Good "just below Ivy league" colleges to consider?

College Essays
1

<p>So I’ve started up my list of colleges I want to apply to, and in terms of difficultly of gaining admission, I was looking for colleges that are still high caliber, but a bit easier to get into than HYPSMCaltech etc. I’m looking to study engineering. Looking at places like Duke and Vandy. Any suggestions? </p>

2

<p>High Caliber is not necessarily correlated to low acceptance rates.</p>

<p>What is your GPA and test scores?
You might want to look at Carnegie Mellon.</p>

3

<p>I am also looking at similar colleges, and one is University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. It has a highly rated engineering program that is definitely less selective than HYPSM. Cost might be a concern for OOS as I heard they do not offer much financial aid at all to OOS students, but it is definitely somewhere to consider!</p>

4

<p>@Ctesiphon‌ Sorry, forgot to mention stats! 2350 SAT and 4.0 UW GPA. Essentially, competitive applicant academically but I definitely don’t want to only apply to the top top schools. </p>

<p>Thanks for the suggestions so far!!</p>

5

<p>bump</p>

6

<p>carnegie mellon, notre dame, the cooper union</p>

7

<p>Rice</p>