Suggestions for engineering schools for 30/31 ACT, no hooks

[ucbalumnus]

@Tigerwife92

@AlmostThere2018 D20 was accepted to both direct admit and first year general programs; after mulling over and contemplating her offers, she’s now leaning towards first year gen. She’s “known” which discipline she’s wanted since middle school, but after taking some “out of the box” stem classes this year, her mind is opening to all of the possibilities. She’s actually liking the idea of learning about all of the engineering disciplines. Some may not agree, but I think it’s good for a kid like mine, one who’s been so hyper focused on a singular path. You don’t know what you don’t know, so to speak.

Just make sure that the school with first year engineering undeclared is not unreasonably competitive for her most likely engineering majors. If she goes to Michigan or Pittsburgh, first year engineering undeclared students just need to earn 2.0 college GPA and C grades to choose their majors. But if she goes to Texas A&M, she needs a 3.5 college GPA to be automatically admitted to her desired major; otherwise, she needs to go into a competitive admission process with essays as well.