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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been a dream of hers since late elementary, but now that we're staring down application season, she's finally accepting that she isn't going to meet the fitness requirements. Which means a 180 on college options.

She has a 1420 PSAT, 3.9 uw, 4.4 w. Looking for engineering. Mechanical? But she and we don't even have a clue where to start looking beyond the academies and major engineering colleges that she would have settled for for NROTC but isn't a fan of on their own. Cost isn't a huge issue since she has my GI Bill.

Where do we even start?[/quote]
Geez DCUM. 2 pages and no one actually answers OP’s question.

Starting point for all engineering will be your state’s flagship, then the next in-state public offering engineering that is a target/safety (&gt;40% acceptances). These two schools are your comparison schools for finances and travel. If she’s not that interested in the big state flagships, don’t bother applying to any out of state ones. At the end, they won’t end up beating your in state one financially.

A few smaller schools we toured and liked were:
RIT
Case Western 
U Cincinnati

Use USNews to find mid-sized, mid ranking schools. There are plenty that offer great mechanical engineering degrees. I would have your DC think more about location fit (both setting of school, geography/climate of region, and nearby cities for internship/employment opportunities. [/quote]

So what’s the question? Why even mention ROTC? There are are 2-3 active threads right now on “where to go for engineering”

The academies are the only (or the best) schools for engineering.  OP can surely figure out what colleges offer engineering[/quote]

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