looking for a school that will take a B kid for engineering who has a ton of service hours

[Anonymous]

including doing things like building homes for poor, LDS kid so mission trips, very clearly. Still, building is building? also designing grey water system .

knows about BYU

[Anonymous]

It seems like reasonable answers are smaller schools with high acceptance rates, including some Catholic universities with small programs that might be beneficial.

Does your kid show evidence of aptitude in the math and sciences which will be needed to continue?

What GPA are you talking?

With 3.0 as a floor, you can find state colleges in Michigan (our equivalents of GMU and UMBC) that have engineering. We have a lot of mechanical engineering jobs locally. I believe Ohio is similar. Some of these schools might feel a bit commuter-y but they are able to place kids in jobs.

Sounds like your kid may be interested in civil engineering.

Are there any geographies your kid prefers?

[Anonymous]

Arizona state, UT Dallas. And there are plenty more.

[Anonymous]

My low stats, high EC/community service kid was accepted by Rose Hulman, WPI, and Clarkson.

[Anonymous]

You need to think about whether your kid will make it through engineering school. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:including doing things like building homes for poor, LDS kid so mission trips, very clearly. Still, building is building? also designing grey water system .

knows about BYU

With a huge amount of demonstrated interest, Lafayette or Bucknell. Also look at Fairfield. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Utah State in Logan is a good option for an LDS kid. And look into USU's Space Dynamics Laboratory -- which is mostly in Logan but does have a small contingent of folks in metro DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:including doing things like building homes for poor, LDS kid so mission trips, very clearly. Still, building is building? also designing grey water system .

knows about BYU

Unless you want posters spewing out random schools, some specifics might be helpful. Do you have a budget? Test scores? Is a B average a 2.8 or 3.4? Geographical preference? Public/private? School size? Urban, suburban or rural? Conservative/liberal institution?

[Anonymous]

If he’s getting Bs because that’s pretty much the best he can do academically then he shouldn’t be considering engineering because it isn’t for him.

[Anonymous]

JMU out of state?
York college in PA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to think about whether your kid will make it through engineering school. Seriously.

I disagree. But the kid described should avoid an engineering program with deliberate weed-out classes.

That would rule out ODU and VT, in Virginia, for example. Fine schools, but both have intentional weed out classes.

Everyone here will disagree, but I would at least apply to UVa Engineering if in state. UVa would place some admissions weight on those kinds of service projects. UVa is small and more supportive and has a high graduation rate in engineering for students who start in engineering.

Depending in student's intended major within engineering, consider CNU and GMU and UMBC.

[Anonymous]

The U seems like an obvious

[Anonymous]

Kettering

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he’s getting Bs because that’s pretty much the best he can do academically then he shouldn’t be considering engineering because it isn’t for him.

silly statement

[Anonymous]

Some Jesuit schools have engineering and like students with a background in service. Loyola MD comes to mind. Good merit money too.