CA resident, 3.56 UW, 1300 SAT, Electrical Engineering major

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I realized I forgot about some of the suggestions from @momofboiler1 and @aquapt, so I went ahead and looked up those class sizes in the aggregator (except for Utah where I used the USNWR class stats, as USNWR was not in the aggregator). These are sorted from lowest % of classes with 50+ students to highest %.

School % of classes under 20 % of classes 20-49 % of classes 50+
Milwaukee SOE 49% 51% 0%
Wentworth 43% 56% 1%
RIT 48% 48% 5%
Temple 42% 52% 7%
San Jose State 21% 72% 7%
Drexel 55% 37% 8%
Cal State - Long Beach 25% 67% 8%
U. of Louisville 44% 47% 9%
Clarkson 58% 30% 12%
U. of Maryland 47% 37% 17%
Arizona State 40% 44% 17%
U. of Utah 44% 38% 17%
Ohio State 40% 42% 18%
Clemson 37% 44% 18%
Purdue 38% 42% 20%
U. of Cincinnati 32% 48% 20%
U. of Nevada - Reno 36% 43% 21%
Iowa State 31% 46% 22%
Colorado State 34% 44% 22%
Michigan State 26% 50% 23%
U. of Washington - Seattle 28% 47% 25%
UC Merced 28% 46% 27%
UC Santa Cruz 27% 46% 27%
Texas A&M 24% 49% 28%
UC Riverside 22% 44% 34%

Additionally, I went ahead and sorted the colleges on your list and suggested above by my guesses as to what you chances for admission might be. I included some of the California publics that seemed likelier, based on the information shared by @gumbymom.

Extremely Likely (80-99+%)

  • Arizona State

  • Colorado State

  • Iowa State

  • Michigan State

  • San Jose State

  • Temple

  • U. of Cincinnati

  • UC - Merced

  • U. of Louisville

  • U. of Utah

  • Wentworth (which is also part of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium which allows students to take classes at other consortium schools and participate in sports and extracurriculars together)

Likely (60-79%)

  • Clarkson

  • Drexel

  • Rochester Institute of Technology

  • U. of Nevada – Reno

Toss-Up (40-59%)

  • Milwaukee School of Engineering

  • UC – Santa Cruz

Lower Probability (20-39%)

  • Clemson

  • Ohio State

  • Texas A&M

  • U. of Maryland

Low Probability (less than 20%)

  • Purdue

  • U. of Washington

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At schools like Drexel, Northeastern (not a realistic admit), and U of Cincinnati, co-op education is the default, and having students coming and going for co-op semesters is the expectation and part of the culture. Many schools are offering co-op as an option now; so one can study engineering at schools like Pitt or RIT or Purdue or Ohio State (and many more) and elect to follow a co-op plan; but it will vary how many in their cohort will be doing the same thing. (So, for example, when they return from co-op and are finishing up their senior classes, how many from their original entering class will be there with them, vs. how many will already have graduated?) Co-op is also mandatory for engineering students at Louisville
 and the engineering school’s Living-Learning Community is a plus that’s worth a look as well.

In-state, you might consider adding SFSU, which is definitely urban and has a non-impacted EE Major that you should get into. Cooperative Education < San Francisco State University

Co-op wise, the MECOP program in Oregon could be worth a look too. Electrical Engineering (EE) Students from Oregon State, U of Portland, Portland State, and Oregon Tech all participate. The last two would give you the WUE discount, making them as affordable as a UC. (And of those two, Portland State is urban.)

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This is super helpful to get an idea

Thank you!

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Thank you for the info! This was recommended by the school counselor. So hopeful :crossed_fingers:t4:

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Public school.
Thanks for the suggestions.

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