anyone apply to ~5 universities for engineering?
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This question is for my HS class of 2025 kid.
Very strong student in a Maryland public HS (16 AP/IB, ~4.9 WGPA, 1550 SAT) but weak ECs (school clubs and dabbles in music). Wants to study engineering. Only wishes to apply to a handful of schools. We are advising to choose one top school as a reach (e.g. Cornell, GA Tech) and schools like UMD, Purdue, UIUC for targets/safeties. We think kid may be able to get some merit aid at UMD. Cost is not a concern. Is there a smaller engineering school that anyone recommends? Preferably one where someone has a student there now or has a recent grad. |
Anonymous
| My kid got merit at Lehigh for engineering this year. |
Anonymous
| I don’t think Purdue and UIUC are safeties for Engineering. |
Anonymous
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Smaller schools for engineering:
Colorado School of Mines RPI Rochester University WPI Rose Hulman RIT Olin Harvey Mudd Stevens Institute of Technology Bucknell Lehigh Lafayette CWRU I think UIUC engineering is a reach for everyone. UMD and Purdue are probably matches. |
Anonymous
| Consider applying to Pitt in August. My DS 24 received an acceptance for engineering in September. It was a huge relief for him. Even though he viewed it as a safety, he would have been happy to attend. |
Anonymous
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Purdue and UIUC are NOT safeties for engineering.
If your kid is applying to UMD, (a Cornell/GA Tech), Purdue, and UIUC then you need to add some True safeties that list. I'd add at least 3 given the selectivity of the ones you have already. |
Anonymous
| Please stop calling it UIUC. |
Anonymous
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OP here. Thanks for the input and list of smaller schools.
I really thought that OOS for Purdue & UIUC are targets with high GPA, rigorous classes, and high SAT! I'll ask kid to find other schools to add to the list. |
Anonymous
| CMU is a small school. If cost isn’t a problem, CMU should be a reach school in the list. |
Anonymous
| Minnesota |
Anonymous
With an impacted like engineering, you might need to adjust everything by a tier. (That is, everywhere will be more difficult to get into especially since he won't be alone with that GPA, coursework, and SAT. Respect the competition!) |
Anonymous
| As a true engineering safety you need to add one of those absolutely certain schools with decent academics & good merit aid like Iowa State or Kansas. |
Anonymous
Why? |
Anonymous
| Why just 1 reach? If he’s not doing ED, you’d be foolish to only do 1 reach. It’s a bit of a lottery so why not enter more than 1 lottery. |
Anonymous
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With those stats, UMD admit is likely, but you just can't count on anything.
Mine had the following early admits as likelies and got into all with slightly lower stats than yours (also mcps magnet): Pitt -- applied early Sep and got top merit UVM-- top merit Union -- excellent merit, don't know their scale WPI-- same as Union Manhattan College-- same as Union Drexel -- merit not as good as others Never got to RD or found out about UMD because ED1 reach came through. Had it not, would have included a few more reaches in RD plus targets of Lehigh, Lafayette and one more likely of Clarkson (free app). |