Chance/Match me Aerospace or Mechanical, Good to very good school, IL resident, 3.98 GPA, 35 ACT, 1540 SAT, NMSF

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@VirginiaBelle

In your position, it would take a very elite school such as MIT to surpass UIUC in state which is one of the top engineering undergraduate schools in the country and has a top 10 undergraduate mechanical engineering program.

Yes I’m very aware that UIUC is very highly ranked in engineering specifically (and I believe it’s top 10 in CS too).

@VirginiaBelle

If trimming down your list, I would trim some of the out of state flagships. They typically do not meet financial need and you are paying a premium to go to an out-of-state school where you have a top in state engineering school at in-state rates.

Got it, so Michigan and Georgia Tech might not be the best idea. I still think Purdue is ok since it’s lower COL so OOS is roughly the same as UIUC in-state. In my mind it’s almost UIUC’s twin, midwest, small towns, middle of the cornfields, and good name recognition.