Small, safety engineering school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rose-Hulman, Kettering, WPI (low target apply EA).

For WPI, I know boys with same GPA (3.5; weighted 4.0) (higher SATs, but they won't look at them) who were WL, so I think a girl with that GPA applying EA has a pretty good shot.

[Anonymous]

Would need to boost SAT and GPA a little but Lehigh might be a good option. Small school, nice calm location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would need to boost SAT and GPA a little but Lehigh might be a good option. Small school, nice calm location.

Not for engineering or hard sciences unless she is okay with high pressure weed out classes where the class average on exams might be a 40 or 50. Granted, the professors will curve but it’s tough to sweat it out wondering if a 40 will really be a B. Lehigh prides itself on “rigor.” It’s a great school for business, pretty good for arts and sciences, but you need to be a masochist to subject yourself to Lehigh STEM. Yes, the rewards post-graduation are great, but the hoops needed to jump through to get there are not for the feint of heart.

[Anonymous]

Fairfield University could be a good fit.

[Anonymous]

University of San Diego. No bar to switching to engineering if you apply to another major.

[Anonymous]

Check out Merrimack College in Andover MA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMBC
Towson
VA Tech
ODU

private:

Clarkson
Lehigh
Bates


BTW, lots of students think they want to do engineering but then find out they don't. There is something called information systems that is the business side of science (computer science though) and it's a good alternate to engineering if it does not work out.

Lehigh, VT and Bates are high reaches. Bates also does not have an engineering degree, just 5 year dual degree program.

UMBC, ODU and Clarkson are good.

Add WPI and Union as high targets

Maybe add Manhattan College, Marquette and York College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t be a mechanical engineer with a 1280 sat unless your math sat is 680+. Better to be 730+

What about project management in engineering? Or business management in engineering?

My son proves you wrong ( and I am sure many others)!

100% thank you for calling them out. SAT scores mean very little these days, I think the more important question is what math sequence has your daughter taken, is it the highest the school offers ? How has she done in those classes. I think that is a much better indicator, especially if she has done with in AP Calc AB/BC, than some a SAT/ACT score. That is only 1 piece of the puzzle. I'm sure you can google other small engineering schools - I haven't looked recently at the stats - but Rose-Hulman jumps to mind, Olin School of Engineering, I also believe Union College, and I thought there were a few other smaller engineering schools in the Midwest (Milwaukee School of Engineering). I'm sure you can do more research. A big advantage is engineering schools need women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette for a target/ low reach and Rose Hulman is the obvious choice for a safety. I assume she has Olin on her list for a reach.

Olin would be a very high reach with those stats, I think.

Lafayette and RH would not be targets/safety either. Those would be more reach and low reach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMBC
Towson
VA Tech
ODU

private:

Clarkson
Lehigh
Bates


BTW, lots of students think they want to do engineering but then find out they don't. There is something called information systems that is the business side of science (computer science though) and it's a good alternate to engineering if it does not work out.

VA Tech engineering is extremely difficult to get into. Not a safety for even high stat students.

Her stats are in the green-ish (60/40) for our school for VA Tech. My son got in with a little bit higher GPA but lower test score.

[Anonymous]

What about RIT? Tons of tech related majors, nice city, and good school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMBC
Towson
VA Tech
ODU

private:

Clarkson
Lehigh
Bates


BTW, lots of students think they want to do engineering but then find out they don't. There is something called information systems that is the business side of science (computer science though) and it's a good alternate to engineering if it does not work out.

VA Tech engineering is extremely difficult to get into. Not a safety for even high stat students.

Her stats are in the green-ish (60/40) for our school for VA Tech. My son got in with a little bit higher GPA but lower test score.

That honestly shocks me. My son has a 3.7 UW and a 35 ACT (36 on Science, 35 math for a 36 STEM composite score) and I was under the impression that he has almost 0 chance of getting into VT engineering.

[Anonymous]

Swarthmore is a small LAC with Engineering. But not a safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colorado School of Mines could be a good fit.

Not a safety.

No, but they are trying very hard to increase the number of women on campus.

NP. Worth a try, however Mines also has a reputation for being easy to get in, but hard to get through, not exactly a nurturing environment.

[Anonymous]

OP, while probably not a safety with those stats, look at Gonzaga. Engineering classes are small.

Also, this link may help with looking at program size for various schools https://shinyapps.asee.org/apps/Profiles/