Average Asian hopefully does well? [NC resident, 4.0 GPA, top 10% rank, 1550 SAT, mechanical or aerospace engineering]

MIT, Duke, UCB, Cornell, and UMich will probably all be unaffordable unless you get NROTC or the NPC comes back with an affordable price.

Georgia Tech and Purdue should still be within budget, and UT would probably be at the very tippy top of the budget.

Please make sure to discuss the budget with your family to confirm that they are willing and able to do $60k, excluding any loans.

Below are some other schools that you might want to consider, sorted by my guesses as to what your chances for admission might be. They are all very strong in your areas of interest.

Extremey Likely (80-99+%)

  • U. at Buffalo (NY)
  • U. of Alabama - Huntsville

Likely (60-79%)

  • Florida Institute of Technology
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic (NY)
  • U. of Central Florida
  • Worcester Polytechnic (MA)

Toss-Up (40-59%)

  • U. of Maryland

Lower Probability (20-39%)

Low Probability (less than 20%)

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