Good backup school for engineering

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<p>I want to major in aerospace engineering or possibly mechanical and so far Im going to apply to Cal Poly SLO, UCSD, UCSB, and UCI but I dont know what backup school I should apply to. My brother goes to UCR so I ruled that one out and I would have to commute to Cal Poly Pomona so I dont really want to go there but other than those 2 I dont really know what schools have a good engineering program that I can rely on getting into.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
weighted GPA: 4.4
non-weighted: 3.8
in the top 5% at my school (do colleges even look at that?)</p>

<p>SAT: 1860 (im going to retake it)
ACT: 30</p>

<p>EC’s: marching band - 4 years
FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) - 2 years
tutoring - 1 year</p>

<p>I know my SAT and EC’s are lacking but I am retaking the SAT and theres not much I can do now about EC’s although Im not really giving up. I still want to do some community service stuff through Habitat for Humanity but I dont know if colleges will see senior year community service.</p>

<p>And one last thing, Im looking solely at schools in California due to financial issues.</p>

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<p>What was your Math score on the SAT?, you need at least a 600 to have almost any chance at all of successfully majoring in Engineering. To have a decent chance you would need a 650 or better.</p>

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<p>My math SAT score is 700 so I’m not too worried about that. Its my critical reading and writing both currently at 580 that I need to improve on. I’m not terribly concerned about how Ill do in engineering but rather what schools have a good engineering program that would serve as a good backup for me and I can be certain that I will get in.</p>