<p>Hey guys, haven’t posted in a while. I am currently a sophomore Nuclear Engineering major at Texas A&M University. However, I am looking to goto a good engineering school in the northeast (possibly Ivy). Yale is the real goal but I was wondering if you knew of any schools that are need-blind and will cover my demonstrated need (like Yale, Vanderbilt…) </p>
<p>As for stats, I don’t know exactly what I should be posting here but I have a 4.0 GPA with Honors so far, am a member of the NROTC Corps of Cadets (hold two important positions), president of some organizations and volunteer a ton with Habitat for Humanity.</p>
<p>Like I said I don’t know much about the schools and what I should be posting but hey, its a start.</p>
<p>Thanks and Gigem,
Ken</p>
<p>Yale doesn’t have a nuclear program - the ABET engineering choices are chemical, electrical, and mechanical / materials. And assuming that you’re following the standard TAMU progression, you’re going to have a hard time switching to one of Yale’s majors and finishing in 4 semesters. </p>
<p>You’ve got until March 1 for Yale. I’d suggest spending that time figuring out how your TAMU classes map to Yale classes and coming up with a plan that meets the distribution requirements and degree requirements in 4 semesters. Bear in mind that 4-5 classes is a full load, and I’d suggest 4 for your first semester, so you can get a feel for the workload.</p>
<p>Also, Yale is not exactly known for engineering. If you want to go to an Ivy, Cornell is the usual suspect for engineering. Maybe Princeton. If you want northeast, MIT would be the obvious impossible-dream school (and has nuclear, which the Ivies don’t). RPI is more likely, but won’t meet need.</p>
<p>Going by USNWR, other than MIT, there are no meets-full-need schools that will give you a better nuclear engineering degree than TAMU will. So why do you want to leave, and what do you hope to find elsewhere?</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>I guess its more of the allure of the region, I really wanted to goto school there but did not think I could afford it. Now my friends tell me the financial possibilites at the these schools and I want to go :)</p>
<p>I am not necessarily looking to stay in Nuclear, a strong possibility is moving to Chemical. Do I have a shot at getting into Cornell or MIT?</p>
<p>Statistically, Cornell has a high transfer acceptance rate. But the College of Engineering has a relatively low transfer acceptance rate: <a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf</a> </p>
<p>You’d need to have the courses listed here: <a href=“http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/transfer/upload/Engineering-Transfer-2010-11.pdf[/url]”>http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/transfer/upload/Engineering-Transfer-2010-11.pdf</a> Note that for Chemical, they basically say, “If you aren’t coming in as a Sophomore, you probably won’t have met the transfer requirements.”</p>
<p>All of the engineering majors require Junior transfers to have taken Linear Algebra (likely TAMU’s Math 304). It’s not clear to me whether they’d allow you to transfer as a repeat Sophomore.</p>
<p>MIT would likely require you to transfer as a repeat Sophomore, per [Before</a> Applying | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/apply/transfer/before]Before”>Transfer eligibility | MIT Admissions). Their transfer rate is similar to Cornell’s, at a bit less than 10%.</p>
<p>IMHO neither school is likely to take you unless you can articulate why you want to go to that school particularly, rather than “any school in the northeast that has engineering and meets full need would work for me.”</p>