Liberal arts schools with competitive robotics?
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Anonymous
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NP. My advice is to look at mid-size universities. Most are not tech focused but many still offer engineering - and as a side-effect, are likely to have teams of interest, either robotics or race cars (formula one?), which look to me to be very similar in nature.
One other aspect that I consider very important here is the option to switch to engineering. I have multiple kids, physics lover at a T10 swore he didn't want to do engineering has now switched to engineering LOL. Poli sci kid, also at a T10, about to switch to engineering, which is even funnier. I also have a high school student in a leadership position of their robotics team, who adores the team aspects of robotics, so I get where you are coming from on the team spirit aspect. Mid size private universities are more likely than large publics to have the ability to relatively easily switch to engineering from arts & sciences. I would look for schools where this is the case and try to keep that option open. It's a much bigger pain to try to transfer or do a 3/2 program or similar if the kid changes their mind later; some kids would simply close themselves off to that possibility if it required transfer. Schools up and down the spectrum of selectivity may be an option. On the less selective end, there's Gonzaga, with 5k students and a robotics team. |
Anonymous
Why Williams? |
Anonymous
It has a competitive robotics team, has a well-regarded mathematics program, and generally has a lot of resources per student. |