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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]U. Mich has an excellent engineering program, but I am baffled about why one would apply to an expensive OOS university for an undergrad engineering degree.

UMCP and VT have excellent engineering programs. UMBC, UVA, and several other VA publics also have very solid engineering programs.

And yes, I am an engineer, so I know that virtually all engineering programs are similarly rigorous, thanks to ABET. I also know that engineering "rankings" do not correlate with on the job knowledge or effectiveness. [/quote]

I am the PP who lives in Michigan now.  I used to live in MoCo.  From what I read on DCUM, there is excess demand for places at UMCP among the elite publics in MoCo.  So some well-qualified kids aren't guaranteed to get in.  Same applies for NoVa and UVA and VT.  Plus some kids do want to outside their area for college.

Same applies in Michigan for kids right in Ann Arbor.  Private school in Ann Arbor counselor says minimum of 1500 SAT needed to get into the Engineering College under EA.  Kid I know who is a local NMF wanted to go to Michigan.  He applied to 15 (!) top Engineering programs.  I don't know where he got in but he did end up at Michigan.[/quote]

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