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What Engineering schools should I Apply to? (Junior in HS)
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GPA: 3.95
SAT: 1600
ACT: 35
MATH II: 800
Physics: 800
Asian Male
[GRADES ARE IN QUARTERS, NOT SEMESTERS]
8th Grade
Honors Geometry [A-/B+/A-/A-] (Will this hurt me?)
Algebra II [A/A]
Pre-Calculus [A/A]
Freshman Year
AP CALCULUS AB [B/A-] (Will this hurt me?)
AP CALCULUS BC [A/A][5]
Honors English [B+/A]
Honors Human Geography [A/A]
Orchestra [A/A/A/A]
Chinese [A/A]
Honors Physical Science [A/A]
SS (self-studied AP tests)
Environmental Science (5)
Human Geography (5)
Gov (5)
Comparative Politics (5)
Summer (through BYU)
Chemistry [A/A]
Biology [A/A]
Physics [A/A]
Sophomore Year
AP Physics 1 [A/A] (5)
AP Chem [A/A] (5)
Multivariable Calculus [A/A]
AP Stats [A/A] (5)
AP Java [A/A] (5)
Honors English 10 [A/A]
Chinese [A/A] Online*
SS
Physics 2, C: Magnetism & Electricity, C: Mechanics (5) (5) (5)
Biology (5)
Junior Year (enrolled at University of Minnesota)
1st Sem
[2000 level] Linear Algebra and Differential Equations [A]
[2000 level] Writing and Academic Inquiry [A]
[1000 leve] Principles of Macroeconomics [A]
2nd Sem
[4000 level] Applied Linear Algebra [A]
[2000 level] Physics III [A]
[3000 level] Intermediate Macroeconomics [A]
SS
Macroeconomics [5]
Microeconomics [5]
Literature [5]
Language [5]
Senior Year
Undecided
ECs
AIME Qualifier [9]
USAMO Qualifier [10]
RSI [10]
USApho Gold Medallist [10]
USACO Silver [9] Gold [10]
ISEF Qualifier [9-10]
FRC Robotics [~24 hours a week for 3 months] (Qualifies for Worlds) Design Lead [10] Captain [11]
Speech [~5 hours a week] [Qualified for national tournament [10]]
Presidential Gold Volunteer Award [9-10]
Creator of Science Magazine [~5000 visits a week][9-12]
Physics Club Creator [10-11]
Rec. Letters
Physics Prof. at University of Minnesota
English Prof. at University of Minnesota
NO HOOKS
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
Wants to go out of state.
14 replies SAT: 1600
ACT: 35
MATH II: 800
Physics: 800
Asian Male
[GRADES ARE IN QUARTERS, NOT SEMESTERS]
8th Grade
Honors Geometry [A-/B+/A-/A-] (Will this hurt me?)
Algebra II [A/A]
Pre-Calculus [A/A]
Freshman Year
AP CALCULUS AB [B/A-] (Will this hurt me?)
AP CALCULUS BC [A/A][5]
Honors English [B+/A]
Honors Human Geography [A/A]
Orchestra [A/A/A/A]
Chinese [A/A]
Honors Physical Science [A/A]
SS (self-studied AP tests)
Environmental Science (5)
Human Geography (5)
Gov (5)
Comparative Politics (5)
Summer (through BYU)
Chemistry [A/A]
Biology [A/A]
Physics [A/A]
Sophomore Year
AP Physics 1 [A/A] (5)
AP Chem [A/A] (5)
Multivariable Calculus [A/A]
AP Stats [A/A] (5)
AP Java [A/A] (5)
Honors English 10 [A/A]
Chinese [A/A] Online*
SS
Physics 2, C: Magnetism & Electricity, C: Mechanics (5) (5) (5)
Biology (5)
Junior Year (enrolled at University of Minnesota)
1st Sem
[2000 level] Linear Algebra and Differential Equations [A]
[2000 level] Writing and Academic Inquiry [A]
[1000 leve] Principles of Macroeconomics [A]
2nd Sem
[4000 level] Applied Linear Algebra [A]
[2000 level] Physics III [A]
[3000 level] Intermediate Macroeconomics [A]
SS
Macroeconomics [5]
Microeconomics [5]
Literature [5]
Language [5]
Senior Year
Undecided
ECs
AIME Qualifier [9]
USAMO Qualifier [10]
RSI [10]
USApho Gold Medallist [10]
USACO Silver [9] Gold [10]
ISEF Qualifier [9-10]
FRC Robotics [~24 hours a week for 3 months] (Qualifies for Worlds) Design Lead [10] Captain [11]
Speech [~5 hours a week] [Qualified for national tournament [10]]
Presidential Gold Volunteer Award [9-10]
Creator of Science Magazine [~5000 visits a week][9-12]
Physics Club Creator [10-11]
Rec. Letters
Physics Prof. at University of Minnesota
English Prof. at University of Minnesota
NO HOOKS
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
Wants to go out of state.
Replies to: What Engineering schools should I Apply to? (Junior in HS)
Any applicant will need safety, match, and reach schools but the first question needs to be the budget.
"Medium to large school in an urban setting" sounds a lot like University of Minnesota, which you are apparently very familiar with, which will be bargain priced for you, and which will accept all of your college credit earned while in high school. But then familiarity often breeds contempt...
If you want to go out of state, what do you not like about Minnesota, and which states are desirable to you?
In terms of budget, have your parents assured you that they can pay about $75k per year for the most expensive private colleges? What some people think is "pretty large" may not be large enough in that context.
Also Rice, which is terrific for MechE (read about their Design Kitchen).
MIT is worth a shot as well, but I'm sure you've thought of that
More urban flagships with top-tier engineering: UW-Seattle, UCLA, UT-Austin.
UMinn sets the bar pretty high. Other excellent urban engineering schools include Pitt and CMU in Pittsburgh, Utah in SLC, CWRU, URochester, Tufts, Northeastern, Northwestern, and Ohio State.
Additional mid-sized urban options: Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins.
The top Canadian universities could be worth considering too (Toronto, UBC, Waterloo, McGill). Maybe you would like their tendency to have fewer general education requirements than US schools.
Pitt, Case for matches
MN as a safety since you are in state
Not quite urban urban, since Stanford's in the middle of rich Palo Alto and Berkeley's pretty much a college town, but you'd be close to San Francisco and San Jose.
VT is definitely not urban or med-large, it is just plain big. 😉
I give another vote for Ga Tech. It should be a lower reach for you., it is medium sized, urban, one of the best ME programs in the country, and will likely transfer in most of your credits. How important is it to you keep your college credits? Many of the private schools will not give or be much harder to get the transfer credits. Also go ahead and apply to MIT, as you have a better chance than many.