#safety school recommendations for engineering student

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mystic portal
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what the title says. i have a pretty solid list for everything else already, but i just want some more options of schools to research and possibly add to my list as safeties.

location/region: city or suburbs, preferably. i live in the bay area.

major: computer engineering (cse)

gpa: 3.9 unweighted, 4.3 weighted. both will go higher when i send in transcripts from outside institutions (i've taken several ap courses and community college courses outside of school). sat 1590, act 35.

curriculum: i would love schools with good undergraduate research programs, but no other specific requirements in mind as of now

size: large, 10k+. if they're not that big, list them anyway, i just want to hear about schools that i can do research on.

costs: not a major concern rn, i'll look into the prices once i'm definitely considering applying to them

currently looking at: the schools i had listed as safeties in my list originally were rit, suny buffalo, and asu. but rit and suny buffalo really aren't completely safeties (~70% acceptance). i'm looking for options that are more closer to a guaranteed admission that i'd actually love to go to.

thanks so much!!

fallow gull
deep saffron
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ASU

mystic portal
rich radish
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Kettering University is a tad small, but I can attest to the quality of the computer engineering program

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recently graduated from there with a Computer Engineering degree and currently work as an embedded software engineer

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One of the graduation requirements is having to defend a research thesis your senior year

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And another is doing at least 5 co-ops (8 are baked into the 4 year plan of study)

mystic portal
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ooh this is definitely a good option, i’ll keep it in mind thank you

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my size requirement isn’t rigid, i just have a really large high school so i wanted a large college class so it felt like a bigger environment yk

rich radish
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the merit and need based aid is also fairly decent

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and they dont count your co-op income when calculating aid

mystic portal
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but everything else looks great with kettering so i’ll keep it in mind

rich radish
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I know plenty of folks who graduated debt free by working mad overtime during co-op terms

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like one of my MechE buddies who worked 50-60 hours a week during work terms

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but yeah, if you have any Kettering or general CompE questions, feel free to reach out!

potent harness
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cu boulder, i guarantee you'll get in but maybe not directly into school of engineering but youll have a really good shot at that as well

fallow gull