advice on is this: I know I am applying early to GT, UVa, Virginia Tech (this is through a special program, so not the regular VT ED). Clemson I’ll apply to ASAP (no early, different process). So, even if I DID have a desire to, I know I won’t apply ED anywhere. But since all of the above are public schools, I am looking for either solid EA private schools or one SCEA private school. I don’t know which I want to do…before I always thought MIT I would do EA to, but now I don’t know how well I fit at MIT, honestly…not too sure. Advice would be wonderful! As always, thanks! :)</p>
<p>Funny, those cornfields, the snow, the opps for downhill and cross-country, the climbing, the gorges, the glacial lakes, the vistas, the hiking, the sledding hill, the outdoor rec club (where you can borrow equipment for the weekend–something many schools have, OP), along with the freshman campus, the main campus, the clock tower, and the art museum pretty much sealed the deal for my D at Cornell.</p>
<p>Thanks @jkeil911 ! At least from the pictures, the place looks like a utopia. I thought I was into the city scene, but I now realize that everything being made out of cement and supersized buildings is alarming and frustrating to me. For one thing, it makes me mad that humans have made such terrible resource-sucking wastelands (haha no offense, I’m just as wasteful as the next girl, generally), and for another, it makes me feel incredibly small and insignificant. I’m an introvert by nature, and I thought a large crowd all the time or w/e would make it so that I wasn’t noticed, but now I realize even a silent crowd that doesn’t notice anything is still a crowd, and I’d really rather live in a smaller, more intimate community where my voice can be heard, I know how to get where I need to go, and I feel like an individual. Maybe this is too much to ask…or perhaps I don’t know what I want anymore :P</p>