Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update...

In at OOS safety
In at UMD with Honors and merit

WL or rejected from 5 reaches. Not accepting WL spots.

We anticipated the rejections, and kid is happy to be a Terp!

Anonymous wrote:DC is an MCPS senior this year and had OP's profile pretty much spot on. In at UMD and WPI, WL Cornell, rejected GaTech.

Family/friends currently attending or recently attended Illinois/UIUC, Minnesota, and Rose-Hulman.

Illinois is great in engineering, lots of Chicago kids, need to be okay with being in remote/rural location, not a safety bc so many TJ/MBHS apply. If kid decides to leave engineering--many do--it's not so strong in the non-engineering areas for OOS.

Minnesota is strong in engineering, urban location, and pretty sure it lets you know earlier/rolling (I think, correct me if wrong!), so can knock out a good engineering school early to limit apps, since OP mentioned that as a goal. Know a kid who chose Illinois over Minnesota bc in-state and better in engineering and fine with rural location. Student attending Minnesota gets in-state tuition though WI-MN reciprocity, so better option, wanted urban, and ended up transferring out to differ non-engineering major and was glad to have a lot of options--doing some sort of environmental engineering-adjacent degree.

Rose-Hulman might be a bit rural, need to be okay with heavy male lean, but their career office rocks it, one of the best placement ratings. Everyone I know who has gone was a fan, male, and ended up in good jobs (all within last few years). Kid I know who went chose it because of excellent placement and bc it offered great merit aid.

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop calling it UIUC.

My god, no one wants to type out Urbana-Champaign and "U of I" is vague to anyone not from Illinois. Everyone understands "UIUC."

+1

In the area/Big10/midwest you have Uof Indiana, hence why it's UIUC.

Also there is a UI Chicago location. So once again, hence why UIUC is used

Not that difficult to understand

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Anonymous wrote:Laughing at the prospect that UMD is a safety and that child will get merit. Just laughing.

OP here. This is based on friends' and neighbors' kids (HS classes of 2020-2023) with similar stats who did not get into top eng programs but were accepted to UMD eng (some with merit, some not).

You are correct, OP. With those stats, UMD is likely. But, like another poster, I wouldn't call it a safety. But, I don't call anything a safety. It's not accurate, and it sets up a less than appealing association.
Normally, I wouldn’t, but UMD admits very much by stats, and your kid has them. The few kids at my kid's mcps magnet that didn't get in, didn't have the tier of stats your kid has. It's good to have a variety of likelies just in case. I posted some targets and likelies my kid's list on the first page.

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Anonymous wrote:Laughing at the prospect that UMD is a safety and that child will get merit. Just laughing.

OP here. This is based on friends' and neighbors' kids (HS classes of 2020-2023) with similar stats who did not get into top eng programs but were accepted to UMD eng (some with merit, some not).

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop calling it UIUC.

My god, no one wants to type out Urbana-Champaign and "U of I" is vague to anyone not from Illinois. Everyone understands "UIUC."

Ok, well, as someone from Illinois, I'm telling you that you sound like an idiot. It's U of I.

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop calling it UIUC.

That is what it's been called for decades

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Laughing at the prospect that UMD is a safety and that child will get merit. Just laughing.

OP here. This is based on friends' and neighbors' kids (HS classes of 2020-2023) with similar stats who did not get into top eng programs but were accepted to UMD eng (some with merit, some not).

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop calling it UIUC.

That is what it's been called for decades

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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!)