Best engineering colleges (Mechanical) for B students?

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<p>Let’s just say I have a 3.2 GPA and a 1900. </p>

<p>What would be the best mechanical engineering schools for me?
Would SUNY Buffalo and Syracuse work?</p>

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<p>Your SAT score is high but GPA is low. If you have a legit reason, mention it in your personal statement.</p>

<p>What is your Estimated Family Contribution ?
Which part of USA ? Northeast, Midwest, West Coast, Southeast etc ? </p>

<p>Here are some low out of state tuition ones:

  1. SUNY Stony Brook
  2. SUNY Buffalo
  3. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
  4. Iowa State University</p>

<p>Some great engineering colleges: (expensive)
University of Texas-Austin
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Michigan
Penn State
Ohio State
Virginia Tech
Purdue University
Carnegie Mellon
Lehigh University
Case Western
Miami University</p>

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Use location and other factors to narrow it down, and expand the number of results (at the top) since the default number is low…</p>

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<p>Do you have a class rank? Also What’s your SAT breakdown by section?
Look at Texas A&M engineering. Ranked 16th in the nation and 15th for mechanical engineering, with great ties to engineering/energy firms in Texas-a state with a relatively sound job market. If you’re in the top 25% of your graduating class and have a 1300 Math+CR SAT score you will very likely get in if you apply early.</p>

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<p>At schools where you have to apply to the Col of Eng’g, your GPA and maybe even your test scores will be an issue. Also, at some publics, getting accepted as an OOS student is difficult without top stats (UTexas). </p>

<p>The amount that your family is willing to pay will largely determine where you can afford to go to school. Your stats aren’t high enough for merit and they aren’t high enough to get into the schools that give lots of aid. The exception would be a SUNY if you’re instate and qualify for state and fed aid. </p>

<p>OOS publics like Purdue, Texas A&M, UMich, etc would be unaffordable unless your parents would be willing to pay. </p>

<p>Frankly, if you’re a B student, then it’s not a good idea to go to an eng’g school that is loaded with super-performers. You’ll quickly find yourself at the bottom of the grading curve and possibly getting weeded out.</p>

<p>What is your Math + CR score? </p>

<p>How much will your family pay each year?</p>

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<p>I’d also look into Manhattan College in Riverdale.</p>

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<p>Depending on your budget, Clarkson, Alfred, and Hofstra are academic matches. If you’re willing to leave NY, there are a LOT of Western and Southern schools with strong Mech E departments that would be academic safeties. Affording them is another matter entirely.</p>

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<p>If you’re interestested in coming south, UNC-Charlotte would be an option.</p>

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<p>My DS had similar stats (GPA 3.36 SATs 1980-M 720 CR 660 WR 600) and is also planning on majoring in Mech Eng. Just to give you an idea, he got into UCONN (this is where is is going), URI, UNH, Roger Williams (merit $), UMass Lowell (merit $), and Western New England (merit $). He was accepted to UMass Amherst ( but as an undecided major rather than into the engineering school), and RIT (again he was accepted into his 3rd choice major). He was rejected at WPI.</p>

<p>good luck</p>