How would you rank these colleges for engineering?
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Anonymous
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Brown
Caltech Chapman University George Washington University Harvard Harvey Mudd Johns Hopkins Loyola Marymount University MIT Princeton Santa Clara University Stanford UMBC UMD - CP USC (California) University of the Pacific |
Anonymous
| What a strange list…waste of anyone’s time to rank a bunch of randomly aggregated schools. |
Anonymous
+1. Engineer family here. Your list makes zero sense OP. You need to do more research and narrow it down yourself. Plus, it depends which kind of engineering. Not to mention, if you were accepted to all of the schools you listed, which is highly (highly) unlikely. You post is too vague. Too trollish. |
Anonymous
| I’m not going to play either. Too many schools - cannot provide any meaningful feedback. |
Anonymous
| Go read the older thread on Engineering Degree. |
Anonymous
| Civil? Structural? Mechanical? Environmental? |
Anonymous
MIT, CalTech, Stanford, Harvey Mudd, and Princeton are all solid options. University of the Pacific is not well regarded. |
Anonymous
| When you ask people to rank, you should probably limit to 5. |
Anonymous
The issue with the ranking type threads is that the proposed schools generally have very little in common, and the significance/value of the proposed comparison would only be known to the OP - not strangers on the internet. These posts are so trollish. |
Anonymous
| I would rank them from best to worst. |
Anonymous
It seems really random, but what they have in common is that except for the two in state schools, they're the schools that offer my kid's sport, and engineering, minus some schools where we think he wouldn't get enough financial aid. Recruitment for his class starts in the summer, and he needs to be ready to make decisions about which coaches he wants to talk to. So, trying to get a sense of which schools are better than our in state options. He'd love to play in college, but only if it means a school that's similar to or better than what he might attend otherwise. |
Anonymous
Mechanical |
Anonymous
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In addition to the concentration, I'd consider other factors like class size, teaching quality, department environment (competitive, intense, collaborative, supportive, gender balance), university environment (diverse perspectives, arts, humanities) grad outcomes. My kid chose Brown as top for these reasons and open curriculum. Also liked Olin and UMD. Would have considered Cal Poly SLO and Mudd if not so far away.
I feel like ranking is too rigid a structure to really assess the best options. With ABET foundation, it's worth considering the whole student. |
Anonymous
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Who puts UMBC, MIT, Brown, GW and Loyola Marymount is the same list for anything, let alone engineering? It’s like randomly grabbing college names out of a bag.
Please explain the thought process behind this list OP. |
Anonymous
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You should do your own ranking based on criteria that matter to you, not listen to a bunch of anonymous people on a message board.
Which schools have programs that interest you? Which are doing research that excites you? What are the opportunities for undergrads with regard to internships? Do any cost significantly less (if that matters)? How do you like the location? What other non-academic factors matter to you? Here's where NASA engineers in one department went to college. https://lesshighschoolstress.com/engineering/ As you can see, people find success from a wide variety of places. |