Small, safety engineering school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:gettysburg, lafayette, drexel, wentworth...

Gettysburg only has a dual degree program and Drexel is not a small school.

And Lafayette is very selective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McDaniel has a 3-2 engineering program with WUSTL.

She would be in a small environment for her first three years (with opportunities to change to different a major if needed), and then move once she got her feet under her.

Absolutely do not do this. Columbia & Case Western have programs like that do. Getting into the “2” school is not a guarantee, and will be a huge jump in rigor from a small, not particularly selective LAC. And you have to be able to finish a BS in a hard STEM subject like Math or Physics in only 3 years, not 4, to consider transferring to the “2” school.

[Anonymous]

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

A lot.

[Anonymous]

Look at:

GMU
CUA
RPI
RIT
WPI
ASU
U of Delaware
ODU

Directional state schools that offer engineering

Shippensburg in Pa added engineering a few years ago. I don’t know exactly which kinds, however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is behind a "pay wall". Skip the first few. Look for names you DON'T recognize.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-overall

They list JMU as being #18 in engineering? Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is behind a "pay wall". Skip the first few. Look for names you DON'T recognize.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-overall

They list JMU as being #18 in engineering? Huh?

** where doctorate not offered**

[Anonymous]

It’s so hard to get into any engineering school now. Unless it’s so bad that you wouldn’t want to attend. DD was accepted by Cal Poly SLO. She applied thinking it was a safety. It turned out that SLO’s acceptance rate was only 8%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is behind a "pay wall". Skip the first few. Look for names you DON'T recognize.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-overall

They list JMU as being #18 in engineering? Huh?

** where doctorate not offered**

here's the list with doctorate offered.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate?_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc

JMU is not even in top 100, but GMU is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s so hard to get into any engineering school now. Unless it’s so bad that you wouldn’t want to attend. DD was accepted by Cal Poly SLO. She applied thinking it was a safety. It turned out that SLO’s acceptance rate was only 8%.

oof someone didn't do their hw on SLO. Yea, SLO is hard to get into for eng/cs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s so hard to get into any engineering school now. Unless it’s so bad that you wouldn’t want to attend. DD was accepted by Cal Poly SLO. She applied thinking it was a safety. It turned out that SLO’s acceptance rate was only 8%.

How did you not know this going it - acceptance rates are easy information to find.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s so hard to get into any engineering school now. Unless it’s so bad that you wouldn’t want to attend. DD was accepted by Cal Poly SLO. She applied thinking it was a safety. It turned out that SLO’s acceptance rate was only 8%.

oof someone didn't do their hw on SLO. Yea, SLO is hard to get into for eng/cs.

I think you both have it wrong. Cals are for California residents. They are very hard to get into from OOS . But it still comes down to - do you really want to do engineering at Cal Poly SLO?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at:

GMU
CUA
RPI
RIT
WPI
ASU
U of Delaware
ODU

Directional state schools that offer engineering

Shippensburg in Pa added engineering a few years ago. I don’t know exactly which kinds, however.

Verify that the program is ABET accredited - not all their programs are and you don't want to be in a program that isn't for the jobs you need when you graduated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is behind a "pay wall". Skip the first few. Look for names you DON'T recognize.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-overall

They list JMU as being #18 in engineering? Huh?

** where doctorate not offered**

That was the direct link the pp provided though...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is behind a "pay wall". Skip the first few. Look for names you DON'T recognize.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-overall

They list JMU as being #18 in engineering? Huh?

** where doctorate not offered**

here's the list with doctorate offered.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate?_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc

JMU is not even in top 100, but GMU is.

Thanks. I think both JMU and GMU are irrelevant for OP though, since she is specifically looking for a small school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at:

GMU
CUA
RPI
RIT
WPI
ASU
U of Delaware
ODU

Directional state schools that offer engineering

Shippensburg in Pa added engineering a few years ago. I don’t know exactly which kinds, however.

Verify that the program is ABET accredited - not all their programs are and you don't want to be in a program that isn't for the jobs you need when you graduated.

Yep it appears that only electrical engineering & CS are ABET-accredited at the moment: https://www.ship.edu/academics/colleges/engineering/