Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 10:30     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Same as everyone else:

UVA
VT
Michigan
Purdue
Lehigh
Cornell
Penn State
Colorado Boulder

In state for VA, applying chemical
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 09:20     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
In case it's helpful, my kid, HS class of '25, applied to:

Cornell (reach)
Hopkins (reach)
CMU (low reach)
UMD in-state (target)
VT (safety)

Attending UMD with honors and merit. Accepted at VT, WL at CMU, and rejected from Cornell & Hopkins.

He applied as engineering, undecided. If the university required a specific major within eng, I'm not sure what he put.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 08:38     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Surprising no UVA and UMD
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 22:37     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Anonymous wrote:Which specific engineering major is DC planning? and which engineering programs is s/he applying to?


If people tell you, potentially one fewer spot for their kid
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 22:30     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
MIT, BU, Northeastern, Georgia Tech, RIT, Purdue, CMU, Cornell
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 22:25     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Purdue
Case Western
Upitt
Drexel
VaTech
RIT
RPI
WPI

Electrical engineering. None in-state.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 18:49     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Case Western
Carnegie Mellon
University of Rochester
Brown
Cal Poly
UCLA
Pitt
Lafayette
Lehigh
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 15:17     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Anonymous wrote:Targets -
Wisconsin - in state
Minnesota - in state
Purdue

Reaches-
MIT
Berkeley
Cornell


You have a great chance at Berkeley because they will love to take your tuition dollars. You can find your actual high school (presumably in Wisconsin?) and see how Berkeley has treated it in admissions.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 15:16     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
VT
Purdue
GT
RIT

All are reaches except maybe RIT which is more of a target. VT is top choice.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 14:31     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Targets -
Wisconsin - in state
Minnesota - in state
Purdue

Reaches-
MIT
Berkeley
Cornell
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 09:38     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Anonymous wrote:I don't know which are targets or if all are reaches at this point, but for mechanical engineering:
VT--in state
Purdue
Michigan
GA Tech
UVA--in state


It's easy. Look at % acceptance. If OOS, GT has a 9% acceptance rate. For anyone, that's a reach. At that point, acceptance is very random. Not sure about stats on Michigan, but I'm guessing similar. Schools like Purdue, VT looking are at about 30% or higher OOS and In-state even higher % of acceptance.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 09:27     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
I don't know which are targets or if all are reaches at this point, but for mechanical engineering:
VT--in state
Purdue
Michigan
GA Tech
UVA--in state
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 09:04     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Anonymous wrote:Reaches
MIT
Georgia Tech (OOS)
Cal Tech
Berkely (OOS)
Michigan (OOS)
UT- Austin (OOS)

Targets
Purdue
Maryland
Wisconsin


Sorry forgot to add. Chemical or Biomedical Engineering
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 09:00     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Reaches
MIT
Georgia Tech (OOS)
Cal Tech
Berkely (OOS)
Michigan (OOS)
UT- Austin (OOS)

Targets
Purdue
Maryland
Wisconsin
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 08:35     Subject: Which engineering programs is your DC applying to?
Which specific engineering major is DC planning? and which engineering programs is s/he applying to?