Minnesota and Delaware both have IHSA teams. I didn’t look up the others (I only looked up UMN and UDel because they are both top ChemE schools).
Here’s some info on the UMN team: Minnesota Equestrian-About
But I specifically mentioned UDel because it’s tops in ChemE and because their equestrian team seems pretty strong.
I was also going to mention Minnesota and Delaware as colleges worth checking out–and already done, of course.
In general, though, it looks to me like some careful thought went into the original list, and your daughter has excellent qualifications overall, so I think you are in great shape!
The girl is a Mass resident, so I would think that she’s be more likely at UMass than UNH. I would think UMass would be a lock.
It’s much easier to get into UNH. I know many kids, both MA residents and not, who got into UNH but were waitlisted at UMass-Amherst.
Agreed. OP here….we consider UMass Amherst a target. My kid has great stats, but UMass Amherst acceptance rate is 64%, and engineering might be lower.
We may keep UNH for safety and maybe add URI too.
I’d be shocked and amazed if you didn’t get into every target and below - UMASS included. Yes it’s gotten tougher but you are far beyond a solid candidate.
Unless you like them more than others on your list, you don’t need UNH or URI.
They won’t hurt - they’ll just be additional acceptances.
Thank you for this reassurance.
I’m so sorry I missed my pages while we were traveling.
Yes, my daughter graduated from Purdue with her BS in chemical engineering. Her Purdue experience was wonderful! There are a variety of concentrations available for chem es, strong industry partnerships, and my daughter loved her profs. She had two internships, a 3 term co-op, plus a summer corporate internship. She went abroad, did research which was published, had a concentration in materials, and a leadership certification. She was in honors college as well which provided a number of additional opportunities. And time for fun too!
Please feel free to pm me if you have any specific questions! And again, sorry for the delay!
What are the acceptance rates for MA residents?
I appreciate the conservatism, but with that profile, I still believe UMass is a lock. Unless they think you won’t come.
You think there’s any chance you’d get turned down if you applied ED to UMass? I don’t. Not that you would, just saying.
UMass doesn’t have ED.
OP, you have a great profile. And if Cornell is your #1 choice, I think you have a good shot there with a legacy ED application. Good luck to you!
Just curious if not mentioned earlier - why isn’t Delaware on the list. It’s arguably a top 5 ChemE - where many chemical companies are located, you may compete for a DuPont Scholarship. It appears to have Club equestrian. Its career stats are not too far off Cornell’s - about $7k on starting salary. It might be a nice backup vs some others on the list.
Eugene du Pont Scholars
This is the premier scholarship offered by UD. Eugene du Pont Scholars receive a yearly scholarship that covers full tuition, standard on-campus room and board, and comprehensive health and student center fees. Students may also use the funds towards UD study abroad. They also receive $500 each fall and spring semester to be used toward textbooks and a one-time grant of $2,500 to be used toward an approved enrichment activity.
It was already mentioned up above a few times. They may have put it on the list since then, or maybe they don’t like it. But it’s definitely been mentioned.
Ahhh it’s an old thread. Thx. The list is great already. I just browsed but not in depth.
Sorry about that.
Not sure how competitive admittance is for ChemE there but the overall school is not a hard admit for this student.
Kudos to your daughter on building such a strong academic record. She should ask herself a couple questions, before finalizing her list:
I don’t see IB Chem in her list of classes; is she planning to take it senior year? AOs would expect a ChemE applicant with such a strong IB record to have this.
I would be amazed if she did not get into Pitt - move that to the “likely” category. In the unlikely event she goes there, have her apply to their honors program.
Here are a couple more strong ChemE programs with equestrian teams:
Ohio State - #21 in ChemE, target/likley, apply to honors program, Columbus is horseshowpalooza with the Quarterhorse Congress, among others
Penn State - #23 in ChemE, target/likely, my nephew went there and loved it
Good luck to her, and let us know where she lands.
Is ChemE one of the more competitive majors at Purdue, where students risk not getting that major if they don’t have a high GPA freshman year?
Nope. 3.2 GPA guarantees the major but they historically aren’t at capacity.
Her school only offers Biology and ESS for the IB diploma. I think we will make a note in the additional info section of her app to make that clear. There’s standard physics, and standard chemistry, and that’s it for those two sciences.
Most of the schools do allow for declaring sophomore year or later. She’s pretty certain about engineering generally, but potentially could consider environmental engineering or some other discipline. I agree it would be good to keep options open as much as possible!
Every school on your list will have ample breadth in most disciplines although env engineering is more limited in regards to accreditation. Engineering does have a 50% change / drop rate (less at top tier schools but that’s a national stat) so it is good there is breadth.
All are accredited in the actual env engineering major except Stanford, Va Tech, and UMASS - only Lowell has. Of course, Stanford isn’t accredited in ChemE but offers it
I think the counselor note will cover the lack of advanced classes. But you can make a special request to have them add it. You can too but always better from an official source.
I think you’re in great shape here. .
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It is very common for IB schools to have more limited HL options, so I’d mention the concern to the CC, but my guess is that they are used to addressing this. Many of the SL classes are at the AP level, so they ARE advanced. Kids at our school often took (and aced) the AP Chem exam after SL Chem, for example. I’m not suggesting that your D do this, but want to assure you that SL courses are not the same as regular classes. AOs know this.
Yes, indeed, AO know that SL= AP level, HL= post AP.
In fact, because few universities give credit for SL classes/exams, it’s always possible to take the corresponding AP exam as long as one thinks to register early (which is a bummer, not sure why they did that since some students made up their minds after seeing how well they did in the class..)