Colleges to apply to for Mechanical Engineering?

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I’ve applied to UC Berkeley, LA, SD, Davis, GaTech, UMich, Purdue and UI-UC for mechanical engineering undergrad. I’m an international student (CBSE India)

My stats:

Class 9 and 10 - 10/10 CGPA
Class XI and XII - 95.6pc each year
SAT - 1490 ( 700V, 790M)
800’s in SAT Subject tests - Math II, Chemistry and Physics

ECs and honours
School cricket team captain
Member of school editorial board
Represented school in quizzes
Awarded best bowler of my team in cricket tournament in Chennai representing my academy
School topper grades IX,X,XI
Volunteered at Embassy to help people fill forms and documents
Training program 20 days at Elevator Manufacturing company
4 gold medals in maths and science talent search contests
Part of 5 member school spell bee team

I’m still looking for good mechanical engineering programs to apply to where I stand a good chance.

I’m looking for a competitive atmosphere where I find good peers to collaborate with on coursework. However, I wouldn’t want an overly competitive environment since I don’t want to hurt my chances for Grad School in terms of GPA, since I’ve heard it’s an important part of an application. Also, I’ve heard about UCs that classes are large and mostly impersonal, and professors are involved more in research, and thus can’t focus more on students. UCs grade deflation is another thing playing on my mind. I would like to apply to colleges with small class size as well. What are some of my options for good mechanical engineering programs in the country?

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Have you used the SuperMatch tool on the left side of screen? It is under ‘Find A College’.

Have you heard back from the schools you have applied to? Are you just looking to add more?

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Deleted post after re-reading.

Good luck!

http://best-engineering-colleges.com/mechanical-engineering

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Unless your family is wealthy you wasted your time and money applying to the UC schools since they offer no financial aid to foreign students

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Rensselaer would match your academic interests. However, I’m not sure about their scholarship opportunities for international applicants, should you be seeking financial support. URochester may be a better option with to this. With respect to small class sizes, Union and Trinity (CT) should be considered.

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What are your parents saying? How much will they pay each year?

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@MerryLee No I haven’t heard back from any of them. I’m just looking to add one or two more. My parents are aware of the full cost of these universities (OOS, no financial aid)

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My bf is finishing up an ME degree at Berkeley, and staying on for M.S. He really liked the program, found the faculty excellent, approachable and supportive, and he got to be part of awesome research opportunities. He has had lots of success with internships as well.

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typo (#4): “may be a better option with [respect] to this.”

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RPI - high engineering focus, tough academics but more collaborative than competitive, smaller/more personal atmosphere (though not as small as LAC), well respected in the industry.

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Why are you applying to so many public universities? These are meant to serve the students of that state. You should look into private universities, where you’d receive smaller class sizes and more financial aid. Just my opinion

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@reygun Is there any way I can get in contact with your bf to talk to him about the place? If he’s willing of course

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@tanlui98, sure, just private message me your questions and I’ll forward them to him.

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If it’s collaborative you want you should probably check out Olin College of Engineering for a reach! I have a bunch of friends from there and they seem to have a lot of collaborative assignments where they build stuff like robots.