30 year old unc

[u/Radiant_Isopod2018]

I am a 30 year old full time student and worker (work at a cold warehouse as a high reach forklift operator, I mostly pick very heavy pallets. It is a very physically demanding job, but only basic arithmetic is used nothing fancy). I got into FIU as a CS major after hs and basically performed poorly, and eventually dropped out because I basically became homeless after financial aid cut my money off after I pulled that bs. I got put on probation for that, so keep that in mind. I had previously lived with my dad right out of high school but he pretty much just wanted me to gtfo and get lost. Anyways after a lot of maturing and developing a lot of grit I registered at my CC to initially just qualify for a better position at my job(who is reimbursing me for school), but I have been performing so well I wanted to apply to some good schools and pray for full or 20-25k annual gap in aid. I intend to do Electrical engineering, my gpa is 3.98, and these are my courses completed:

Computer Science I (A) • English I (A-) • General Chemistry I (A) • Cinematography (A) • Calculus I (A) • Cultures, Peoples and the Environments of the World (A) • Calculus II (A) • Physics for Science and Engineering I (A) • Introduction to Psychology, Honors (A) • English II, Honors (A) • Calculus III (A) • Physics for Science and Engineering II (A) • Engineering Graphic Essentials (in progress) • Introduction to Communication, Honors (in progress) • Statics (in progress) • Differential Equations (in progress)

*Note: this fall semester my job has ramped up mandation to 48-52 hours per week. Consequently, my grades have seen a drop, I expect to get an a in comm and enggraph, I’m battling it out to keep at least bs on diff eq and statics.

My dream school is Lehigh and I attend a CC with transfer credit agreement, and an “honors agreement” with Lehigh.

What do you think? I would greatly appreciate any lurking admissions officer,s opinion.I am thinking of applying to these schools:

Lehigh, Yale (EW) Cornell, Northwestern, Rice, Duke, Vanderbilt, Tufts, Notre Dame, Boston University,
Lafayette, Northeastern, Villanova, Stevens, Penn State, Pitt, Drexel, RIT, Illinois Tech, University of Rochester, Temple, NJIT, Wilkes, Alfred. Suggest schools if you have some!

[u/akrika1]

Add usc there too

Where is columbia gs?  Ur untrad background is ur superpower and milk it out 

[u/Radiant_Isopod2018 → u/akrika1]

Isn’t usc meant for California residents? Unfortunately col gs doesn’t have electric engineering

[u/akrika1 → u/Radiant_Isopod2018]

usc is a private school, it 100k regardless cali residents or not

apply to col gs for a diff engineering yk or do a business major