In my opinion, you have only one true safety or match on this list - Ohio State. I assume you have Georgia Tech and Michigan as “matches” but as you are OOS that moves them closer to a low reach. Every other college is a reach of some sort (some are higher reaches than others). That is an OK strategy if you will be satisfied with OSU, but if not, you may want to add a few schools that are less selective. University of Delaware has a very strong chemical engineering program, for example, and would be more in the safety/match category. Other matches might include: Purdue, UCSD (better than UCLA for what you are interested in and slightly less selective) and BU.
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