Engineering?

[Anonymous]

I saw an earlier thread about engineering schools. But didn't want to restart an old thread.

DS is a junior 3.76, 2130 sat, 32 act. Very strong in AP physics and calc. He likes UMD because of proximity to NASA.

I'm sure he would be annoyed if he found out I was Asking, but any reccomendations?

[Anonymous]

Harvey Mudd

[Anonymous]

His grades are not even close for Harvey Mudd. Maryland sounds good.

[Anonymous]

Pitt, VT, NCST

What's CR/M/W for SAT? 3.76 W or UW?

[Anonymous]

In addition to the usual schools people mention, I'll add University of Delaware, Iowa State, Michigan Tech, Colorado School of Mines.

[Anonymous]

UMD

[Anonymous]

You can get some idea from Naviance. You also need to at least try to narrow down big/small, urban/rural, greek? sports? etc. But often (always?) the engineering department is harder to get into at a college. The stats are not top engineering (MIT, CMU Harvey Mudd), so I'd start looking after that. UD, UMD, PITT, Purdue, VT, etc.

[Anonymous]

770 math, 670 CR, 690 W

[Anonymous]

he also wants a big sports school.

[Anonymous]

His chances are better if he is not white or Asian.

[Anonymous]

he thinks his chsnces are good because he is a white football player! not playing in college, back injury. But he thinks he is in the minority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In addition to the usual schools people mention, I'll add University of Delaware, Iowa State, Michigan Tech, Colorado School of Mines.

Those are good! Also:

Purdue Univeristy
University of Illinois
University of Texas - Austin
University of Washington
Northwestern University
University of British Columbia
McGill University
Missouri University of Science and Technology

[Anonymous]

You mean the "New Minority"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You mean the "New Minority"

White males aren't even remotely close to being a minority in engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:he thinks his chsnces are good because he is a white football player! not playing in college, back injury. But he thinks he is in the minority.

If he's not going to play in college, why do you think his experience on the football team will be a factor in admissions? I know there are people who think that all engineers are dweebs who've never played sports, but that's always been far from the truth. MIT's football team this year is 10-0 and went to the D3 playoffs.