<p>Now I’m looking at Vanderbilt too, since they offer full ride merit scholarships, and it’s a great school with reputable engineering. Anyone have thoughts on Vandy?</p>
<p>Vandy is a great school, but unless you raise that ACT by 2-3 pts, you won’t be in the running for scholarships of any significant size, much less full rides. </p>
<p>An ACT 33 is just average for Vandy.</p>
<p>I also know that places like a CU Boulder have a party-school reputation,</p>
<p>Don’t worry about “party school” reputations when considering eng’g. Colleges of Eng’g are like small colleges by themselves. They’re in their own little worlds. The students aren’t usually the big partiers.</p>