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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I think he's worried about not fitting in with an engineering program in a super intense engineering environment and not finding his people. He's a hard worker and loves math but is also a relaxed teen who also wants to have fun, play sports, watch sports, etc. in college. Not sure what i'm trying to say, but somewhere like MIT or similar would not be a good fit.

Any recs for less intense engineering (oxymoron?) school environments? [/quote]

Some of the strong public universities in engineering also have a fun, sports, more rah rah environment, at least on weekends - Michigan, Texas A&M, Purdue, Maryland, Colorado, Washington, Wisconsin, Penn State. For privates that are pretty balanced, there's Duke, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, USC - but all are very hard to get into.

Given how competitive engineering is, I'd plan on applying widely regardless. BC is very new to engineering, and even if they are fully committed to their program, it's going to take years to get it up to speed. I don't know much about Wake Forest. But I would encourage the kid to look beyond whatever groupthink may have settled in at his high school. 17 year olds have very limited experience, so I'd suggest a lot of school visits to broaden his horizon. But I'd also stress that there's no easy way to get through a serious engineering program anywhere. Cornell and Carnegie Mellon might be the most notorious for stress, but it's no walk in the park for students at Penn State and Colorado either.    [/quote]

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