What are good Engineering Schools?

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<p>What are good Engineering Schools, and which ones might I be able to get into?
I live in Maryland, so I’m already going to apply for UMD College Park</p>

<p>UGPA: 3.87
WGPA: 4.40
SAT: 2130 aiming for 2200+ 2nd try</p>

<p>Some classes related to engineering? I have taken/will be taking:
Science: Applied (Engineering) Science, AP Chemistry, Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry, Honors Biology, APES (self study), AP Bio (self study), Intro to Engineering at UMD’s Young Scholar’s Summer Program</p>

<p>Math: Multivariable Calc and Differential Equations, AP BC Calculus, Honors Precalc, Honors Algebra 2</p>

<p>Tech: Computer Programming 1 C++, AP Computer science, Microcomputer Technologies, Network Engineering (LAN Management) , Advanced Network Engineering, UNIX/Linux Operating system</p>

<p>(A+ certified, studying for CCENT and CCNA this and next summer)</p>

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<p>You are a good candidate for any school, so just look at US news engineering rankings and apply to the top ten!</p>

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<p>Thanks! But aren’t some Ivies in the top 10? I don’t think I could make those. Could you specify which would be reaches, and which would be matches/safeties?</p>

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<p>MIT, Caltech, Stanford, and Berkeley are reaches.
I would guess Georgia Tech&Illinois are safeties. They have high admission rates (~60%).
Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, and Michigan might be matches. I dont’ know, really. I’m just speculating…</p>

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<p>a 3.87UW/4.40W GPA with 2,200 SAT would not be a reach at UC Berkeley</p>

<p>it would be a match</p>

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<p>UMD CP is a great school for information systems and computer science. Though I generally stay away from the rankings game, I would agree with the schools that JamesMadison recommended. The top 10-15 schools for engineering as ranked by UNSWR are quite consistent and reflect the general perception of employers and academics. </p>

<p>What are your interests within the field of engineering? If it’s computer science, then UMD CP, UC Berkeley, MIT, and Stanford are all great choices.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys! Im interested in areas around Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science</p>

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<p>Nujaar, if I am not mistaken, admission to UC Berkeley’s EE and CS departments would be tougher than to the rest of the undergraduate school.</p>

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<p>Personally, I think that if you take computer science, you should dual-major that with math. As a matter of fact, I would make math the major and let computer science be your 2nd major/concentration.</p>

<p>…then again I am QUITE biased :-)</p>

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<p>be sure to apply to USC as well. the Vertibi school of engineering is well thought of and highly ranked. UCB is very highly competitive for OOS students, particularly the engineering school, so don’t count on it being a “match”. Its as hard as Stanford to get into for OOS engineering applicants.</p>

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<p>Note that UCB offers both an EECS major in its College of Engineering, and a Computer Science major in its College of Letters and Science. Both give a lot of latitude in the choice of courses for the major; EECS requires more physics and a more physics-dependent electronics course, and breadth requirements differ. L&S CS may be more amenable to double majoring with math or some other non-engineering subject.</p>

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<p>Someone going in with almost* two years of university level math and wanting to optimize his/her career prospects could probably do so with a selection of courses from math, statistics, computer science, and economics, majoring in one and taking official or unofficial minors in the others. That would open up the possibility of job and career opportunities in software development, quantitative finance, and actuarial science, among other things that depend on a good background in these subjects. It also helps that all of these subjects are likely to be interesting for someone who likes math and is good at it.</p>

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<li>Regardless of major, the OP may want to try to complete a linear algebra course, perhaps at a community college, in order to avoid a partial repeat course due to the way different universities structure their sophomore math courses; this is more likely an issue when switching between semester and quarter system schools.</li>
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<p>u’ll do fine!</p>

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<p>Actually, I was going to major in Engineering and dual major in Computer Science if its not too hard and if it is, i’d minor in Computer Science</p>

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<p>I agree. I was just doing a “bad plugging” of my major and trying to convince the OP :-)</p>

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<p>At some schools, electrical engineering is combined with computer science or engineering under a major named “Electrical Engineering and Computer Science” or “Electrical and Computer Engineering” (and such schools may also offer a “Computer Science” major). At other schools, there may be different majors named “Electrical Engineering”, “Computer Engineering”, and “Computer Science”.</p>

<p>You will have to look up each school to see whether each school’s EECS/ECE/EE/CS major allows free selection of EE and CS courses through the whole spectrum, or if the major has a large number of specified EE and/or CS courses and restricted electives.</p>

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<p>University of Texas Engineering and Computer Science is top-of-the-line.</p>

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<p>you seem perfect for cornell or carnegie mellon! and also, don’t get too caught up with prestige. cornell and carnegie mellon are wonderful, but i think it would be better to go to u maryland over u texas, or u michigan or something of the like just because maryland won’t be outrageously expensive, but you’ll get a very similar education.</p>