Similar Schools to Virginia Tech?

[Anonymous]

DC is a Junior and we just vivisted Vrignia Tech a few weeks ago. He loved it. He would like to be an engineer. His grades are decent and he has a good chance of getting in, BUT it is not a slam dunk.

What other schools are out there that have a similar vibe or feel? I am thinking other land grant state schools, but some like Penn State seem so much bigger. Tech is big enough.

Likes:
1) Non-City Campus and a campus where the edges are easily identifiable.
2) University town next to campus.
3) Co-op opportunities
4) Walkable/bikable
5) Decent on campus and off campus housing
6) Themed on-campus housing. DC liked the option of an "Engineering dorm".
7) Good engineering school and decent hard sciences

[Anonymous]

Cornell meets your requirements but it's a big school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cornell meets your requirements but it's a big school

If VT isn't a slkam dunk, Cornell is out of the question.

[Anonymous]

Perdue? Drexel? Georgia Inst. of Technology? (Drexel is in Philly though). Look at Pennsylvania for schools that are more self contained and not urban with that campus community feel. It has a ton and most have an engineering program.

[Anonymous]

Did you try look at College Confidential's website?

[Anonymous]

^^ LOOKING

[Anonymous]

Missouri University of Science and Technology
University of Illinois
Purdue University
Colorado School of Mines
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

[Anonymous]

Penn State. U of Arizona. UT Austin.

[Anonymous]

Lehigh, Carnegie-Mellon (in Pittsburgh but doesn't seem urban), University of Rochester,

[Anonymous]

Carnegie Mellon is a (very) top Engineering school. Extremely competitive and not super undergrad friendly, I would not steer a borderline engineering major there, it is setting up for failure and can be a tough place to be.

[Anonymous]

South Carolina Columbia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carnegie Mellon is a (very) top Engineering school. Extremely competitive and not super undergrad friendly, I would not steer a borderline engineering major there, it is setting up for failure and can be a tough place to be.

CMU is very urban and very competitive for engineering.

[Anonymous]

DS has similar interests and is looking at U Delaware, U Michigan, Clemson, U Georgia and Purdue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS has similar interests and is looking at U Delaware, U Michigan, Clemson, U Georgia and Purdue.

and Indiana, Illinoiis and Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

My in state nephew did not get into Tech and chose Purdue for engineering. I don't know if it meets your son's criteria, but nephew and his parents are pleased.