Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
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DS plays a sport and his coach is telling him to make up a list of schools and start reaching out to coaches. Since we're in Maryland, and since accepting a coach's offer of support would mean giving up a shot at UMD, he's only interested in schools that would be at least roughly similar or better in his chosen field, which is engineering, although he is undecided as to which major.
Any thoughts on which schools on this list meet that criteria? Some are obvious of course. Brown Bucknell Caltech George Washington Harvard Harvey Mudd Johns Hopkins Loyola Marymount MIT Princeton Santa Clara Stanford UC - Berkeley UC - Davis UC - Irvine UCLA UC - Merced UC - San Diego UC - Santa Barbara USC |
Anonymous
| Most of the UC’s are impacted for engineering, which requires a direct admission for the major. Not likely with a d1 sports commitment. |
Anonymous
Thank you! I know that can be an issue at some schools. Cost is also an issue for us there. |
Anonymous
| My son is a sophomore at Santa Clara’s school of engineering and loves it. He is receiving $24k/year in merit aid. They have a brand new $100 million engineering building. It’s all glass, so you can see the heavy equipment/labs from the outside. There are no TA’s. My DC gets a lot of attention. If you are going for merit, request the Bronco rather than Presidential Scholarship. You only need to maintain a 2.0 GPA to keep the Bronco, whereas it’s 3.0 for the other merit aid. From talking to other engineering majors, my son says it’s difficult to maintain a 3.0 GPA. There is no grade inflation at SCU. |
Anonymous
| Just adding, maybe your son will get an athletic scholarship? If so, hopefully the GPA to be maintained is 2.0. Ask about that. |
Anonymous
It's not a sport where large scholarships are common. He's got good stats so far, so we're hoping for a combination of merit and need based aid. |
Anonymous
| MIT, Princeton, Caltech, Berkeley. |
Anonymous
| And Stanford of course |
Anonymous
| Not Harvard or Harvey Mudd? |
Anonymous
| Or JHU? |
Anonymous
| Make sure to ask about whether engineering major is compatible with the sport. |
Anonymous
| Carnegie Melon |
Anonymous
Isn't on the list, because they don't have the specific sport. Which doesn't mean that kid might not look at them, or even attend, but at this point he's just figuring out which coaches to reach out to. |
Anonymous
Bolded ones are equal or better than UMD in engineering in my opinion. |
Anonymous
Agree. USC also has v strong engineering with great recruitment |