Guy with mid GPA interesting in good public and elite private schools

A&M is a reach based on rank outside the 10%…unless you are talking about an alternative path.

Ohio State and UIUC are matches at best.

Purdue and UW - reaches - in addition to your reaches.

You are the type of student that I believe has mis calibrated although I give you a shot at Ohio State.

You do have a lot of ECs / Awards that maybe change a little…but if I were you, I’d look beyond UTD - maybe other solid state schools that are a bit less compettiive. You like OSU - so how about UMN, Michigan State or Minnesota. Or some from the South - Bama, Ole Miss, MS State, Tennessee, etc.

Do you have cost issues - you don’t mention it - you can’t score a great scholarship at Bama for example - almost full tuition.

You mentioned Northwestern - so how about a Miami (reach) or U Denver - a likely, etc. And there’s more.

You are way too “reachy” in my opinion.

Good luck.

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