Class of '07, Where Are You Applying?
 

Well the class of '06 did it. Now it's our turn.

So, Class of 2007...Where are you applying?

I'm applying at (in order of preference):
Clarkson University(Early Decision...if my parents let me)
Florida Institute of Technology
University of Central Florida
Rochester Institute of Technology
MIT (My mom is making me)

Major: Computer Engineering
Minor: Business

After that I'm going to get a degree in teaching, but I'll worry about that later :-D

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Cedarville Univ.
Univ. of Findlay
??? (various Ivy Leagues so I can say that I got accepted, if I do)
Not sure

I want to Major in Bio so I can get into vet school - I want to work with horses

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Clarkson University (No, not because Michelle wants to go there)
George Washington University (my brother ['94] and sister ['98] both went there...)
Purdue University
University of Central Florida (Yay for backups)
University of Illinois
University of Rochester
Washington University - St. Louis (where my brother is currently a law professor)

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My list is not for engineering, i plan on pursuing another science.

Hartwick College(probably early decision)
Elmira College
Union College
University of Rochester (because i got the Bausch & Lomb Award)

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Yay! my turn! I'm probably gonna study Mechanical Engineering, and maybe minor in accounting or some other business degree

Where I'm definetly Applying:
Drexel University
Catholic University of America
University of Dayton (happy Joe?)
Clarkson University
Rutgers (New Brunswick, and probably my safety)

Others I still have to consider heavily but have no clue where to put them:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Northeastern University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Manhattan College

Just a tid bit of advice for all you underclassmen out there, if you haven't yet, go to a few schools and request some info, don't go to the Ivy Leagues, look at some of the smaller schools, like many of those I've listed and many others have too.

And for historical purposes:
Class of 06
Class of 05
Class of 04
Class of 03
Class of 02

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Where am I planning on applying?

Purdue (FRC 461 1646 1747)
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (aka IUPUI) (FRC 234 1024)
Ball State University (FRC 1720)
Northwestern of Ohio (Raceteam, yes, it's a class)
Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne (aka IPFW) (FRC 1022)
Indiana University (yes, against my will) (FRC 1272)

Major: Technical Education
Minor: Motorsports Marketing (I might flip flop my major and minor.)

(As you can tell, I also want to be a college mentor)

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Virginia Tech (Compsci)
Florida State University (amazing engineering programs)
JMU(party for my first two years before transferring to VT)
MIT (lolol funnay)

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I am surprised on the amount of people applying for Rochester area.

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Good luck to the class of 07!

Just to note, if you know where you're going or think you know where you want to apply, great, but if you have no idea, don't feel like you're behind the curve, you just need more time. I have to say in August of my senior year I had no intention to go to Virginia Tech, where I am now, with the intention of studying electrical engineering.

Keep your options open. Even if you're not sure, don't put it off, but work extra hard to get information about schools that even spark your interest a little bit. Visit schools, visit schools, visit schools. No amount of promotional literature can give you the true atmosphere of the school, pay it a visit. Keep up with the deadlines, they'll be here faster than you think!

Keep those grades up, keep your options open, and good luck, you'll do fine!

-Chris
Class of 2010, Virginia Tech

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These are the schools I'm thinking of applying to. They are all very different but each have something I really like.

Franklin W. Olin college of Engineering
University of Pennsylvania (early)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cooper Union
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Stanford University
Carnegie Mellon University
Deep Springs College (just kidding :ahh: )

(This is still a very early list that will probably change in the coming months.)

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Well, I've been waiting for this thread since I joined CD. And now that it's here...I don't know what to reply with! :ahh: I'll let you guys know when I have a more finalized list, though.

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wow i cant believe the time is almost near to send in those applications...

Albright College
Hofstra University
Champlain College
Westfield State College
Central Connecticut State University

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(In order of my perogative)

Carnegie Mellon
Penn State (Double yay for backups)
RIT?

(The next two I'm applying for, but I'll have to finish the cold fusion flying car before I submit the application)

MIT
Franklin Olin College

Majoring in Mechanical Engineering, perhaps with a generous sprinkling of Computer Science to back up any hopes of a career in robotics.

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Good luck to all of you with college aps. Don't be afraid to ask for advice, to ask for people to proofread essays or even just give you a nudge in the right direction.

Remember, scholarships scholarships scholarships!!! Tuition is sky-high...you will probably need one or two.

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UMich
MIT(possible early action)
Cornell(possible early decision), I really like this school
Columbia
NYU
Harvard
Stanford
Rutgers (New Brunswick)
Caltec
UPenn
Northwestern
U Maryland
Johns Hopkins
Duke
UC Berkeley
London School of Economics

An ambitious list, but I figured I worked hard through high school so I might as well apply to a lot of schools. Good luck to all applying this year.

Edit/

Possible Majors: Mechanical Engineering and/or Finance
Possible Minor: Applied Mathematics

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why? Everyone wants to come to Rochester to hang out with you muscles....

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If I have one piece of advice to give to the Class of 2011, here it is: Start your essays early! If you wait until school starts and the homework starts piling on, you will be even less motivated to work on them! Make these last few days of summer count! Then when you are done sending out the applications and have to start working on scholarship essays, it won't seem nearly as bad.

That being said, I should probably be packing instead of posting on CD. It turns out it's really hard to fit your whole life on a 20gb iPod.

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Summer? What is this summer thing you speak of? I've been in school for 2 and a half weeks :ahh: already! Today my technical teacher did the annual "Senior Field trip" where he brings us up to the front office to fill out applications for appointments with the county's financial aid advisers.

Rochester is awesome!! It's only 4 hours north of my family that lives in NY. It's my "NY Safety" school, in case Clarkson doesn't work out, like UCF is my "FL Safety" if FIT doesn't work out :-D

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After observing the senior year process for a few go rounds, I think a survival kit should be given out containing these items:
bumpers
safety goggles
crash helmets
(in school colors of course)
These are for all the looming deadlines that zoom in from every direction.

I also think seniors going through the process should be given daily doses of generous smiles and treats of their choice. KK's, awful-awfuls, White Castles, and chocolate chip cookies come to mind.

Feel free to share the crash helmets with your loved ones. Snacks, too... :)
Rock on '07

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I'm probably applying to (in some order):

• WPI
• Rose-Hulman Institute
• University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
• Michigan Tech

BTW, am I a "transfer student" if I'm dual-enrolling?

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No, you are not. I have taken several engineering courses while I was in high school as dual enrollment (also some summer programs). They trasfer the credit as college credits once you graduate from high school. Also, please make sure you have got the credits under you name once you start college (some college might not accept the credits you have, so you might want to check on that too).

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1 Triangle Tech
2 PTI(Pittsburgh Technical Institute)

I'm am going for Mechanical, and or Architectal Drafting (CAD)

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oooh...scaary thread...I don't even want to think about it, I have so much to get done in the next 4 months. That being said, I'm applying to mostly liberal arts colleges that have a strength in engineering, in order to keep all my options open. Then there's the "if-i-make-it-in-here-god-i-will-love-you", and the "thank-you-for-being-on-the-common-app" schools.

And in the words of ;)

/EDIT: Major: Aero Engineering
Minor: Chinese

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well i knew that from day 1, other then that. sweet.

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Good luck Class of 07. Thanks for posting your lists here, I have been looking for more engineering colleges to apply to. Here is my list ( in order of preference):

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.- Daytona Beach
Purdue Univ.
Florida Institute of Technology or Georgia Tech ( they are tied right now)

Major: Aerospace Engineering
Minor: Maybe Aero. electronics, Mechanical, or Business Management

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In no particular order:

Rose-Hulman
Caltech
Oregon State University
Carnegie Mellon Uni.
Brigham Young University

I have too many possible majors and/or minors - computer engineering, physics, mathematics, chemical engineering, economics...

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U of Mich GO Blue
or
Mich Tech

Wow I feel that my list is really short. :D

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We'll see how I do getting in, but here are some I'm aiming for

Definite (in rough order of preference):
Caltech (EA)
MIT (EA)
Olin
Wash U in St. Louis
Harvey Mudd

Possible additions:
FIT, WPI, RIT, RPI

Edit:
Major: Mechanical and/or Aerospace Engineering
Minor: Robotics

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University: Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI
Degree: Computer Science and Mathematics

If I don't get enough aid, I will probably knock out the gen ed requirements at Washtenaw Community College for a couple years and then transfer over.

My concern is less with the college I goto and more with what the heck I am going to do with the knowledge I obtain in four years. My older sister who graduated in 2002 is going through those thoughts right now, so I'm starting to think about it now so by the time I either get out of Washtenaw or LTU I will know where to go from there.

Clueless with a strategy to get out of cluelessness... (I wonder if that is self-contradictory, I dunno).

-Joe

PS: I am fairly disappointed that the thread is not titled "Class of '007, where are you applying?" Especially when the well known James Bond number in a year only shows up once a millenium. :rolleyes: *tsk* *tsk* (this is just joking, but still...)

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Milwaukee School of Engineering
University of Wisconsin - Platteville

I am definitly leaning towards the first one.

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This process can be a stressful one, but if you dont rush to finish everything at once, you should be fine. I would suggest that you consider looking for non binding early action programs at the schools that you really become interested in. If you get into a school you want early, that can save you the headache of applying to many more schools to try and guarantee an acceptance. I applied early to both WPI and RPI, and got into both before Christmas. I had my aid package back from WPI before the deadline for my financial safety school (UNH), so I didn't even have to apply. It was short and simple, and saved me the nightmare of filling out many long applications. As my sig indicates...I chose RPI.

As a student at Rensselaer (RPI), I feel that I should put in a good word for the Institute, since it seems to be notably absent from many application lists on this thread. Rensselaer is a top notch engineering school (we just made the "New Ivy" list), and we do have a FIRST program here, for all those who wish to continue on in FIRST through mentoring. I highly encourage you to consider Rensselaer in your search for colleges. If anyone has any questions about RPI, I'd be glad to answer them to the best of my ability (I have just started as a freshman, so I am still learning a lot about the Institute).

Best of luck to the class of 2007!

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Top 4:
Emory University - I have been in love with it since i was in 5th grade, and my mom is an employee so a free tution doesnt hurt either
Georgia Tech- one of the best engineering schools right next to home/is home for 6 weeks
Stevens Institute- Amazing program
University of Alabama at Birmingham- I was accepted, but my eye is on their Early Medical School Acceptance Program

Other:
CMU
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Dartmouth

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Top Choices:

1. CalTech
2. CMU
3. UMich
4. GTech

Then (No perticular order):

5. U Illinois (UC)
6. U Cal Berkeley
7. UCLA
8. NYU
9. Rutgers
10. BU
11. Cornell?

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Well folks, I just got accepted at Purdue today, so that's where I will be!

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For me, in order...

Northeastern University (early action)
University at Buffalo (early action)
University of Rochester
Penn State
Clarkson UNiversity --> i guess you could call this my safety school :confused:
University of New Hampshire
Rochester Institute of Technology

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I'm glad to hear from someone who suggests RPI. They're currently my top choice. The list is (in some sort of selection order):

RPI (early app)
RIT (possible advantage of tuition exchange through my dad's job at Roberts Wesleyan)
Washington U. - St. Louis
LeTourneau University (another possibly free school)
Roberts Wesleyan College (this one's guaranteed free, but I'm only applying because of the parental mandate)

Major: Computer Science - Engineering

Unfortunately, the fact that I could get free tuition at 3 of those on the list hurts my chances of convincing my parents about RPI or Washington. I'm taking a couple courses at Roberts this year and over the summer to get some of the humanities stuff out of the way to try to get a full year out of the way before actually starting my first year, especially if I'll be paying for it.

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Hmm.. since I can't edit my old post, here's my list, in preferential order:

Clarkson University (I am going to be afraid of what this FIRST team will do in two years...)
Washington University - St. Louis (brother is a law professor there)
Purdue University - West Lafayette
George Washington University (brother and sister are alumni)
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champagne
University of Rochester (President is my brother's former dean and a good friend of his)
UCF (backup)

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I just started filling out my RIT Application, included is a section for "Electronic Addresses" including "E-mail Address" and "AOL IM Screen Name".

I'm glad I've currently updated my Screen Name to be more professional (from Gangstersrscary to my name...).

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Well, here it goes, order of preference?

Stanford University
Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame (EA)
Boston College (EA)
NYU
University of Rochester
Purdue
UConn (pretty much necessary for those of us in CT)

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Just one baby...MIT

hmm if I don't get in I think I'm in trouble

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on second thought, college is for softies

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University of Chicago
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
Bates
Purdue
UW Madison
Lafayette
Union College NY
Colgate
St. Olaf

random, I know... but I'm in love with them all!

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University of Queen's
University of Waterloo
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.
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University of Toronto
University of Calgary
(all Canadian Universities)
I am really deciding between Queen's and Waterloo at the moment, looking at Mechanical/Mechatronics Engineering for both.

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RICE University
University of Houston
Northeastern University


Ok... you caught me, Grad School!
(I want that Mechanical Engineering degree afterall. Industrial Engineering isn't bad, but it took me my undergraduate college career to discover how much I enjoy delving into mechanical design. Research interest is robotics and human-robot-interaction. Looking to go all the way with a PhD :yikes: )

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Here's my "list"

-Boston University
-Northeastern University
-UCONN
-Wentworth Institute of Technology
-WPI (maybe)
-RPI (maybe)

I have most of my apps done, just finishing up the essay.

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Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo
Stanford
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara

High five to all the engineers out there!!! :)

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I'm pretty sure I'm going to be applying for Mechanical Engineering...
And this is my final list (I couldn't find any that I wanted to take off, so I'm applying to 10 schools! (actually, I lied, I originally had 13))

-Olin
-Cornell U
-Georgia Tech
-Boston University
-RPI
-Northeastern
-Clarkson
-Embry-Riddle
-UNH
-WPI

Let me tell you, 10 apps is NOT fun... Thank goodness for the Common App!

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Penn State (early decision)
Rowan University
University of Delaware

I'm still looking at other colleges, not that I'll do anything else if I get in Penn State.

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No one applying to Virginia Commonwealth U? They are FIRST-friendly. They have two FIRST scholarships (one is the Karl Linn Memorial scholarship).

This past summer, we had our first team member with a FIRST Scholarship graduate (magna cum laude) from VCU in mechanical engineering - Christina Rodi. WOO HOO! She and Karl co-founded our team.

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Well, all my applications are done and I finally decided on applying to 3 schools

-Wentworth Institute of Technology
-Northeastern University
-UCONN (like Alex said, pretty much a must for us CT folk)

The benefits for me are Northeastern and Wentworth are right next to each other and they both offer Co-op. Co-op is pretty much the reason why I want to go to both. If I decide I dont like engineering and want to do something else, it will be easy for me to change my mind.

Also, these colleges offer a "fenway" deal thingy where you can attend classes at other schools.

The decision will really pretty much be based on how much money I get to which school. I really dont want to go to UCONN (it is a great engineering school, dont get me wrong!) because its 20 minutes from my house.

Hopefully I'll be in the bean next year!

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My final list was also three schools long, so here it is:

Northeastern University
University at Buffalo
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Clarkson University

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Well I can say all my college applications are done and sent away as of about 2 weeks ago! :D Thank goodness. But as a CT student I didnt apply to UCONN..a suprise from most of my friends. However as of last night i got an acceptance phone call from one of my top colleges in PA! So 1 down 4 to go! Good Luck to everyone else out there!

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I have applied to:
Rutgers
NJIT
Rowan
Penn State
Drexel
NYIT
SUNY StoneyBrook
Northeastern
WPI
Embry-Riddle - Daytona

Major: Computer Engineering

I have gotten into Rutgers Engineering, Drexel Engineering, NJIT and Embry Riddle

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Olin is the way to go
backup - UT Austin and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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I've completed applications for:
Uconn
Rochester Institute of Technology
Wentworth
UMass Amherst

Computer engineering or physics major, still haven't made up my mind :ahh:

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I applied to a few colleges:
Georgia Tech
University of Florida
Virginia Tech
RPI
Cornell

but thankfully I got in to my #1 choice, Carnegie Mellon, so I don't need to worry about those anymore.
w00t, w00t!!

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Haha thanks Conor!

I'll applied and was accepted to Brown University's Program In Liberal Medical Education (8 year combined undergrad & medical program).

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Hey dirtbag, you forgot Dartmouth! Remember...the school for which I'm spending hours writing this peer recommendation for!

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(in no particular order)

Stanford
Duke
MIT
WPI
Penn State
UC Berkely
UCLA
UC Davis
Boston U
CalTech
Cornell
Harvard
Johns Hopkins

I want to major in Biomedical engineering. But I'm not eager to hear the replies. Good luck to everyone in Class of '07!

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Have fun Neil! Any plans for when you get out in...2015?

Anyway here is my personal update
Applied to:

1. University of Dayton
2. Drexel University
3. Catholic University of America

Major: Mechanical Engineering
(hopeful Minor: Accounting)

I was accepted at University of Dayton a week ago or so, it's my top choice. But I'm curious to see what the other schools say.

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To anyone applying for Embry-Riddle Daytona, you might want to look at the message on their Home Page.

While listening to the news today, I heard it was something like 25 planes that were destroyed with many other damaged.

Best of luck to all applying, my applications are going out after the first of the year (I'm probably going to apply to Embry, just becuase they send me endless amounts of information)