<p>I am loving this discussion. My son applied EA to Caltech and MIT; deferred at both. Has applied to various UC schools, USC and will apply to Stanford and Harvey Mudd (which he visited and likes). </p>
<p>I don’t see any mention of USC here, what do you think of it? It got our attention due to national merit $ and variety.</p>
<p>My son’s interest has veered from computer science to mechanical engineering and now genetic engineering. Probably needs to go somewhere deep and flexible. Stellar grades and scores, two years of calculus, robotics, works as software developer. Obviously there are no guarantees so casting a wide net.</p>