Class of '07, Where Are You Applying?

[slickguy2007]

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.

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

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

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

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

[Greg Marra]

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.

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

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!

Summer? What is this summer thing you speak of? I've been in school for 2 and a half weeks 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.

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

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

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

[JaneYoung]

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

[Astronouth7303]

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?

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

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

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).

[Kyle A]

1 Triangle Tech
2 PTI(Pittsburgh Technical Institute)

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

[Daisy]

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

Originally Posted by Jane the Great

Rock on '07

/EDIT: Major: Aero Engineering
Minor: Chinese

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

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

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

[mikeymike334]

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

[gobeavs]

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...

[savage301]

U of Mich GO Blue
or
Mich Tech

Wow I feel that my list is really short.

[Steve Howland]

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

[JoeXIII'007]

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. *tsk* *tsk* (this is just joking, but still...)