engineering school for B+ student?

[Anonymous]

1450 SAT. Lots and lots of service. Looking to get into engineering for international development kind of stuff. Not aerospace or anything like that.

[Anonymous]

RPI, WPI.

Also look into Steven’s Institute of Technology.

Then there is always in-state.

[Anonymous]

Gonzaga

[Anonymous]

Size? Geographic preference? Pitt, Dayton, Marquette, SLU, Union, RIT, Clarkson, maybe Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, case Western, Santa Clara. For bigger schools WVU, Penn State, Delaware, Boulder

[Anonymous]

Maybe Villanova with the service focus

[Anonymous]

If SAT math ( or equivalent ACT) < 700 than engineering not a good fit

[Anonymous]

How are the GPA and SAT scores distributed? Some of the STEM specific schools will be much more forgiving of low English grades and SAT ERW scores if the math and science are higher, but not for the opposite.

Also is it B+ with lots of weighting? Or B+ with less rigor?

Does he want small or big or something in the middle?

I would prioritize graduating with no debt if that's an issue. So, if you have instate options, I'd start there.

[Anonymous]

In Michigan, where I live, I think your kid would have lots of options with that SAT score and there are lots of local (mechanical, electrical) engineering jobs. Everything but University of Michigan Ann Arbor would be a possibility.

What campus characteristics is your DC open to? Are they interested in urban campuses or the more stereotypical green lawn and brick campuses? What kind of social environment appeals?

Do you think your kid is mainly interested in civil engineering?

Do they want a heavily co-op based program?

[Anonymous]

B+ no weighting. with rigor. takes harder math/science than humanities and so grades are roughly even at B+ math honors and B+ humanities (some ap, some not)

720 math sat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Size? Geographic preference? Pitt, Dayton, Marquette, SLU, Union, RIT, Clarkson, maybe Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, case Western, Santa Clara. For bigger schools WVU, Penn State, Delaware, Boulder

not Santa Clara and maybe not CWRU but agree with rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:B+ no weighting. with rigor. takes harder math/science than humanities and so grades are roughly even at B+ math honors and B+ humanities (some ap, some not)

720 math sat.

Private or public?

[Anonymous]

University of Cincinnati has a great co-op program for engineering also if co-op is of interest. It’s a nice compact campus, but has big sports, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:B+ no weighting. with rigor. takes harder math/science than humanities and so grades are roughly even at B+ math honors and B+ humanities (some ap, some not)

720 math sat.

I am afraid this is confusing me even more.

Can you tell us his UW GPA, weighted if you have it, and the highest level of classes he's taken? You say that his math/science is harder than his humanities, but his math/science is honors and his humanities include AP. I am confused.

[Anonymous]

Some of the engineering specific schools also if they’re ok with that - Rose Hulman, Stevens, CO Mines, RPI, WPI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:B+ no weighting. with rigor. takes harder math/science than humanities and so grades are roughly even at B+ math honors and B+ humanities (some ap, some not)

720 math sat.

Private or public?

If that's a private school B+, also look into Northeastern.