Totally get it and saw that. All engineering should be seeking help till they know that they don’t need it. Prepare for success and not failure. Engineering for some is unforgiving. But worthwhile if you have persistence and the will.
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My '23 is at Lafayette. He is also a theater kid and got a part in the fall play which we didn’t expect as a first year. He also joined a choir which he has never done before. I think Lafayette is looking for geographical diversity so that might help your student. My S is in Integrative Engineering and very happy so far. Worth an application! Another student from our MN high school I know got in without submitting a test score and applied RD (mine was ED).
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Wow, thank you! There are so many on this list that I had never seen or considered. Well, except for Rennselaer - my other kid toured there and did not like it. 
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Definitely a residential campus, he does not want a commuter school. Being part of a college community is important for him.
My other kid is currently an EE junior - I had NO idea how tough it is! I feel so bad for her and wish that she could have a little more fun while in school. She’s absolutely crushing it though! Working on a satellite to Mars or something? I don’t know. They do math that I don’t think existed when I was in college. It’s like going to the theater when she tries to explain her physics homework to us. Entertaining, but not much comprehension or retention.
Yes! Lafayette is of great interest. But I think ultimately it will be a little too small and a little too remote for him. But we’ll see…it could be perfect!
Yep. I wouldn’t say that his high school has extreme grade inflation, just normal sized post-covid grade inflation, but there is a good-sized cohort that have 4.0s. GPA there is all unweighted.
I like your ideas of looking for “school where the faculty members have experience supporting non-superstar stats students” and looking into schools that offer EE and the EETech.
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Nevermind. I went back and reread the OP.
Yay! His SAT score from Oct 7th came back! 1370! I think that will help him.
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Woo his Nov SAT score went up too! His superscore is now 1440! So far he’s applied to UWash, Oregon State, UC Boulder, and Case Western.
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Thanks for the updates! Any early acceptances yet?
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Honors College & Scholarship at Oregon State, rejected from CWRU. Still waiting on the others. I think he’ll also apply to Colorado School of Mines and hopefully some others. He’s going to do well anywhere he ends up, but I’d love to find him a good fit (and selfishly, somewhere I want to visit, too!).
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Congratulations on Oregon State! I’ve heard terrific things about the school, including its engineering program. Honors and a scholarship is terrific!
@eyemgh and @CMA22 have alreadycommented, but @tamagotchi might have more to say about OSU…
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I’m not sure whether or not I mentioned it on this thread, but Oregon State has the best honors program for engineering that we encountered, and by a LONG margin. Congrats!
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