Engineering

College Search & Lists
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<p>I am currently a junior at a very competitve high school in nj. We only have about 30-40 kids in every grade. It is an engineering school where I major in mechanical and I want to continue it in college. The schools I am currently looking at are Columbia SEAS, Florida tech, tcnj, harvey mudd, rose-hulman, georgia tech, lehigh, carnegie mellon, and case western. However, my stats are only average 4.48 out of 5.125 gpa and my sats are at 1950. I have new motivations this year and am more focused so I hope to get my gpa up but this being junior year, my teachers have decided to make their classes extremely harder than they were for the last two years. If it makes any difference I have taken 21 college credits at the cc and Rutgers already. Besides this I have a lot of ecs including vp of jsa, treasurer of MUN, 1500 hours of community service, astronomy, model rocketry, ham radio and other various actiities. </p>

<p>Do any of you have suggestions or comments about this. I know that columbia is impossible for me considering my stats but I love it so much and everyone has to have a few reaches on their list. Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I suggest that you retake your SATs 3 or 4 times, and that you retake the SAT advanced tests in Math and Physics several times. You can try a Kaplan SAT prep course next summer. That would give you access to numerous prior SAT exams for practice. The College Board also has practice test books available for purchase and some services that you can find on the web.</p>

<p>On the other hand, perhaps you should prepare yourself for the possibility that you would be a better fit in a MechE program below the top 10 or 15. There are some excellent MechE programs in the bottom half of the top tier.</p>

<p>Take a look at Rutgers, RPI, Penn State, Johns Hopkins, U Maryland College Park, Case Western, Pitt.</p>

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<p>Columbia and Harvey Mudd are a crapshoot for most students. You should be a reasonable candidate at the others, I would think. Your writing is kind awkward – I’d really focus on that. Does your school offer any decent writing courses (most high schools – IMO – don’t)? You mention your overall SAT score – were your math and CR scores higher than writing? If you had 700+ math it would help.</p>

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<p>One school out of your list. You should Look at Georgia Institute of Technology.</p>

<h1>38 National University.</h1>

<h1>8 Top 50 Public National University.</h1>

<h1>6 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs.</h1>

<p>All of Engineer Programs ranks are in Top 10. </p>

<h1>12 best value Public school.</h1>

<p>For non-resident Tuition and room and board is $27k.
NCAA Division 1 university. 450-acre campus in the Midtown Atlanta.</p>

<p>SAT I scores Verbal: 600-700 Math: 650-740
Combined: 1270-1410
ACT scores ACT-English: 26-31 ACT-Math: 29-33
Average High School GPA: 3.74</p>

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<p>Rose-Hulman is also a great school and they have a reputation of not being particularly concerned with stats (Relatively speaking, for the #1 ranked engineering school). They rely more on the student body to select themselves. You have to decide if you are dedicated to getting an outstanding engineering education. It will be much more challenging than other schools, but it’s worth it.</p>

<p>If you have any more specific questions you can ask me via PM or check out my post in the Rose-Hulman sub-forum.</p>

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<p>I would take the ACT for a change from the SAT. Some people do better on it and some colleges take that in lieu of SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>Just to make sure the OP knows… Mudd doesn’t accept the ACT</p>