Engineering/CS at a LAC

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell, Lafayette, Union. All pricy but good.

Union is a great option for someone like this

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Anonymous wrote:Mudd obviously. But it would be a reach.

No chance. Way below the 25th percentile score.

A lot of schools are test optional this year.

Fair point but I’d imagine you would need an absurd application. Just trying to keep it realistic. HM is a huge reach for nearly everyone. 4.4 weighted had better be nearly all A’s in a highly rigorous course load.

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Anonymous wrote:Dumb to attend a LAC for Eng/CS.

Yes, unless you want a sound, well-rounded education.

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Anonymous wrote:Dumb to attend a LAC for Eng/CS.

Mudd says hi!

[Anonymous]

Swarthmore - a reach, but could be test optional this year. + girls have an advantage for engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:Smith. Probably a reach with the SAT?

I don’t believe that Smith has engineering.

Not only does Smith have an engineering program but it just won an international competition to design an easily built ventilator. https://www.smith.edu/news/smithvent

[Anonymous]

Cooper Union isn’t quite the bill but might be worth a look.

Olin College might be a reach but is phenomenal for engineering.

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What does she like about LACs? What about a small engineering school like Case Western?

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We started her search with the same ideas but soon realized that the smaller LACs don't have the variety of classes or labs. Our daughter ended up a public Uni so she could take advantage the vast opportunities and money. Internship opportunities were so disappointing at LACs.

She visited and had a great interview with Mudd but the size was too small.

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I would not recommend a SLAC for CS/Engineering. I went to one for science and you are restricted by limited offerings and resources. No way can a small school match the courses, robotics teams, research opportunities of a big school like Michigan or Cornell. And you won’t get the variety of professors either.

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Plenty of reasons to recommend small school engineering programs. My niece did engineering at Swarthmore (and a semester at Mudd, I believe) and ended up doing grad work MIT, so clearly they see the value. I think MIT is the most common destination.

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of reasons to recommend small school engineering programs. My niece did engineering at Swarthmore (and a semester at Mudd, I believe) and ended up doing grad work MIT, so clearly they see the value. I think MIT is the most common destination.

Sure, if your plan is to go to grad school, but if not, I would not do small SLAC for CS.

MIT will take undergrads from SLAC, of course. But, if your destination is the job market just out of college, I don't think SLACs for CS is your best bet.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not recommend a SLAC for CS/Engineering. I went to one for science and you are restricted by limited offerings and resources. No way can a small school match the courses, robotics teams, research opportunities of a big school like Michigan or Cornell. And you won’t get the variety of professors either.

Smaller schools come with different advantages that larger schools lack like small classes, connections with professors, and research opprotunities from the very first semester, zero or minimal competition with grad students for opportunities, tight knit and very loyal alumni networks, Etc.

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Tell me more about her.
Would she be happy at a male heavy technical school? Would she prefer a sports atmosphere? Is she a girly girl that would love greek life?

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Anonymous wrote:Smith. Probably a reach with the SAT?

I don’t believe that Smith has engineering.

Smith should have engineering. It’s one of few LACs that does.