Welcome ideas on HS junior who needs some focus in his search

hackeysack
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 08:26:41 +0000

aquapt:

Ocean Engineering major at Stevens

These are some very interesting ideas. I will have him take a look at these schools.

For note, we are from Calif. One disappointing element is that all of the UC schools have gone test BLIND, so you cannot submit. So that 1580 SAT gets him nothing, and his 3.83 UW is going to have lots of competition. His cousin was head of her class, and still was rejected by the top UCs, and she had a lot broader EC background than he did. So mostly counting out UCs, although UCSC is notably less competitive than most.

He and I agreed that the time demands of an engineering program at the same time as varsity sport might be challenging for someone who hates to be busy all the time.

Likely if he studies engineering, he will go to a large Div 1 type campus and participate in club swimming. For engineering Schools like UF and Texas A&M that have generous National Merit programs would be attractive. Looks like Ohio State has a nice program for out of state students as well. My perception is that a BSME from one of those schools would be quite well received by the job market - seems like there is less prestige mongering in engineering realm.

If he goes LAC, then he’ll swim varsity. The Claremont Consortium is an attractive idea. He has indicated that he’d rather not be in a tiny campus in the middle of nowhere.