Match Me - D26 - Biological/Ecological Engineering/Bioengineering [NC resident, 3.8-3.9 GPA, <$25-30k]

Confused - you say this:

HI, I’m looking to see what colleges would match my daughter’s profile and desired target major - biological/ecological engineering (not biomedical or civil/environmental engineering). Information below.

Then you provide a list of schools - so that’s not really asking to see which match.

On top of that, your student just finished their first year of high school?

It’s not worth answering the question - sorry.

Let your student be a student…getting involved, etc.

If you start traveling, maybe take an hour stop every day or two and visit a campus - a small, medium, large…an urban, suburban, rural.

Let your student get a sense of what type of school they like.

It’s far too early to put names to schools - not enough of a record, no test score, and frankly, the student may not have cemented an interest. You might think they have - but mine, for example, had four different interests Junior and early Senior year.

So it’s a bit too much to be trying to tackle this now.

You certainly put up fine names though - although as you note, not all are engineering but the potential to transfer into schools of interest.

But it’s waaaaaaay too early to set safety, likely, match, or reach - and while most your schools are large, you have SUNY ESF (which is attached to Syracuse) and UNCA which is small - hence the need to actually figure out what type of school your student wants.

Best of luck - but the journey is very early - and you are well beyond where you need to be at this time - IMHO of course.