engineering school for B+ student?

[Anonymous]

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

Yes.

I am guessing "development" above means Civil Engineering. Civil is less popular than ECE or AeroE at the moment. By the way, that middle sentence above would be a good basis for a E School application essay.

[Anonymous]

Trinity College? Not sure how selective Trinity is, but I heard it's one of the few liberal arts schools with stem/engineering.

[Anonymous]

OP, your kid's SATs are high enough and grades are good enough to get into a bunch of schools.

So you have the luxury of being able to add some criteria to your shopping list.

1) Price
2) Campus location (state, rural/urban)
3) School fit (social characteristics)
4) Where your kid wants to work after graduation

Your kid should do some reading about schools. Then make a list. Then you two can ask DCUM if the list is realistic and how to maximize chance of acceptance and merit/financial aid.

Right now we will all just be listing the schools we know of and believe are solid. But there are many, many of them.

Side thought...maybe your kid wants to attend a school that is strong in international business or non-profit management as well. So they can leverage the classwork or alumni connections or school reputation while working overseas.

[Anonymous]

Consider Purdue. Stats enough for Purdue engineering other than CS.

OOS tuition is much cheaper than many flagships.

[Anonymous]

private school.

92 average (no weighting at the school and our gpa is weird, we have ap and honors and regular - and they're not always in a tier - some classes only have regular, some AP/regular, some honors, some regular not honors or AP).

Hoping AP PreCalc is a 5 which might be meaningful.

civiil engineering

I think jesuit would be good fit, but I dont want to limit anything now.

doesnt want greek heavy

northeast or midwest preferred. medium size but open. will need FA but our finances are heavy in retirement and low on assets outside retirement so maybe that's helpful

[Anonymous]

If interested in Jesuit schools (or other Catholic) you would likely get merit scholarships at places like Dayton, Marquette and SLU. They all have civil. Villanova and Santa Clara would be a little reachy, but possible, especially if you apply early and emphasize the service interest. And the Catholic schools usually have less of a Greek focus, although some do have Greek houses. Not all schools that have engineering offer civil, so be sure to check. Also make sure they are ABET programs and ask about how their students do in the FE exam. At the front of the Fiske guide there are lists of large/small schools broken down by their strength in majors and you can find a list of schools there with engineering to get started.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:private school.

92 average (no weighting at the school and our gpa is weird, we have ap and honors and regular - and they're not always in a tier - some classes only have regular, some AP/regular, some honors, some regular not honors or AP).

Hoping AP PreCalc is a 5 which might be meaningful.

civiil engineering

I think jesuit would be good fit, but I dont want to limit anything now.

doesnt want greek heavy

northeast or midwest preferred. medium size but open. will need FA but our finances are heavy in retirement and low on assets outside retirement so maybe that's helpful

You can pull from retirement or state school. Most will want calc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:private school.

92 average (no weighting at the school and our gpa is weird, we have ap and honors and regular - and they're not always in a tier - some classes only have regular, some AP/regular, some honors, some regular not honors or AP).

Hoping AP PreCalc is a 5 which might be meaningful.

civiil engineering

I think jesuit would be good fit, but I dont want to limit anything now.

doesnt want greek heavy

northeast or midwest preferred. medium size but open. will need FA but our finances are heavy in retirement and low on assets outside retirement so maybe that's helpful

You can pull from retirement or state school. Most will want calc.

doing Calc senior year.

I can pull from retirement, just saying the NPCs right now all look affordable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:private school.

92 average (no weighting at the school and our gpa is weird, we have ap and honors and regular - and they're not always in a tier - some classes only have regular, some AP/regular, some honors, some regular not honors or AP).

Hoping AP PreCalc is a 5 which might be meaningful.

civiil engineering

I think jesuit would be good fit, but I dont want to limit anything now.

doesnt want greek heavy

northeast or midwest preferred. medium size but open. will need FA but our finances are heavy in retirement and low on assets outside retirement so maybe that's helpful

Holy Cross!

[Anonymous]

I would avoid 3-2 programs

[Anonymous]

A PP. My friend who is a devout Catholic and is also a wealth advisor/financial planner is sending her older kid to Marquette (out of state for them). This followed on a prestige Catholic boy's high school.

They wanted a smaller school with more personalized attention. Marquette is working out great so far. The kid enjoys the program and is having success at lining up internships.

[Anonymous]

I think there are some great recommendations here. I just want to say that it's really cool that your kid is already interested in international development. And there is a looming shortage of civil engineers, so that is a solid choice. With their interests and strong service work, they might be a stronger applicant than their grades suggest.

-- Aerospace engineer

[Anonymous]

Here is a link to all ABET-accredited civil engineering programs in the U.S. You can further narrow it down by state, or search for other engineering disciplines.

https://amspub.abet.org/aps/category-search?disciplines=15&countries=US" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://amspub.abet.org/aps/category-search?disciplines=15&countries=US

[Anonymous]

Penn State and Georgia Tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Mine with very similar profile got into both of those.