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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He wants to go Electrical Engineering.  His SATs are 2200.  His GPA is 4.2.  He has no hooks.   He has dabbled in sports and clubs, but no real leadership positions.   Where would you have him visit and apply if it were your kid?[/quote]

Carnegie Mellon - he would get in for the engineering school, i am very confident he would. the CS school, perhaps not.

JHU - I think he would be competitive there.

Columbia - yes realy.

via their 3-2 program. I think he would be competitive at georgetown or a number of other places that have linkages to columbia.

http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/learn/academiclife/engineering/combined-plan-program

http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/apply/combined-plan -&gt; guarunteed admission if you keep your grades at a reasonable level.

Flagship state schools all have good engineering programs.

don't sell yourself short!
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Having just been through this process, I cna tell you that the chances for Carnegie Mellon, Columbia or any of the top engineering schools are pretty low even with those grades and SAT scores.

Engineering and computer science are two of the hardest majors to get into schools for. As an example, Carnegie Mellon had 6000 applicants for the CS school fro 360 spots. They also have 15% of the acceptances from foreign students. You apply to each school, not to the university as a whole.

The average Math SAT score is 740. The type of kids accepted are the TJ students, Bronx HS of Science etc. Kids who have had a range of science classes already plus done engineering or computer science projects on the side.

The number of applicants to colleges this year was overwhelming. UCLA had over 100,000 applicants.

http://dailybruin.com/2014/01/17/ucla-sets-records-with-more-than-100000-fall-2014-applicants/

While you can alwyas have one or two reaches, be realistic. Focus on schools that are not always mentioned. There are just too many with the same or better SAT's and grades and with no other extra curriculars that stand out, it will be really tough. Many of the foreign applicants are full pay which makes them very attractive to the colleges.

Consider VA Tech, Penn State or one of the smaller liberal arts schools that have engineering programs.

Good Luck.[/quote]

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