<ul>
<li>Asian</li>
<li>Female</li>
<li>US citizen</li>
<li>Non-native English speaker</li>
<li>3.85 unweighted GPA (3.1 - the first semester of 9th grade, but 4.0 after that)</li>
<li>620V, 700M</li>
<li>780Math IIC, 690 Physics, and 540 Writing</li>
<li>Probably 270+ TOEFL</li>
<li>5 AP (out of 6 AP courses that are offered at my HS)</li>
<li>Ave. EC</li>
<li>Good recs</li>
<li>Good essay (as an international student, I think)</li>
</ul>
<p>I don’t have the final list yet.
Case Western, RPI, UCSD, and Purdue are already on my list.
Any suggestion?? PLZ?
What colleges would be reach, match, and safety FOR ME?
HELP, I only have a month…T-T</p>
<p>It depends on what you’re looking for in a school… there are many state schools who would love a female with a 1320 interested in engineering. Your list seems to indicate that you like smaller schools and those can be a bit harder to find. What region are you looking at? South? Northeastern? Western? You have to be a bit more specific.</p>
<p>U of Illinois-UC is one of the best schools in the nation. It is a great choice. Also look at the Northeastern, U of Missouri-Rolla, Kansas State, and Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>don’t come to kansas, it sucks here. and if you do come, go to university of kansas, not kansas state. although i hear k-state engineering is better, ku as a larger program, and a lot of my friends go there and most seem to enjoy it enough, while my friends at k-state don’t exactly like it.</p>
<p>You’re an international student? You could try Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Cornell, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Cooper Union, UC Berkeley, UIUC, and Georgia Tech. They’re all great schools.</p>
<p>Smith! A fair number of international students, a new and growing engineering program (first class graduated last year, and a brand-new building is coming soon), a more open and team-based curriculum than lots of other schools, and a cool women’s college in a cool town.</p>
<p>Wow! Thanks, everyone-
WEll…I am a US citizen, but not a native English speaker. It has been 3.5 years since I came to America. Is CMU or Wisconsin too reach for me? (like…waste of $70?) Actually, I don’t have any preference about size…</p>
<p>More info about me:
I took SAT I yesterday and hope I can get 1400…(lower verbal score, tho)
I took Cal in 10th grade and got 5 on BC + Bio II (AP not offered) and Physics AP in 11th grade and taking Chem AP right now…(does that help? I guess it’s not that impressive as an asian…sigh…)</p>
<p>Obviously, MIT, CalTech, Princeton and Stanford are big reaches. Otherwise, you have a reasonable shot at other top Engineering programs. Cal-Berkeley, Michigan-Ann Arbor, Cornell, University of Illinois-UC, Northwestern etc… are all matches or reasonable reaches for you. As a more secure choice, I would look into Purdue-West Lafayette. Wisconsin-Madison is also a good match/safety.</p>
<p>Wow, Alexandre, Are u serious? UMich(out-of-stae) and Cornell are reasonable reaches for me? ACtually, I already got into Purdue!! But I really want to go to a well-balanced school…</p>
<p>Yes, Michigan and Cornell are reasonable reaches. You are a straight A student. You took challenging classes. You are strong in math. Your only weakness is your English and that’s because you have studied in English only for the last 3 years. Universities will cut you some slack.</p>
<p>So yes, I do not think that applying to Michigan and/or Cornell would be a waste of your time.</p>
<p>As far as a balanced school, check out Wisconsin-Madison. That’s a good match/safety for you.</p>
But I really want to go to a well-balanced school…</p>