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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It can be really helpful to go to an engineering school with a culture of group work and collaboration.  This can be a big school or a small school, but having a good study group makes a huge difference.  Engineering classes are hard and you want to be able to work collaboratively to learn the material.  I taught at UCLA and the[b] engineering students really struggled because they were so dispersed amongst liberal studies majors that they didn't find each other.  It's also hard to be the one studying on a Thursday night when all of your English-major friends are going drinking.[/b]  I'm so sure all schools are so disaggregated, but I really felt bad for those engineering students.  Lots dropped out of the program.

You also want a school with professors who have office hours that are open to students and TAs who speak good English.

I'd look at Clarkson University, RPI and Case Western.
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I went to Va Tech, and I think bolded above was probably true there as well.  And my niece at U MD said the same thing.  But many of the engineering schools are part of a large univ so I'm not sure where else it would be much different except some place like MIT or Cal.  [/quote]

There are large differences across the engineering schools in how they are run. You have to ask a lot of questions.

Cal tech, Stevens's, WPI, Rose Hellman, Harvey Mudd are small and college-like in that they focus on the bachelors level. A bunch of others have grad students and are less like nerdy liberal arts colleges.  Some engineering schools have engineeering dorms and separate advisors. Others mix the kids in with the general population.  Pick a school, and ask questions. We did a lot of looking and found the engineering tours were very good and the tour guides knowledgeable.

Cal would be the same.[/quote][/quote]

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