<p>^ This is NOT a “chance me” thread. You would be better off posting that elsewhere.</p>
<p>Maducky–I agree-go to the chance threads, however you have zero chance of getting in at Penn, Cornell, Brown, Columbia, Duke, Tufts, Princeton. Your GPA is way too low to start and your test scores are way too low. I would suggest you find a more realistic list.</p>
<p>I have a 3.41 unweighted gpa, 31 ACT, and pretty good community service/ec’s. So far I’ve been accepted to Fordham at Rose Hill, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University of Illinois at Chicago. I’m waiting to hear back from University of Miami, ASU, and Northwestern!</p>
<p>Son #1, 3.5 GPA 26 ACT, accepted to Washington State University. It’s the only school he applied to since it is auto-admit for in-state students with at least a 3.5 (see Maducky, 100% chance for you).</p>
<p>Last year he was accepted to U Dayton with $14k/year scholarship (did not attend). He decided to take a gap year after a career ending baseball injury.</p>
<p>D #2, 3.4 UW, 3.5 W 30 ACT, no AP classes, no EC’s to speak of completely “unhooked”, accepted at:</p>
<p>University of Redlands
Dominican (CA)
St. Mary’s (CA)
University of San Francisco
Drake University
Truman State University
Carthage College
University of Denver
She received merit scholarships from all but Redlands.
There is hope!</p>
<p>Longhaul–a friend’s daughter was also deferred from CC as an EA applicant. Another girl in her class with ‘lesser’ stats was accepted as an ED applicant. Not that anything can be interpreted from two applications, but I am wondering if CC is protecting its yield by deferring the EA applicants.</p>
<p>I am the parent of a HS Jr so am learning from reading comments here. I posted on another board wondering if parents or students felt that applying EA to a school that also offers ED is not an effective strategy. </p>
<p>I am also shocked that your son was not accepted. He has very impressive stats and I wish him great success in the RD round.</p>
<p>Longhaul, I’ve heard that CC is also very need aware, so if that’s an issue, it could be part of it, especially in the EA pool when they don’t know what the rest of the applicant pool’s need will be?</p>
<p>I have a 3.4 GPA (unweighted), 31 ACT, and I got my first acceptance letter last week, from Evergreen State College.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Slant6! That’s great. The first one comes with a huge sigh of relief that you’re definitely going to college doesn’t it? I’ve heard Evergreen is a fun school. Too far away for my kids but I’ve got friends whose children have loved it. They are artsy kids.</p>
<p>Son with 3.5 GPA (UW) and 2010 SAT (720 CR / 680 M / 610 W). Class rank at end of Junior year was 54 of 200. Excellent Music EC (Multiple Honors), Sports (Track), Key Club, Community Service. 5 Honors and AP Math corses including AP Calculus (AB & BC) and AP Statistics. Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry. Will pursue Mechanical Engineering degree.</p>
<p>Applied -
Perdue University - EA - Denied (Program Competitiveness)
University of Maine - EA - awaiting notification
University of Maryland College Park - EA - awaiting notification
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) - EAII - awaiting notification</p>
<p>Considering -
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Western New England University
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Renssalear Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
West Haven University
Clarkson</p>
<p>Considered but rejected -
University of New Hampshire - comparable schools available for lower cost
Stevens Institute of Technology - distance and poor student reviews
Tufts - little chance of acceptance
Vanderbilt - may not fit into school culture</p>
<p>Any thoughts from those out there in similar circumstances. Are there other schools we should be considering? Perdue was his great disappointment as it has been his 1st choice for a long time. It was our first application and getting a denial has me worried enough that we are looking at schools that we would not even have considered before that occured.</p>
<p>USN chief - my son is also planning on majoring in Mech Eng. He has a 3.37gpa, 1790 SAT (720math, 660CR and 600 WR) He is an Eagle Scout and so has many hours of community service thru scouts and camping, etc activities and has worked part time for 3 years. We live in Mass. </p>
<p>Accepted:
UMass Lowell
Roger Williams</p>
<p>Applied, still waiting to hear:
WPI EAII
RIT RD
UConn RD
UMass Amherst EA
UNH EA
URI EA
Western New England</p>
<p>Is going to apply to RPI (deadline is 1/15)</p>
<p>My son’s 1st choice is UConn. He spent a week there last summer attending an Exploring engineering program for high school students. From what I have gathered from attending a couple of programs at UConn they are putting a lot of money into the school (renovating building, building new buildings, hiring more faculty, also a tech park is being built right next to the campus which will help with internships and research opportunities).</p>
<p>Have you looked into some of the schools that offer both liberal arts and engineering (Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, Villanova, Swarthmore and Union)?</p>
<p>*1980 SAT
10char</p>
<p>USN, did he consider Case Western Reserve? Deadline is Jan 15.</p>
<p>I am surprised by his Purdue result as well.</p>
<p>ConfusedMamaMA > Have you visited UMass-Lowell? I am thinking about driving down there with my son this weekend to see the campus. We might extend the drive out and go take a look at UMass Amherst and Western New England University.</p>
<p>I thought about Lehigh, Lafayette, and Bucknell but am worried that they are more Liberal Arts oriented and that the Engineering Departments more of an afterthought extension of their Sciences programs. And of course…the cost. I dont thi k that with the 3.5 GPA we would qualify for merit awards.</p>
<p>I have heard both good and bad about Case Western Reserve. One of the compelling stories that I have read is that Case Western Reserve graduates hav some of the highest student debts in the country.</p>
<p>USN, where I live, the engineering at both Lehigh and Lafayette are well regarded and I know successful engineers who graduated from both. They are both well established programs.</p>
<p>Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using CC</p>
<p>Lehigh deadline has already passed. Taking a closer look at Lafayette</p>
<p>USNChief-Yes, we have been to Lowell (we live only about 25 min away). The eng dept is well respected in this area. They have traditionally been a commuter campus and are trying to become a residential campus. They have bought up a lot of property around them and are building new buildings (a beautiful new sciences building is opening soon). But it is not a nice, enclosed campus feel. Lowell is getting better but it is an industrial mill city that is trying to reuse the beautiful old mill buildings. </p>
<p>If you go to Western New England would be interested in your thoughts. We applied there as a safety, too but have not been to visit yet.</p>
<p>Son with 3.5 GPA (UW) and 2010 SAT (720 CR / 680 M / 610 W)
Class rank at end of Junior year was 54 of 200.
Excellent Music EC (Multiple Honors), Sports (Track), Key Club, Community Service.</p>
<p>5 Honors and AP Math courses including AP Calculus (AB & BC) and AP Statistics. Aslo Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry.</p>
<p>ISO Mechanical Engineering program.</p>
<p>Wants - Nice campus, good social scene, student organizations and clubs, internship opportunities, New England or bordering states, positive interaction with professors and advisors, liberal atmosphere</p>
<p>Does Not Want - Hyper-competitive culture, party culture, rundown campus, disconnected professsors, anti-social student culture, conservative culture</p>
<p>Updated List</p>
<p>Applied -
Purdue University - EA - Denied (Program Competitiveness)
University of Maine - EA - awaiting notification
University of Maryland College Park - EA - awaiting notification
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) - EAII - awaiting notification</p>
<p>Considering -
Northeastern - leaning yes
University of Massachusetts - Lowell - neutral
University of Massachusetts - Amherst - leaning no
Western New England University - leaning yes
University of West Haven - leaning no
Clarkson - leaning yes
Lafayette - leaning no</p>
<p>Considered but rejected -
University of New Hampshire - visited and just not that impressed - comparable schools available for lower cost, music hall poorly maintained
Stevens Institute of Technology - distance and poor student reviews
Tufts - visited and loved it, small engineering department, low chance of acceptance
Vanderbilt - may not fit into school culture
Alfred University - too small and remote
Renssalear Polytechnic Institute - student culture, location, poor student reviews about campus life
Rochester Institute of Technology - student culture, location, poor student reviews about campus life
North Carolina State - location, entrance competitiveness</p>
<p>I’m replying about MomofCAgirl above. My daughter has very similar stats and we did not get any merit aid at all!! Life is so unfair 
oh well, maybe institutional aid during fafsa round will fall out of the sky and make it possible.</p>