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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting... loves math and robotics but 0 interest in STEM/Engineering schools.[/quote]

OP here. His academic interest is math, which is firmly a liberal art. He loves the group problem solving experience of his robotics team -- he likes robotics, but I think would be happy with any STEM team where participants work together over time toward a common goal. He actively doesn't want a tech focused school like RPI.[/quote]
Honestly, it sounds like you both just don't know what you're talking about.  If he likes team problem solving on a robotics team, that's engineering.  And who are his teammates likely to be?  Future engineers.

[b]You can call math liberal art, but applied math is basically engineering and it sounds like he likes applying his STEM skills to practical problems, [/b]so his interest is not purely theoretical math.  It makes no sense to avoid schools with engineering programs.

If he doesn't want a tech focused school, he should look at a full university and go in with an open mind. If he wants to continue with robotics, I'd be unsurprised if he didn't take some classes in the engineering field, and he might want to consider a double major or minor.  The team design labs and classes you take an an engineering major sound like something he'd really enjoy--they are lots of fun.  [/quote]
Not op, you had me on board until this point. Engineering is nothing like applied mathematics, and I'm surprised a person, who seems to have a background in engineering, would make such a point. Mathematical Biomechanics, Dynamical Systems, and Bifurcation theory are going to look nothing like engineering coursework and require a particular liking to proofs (the line between applied and pure is much less emphasized in university). While departments may organize the tracks a certain way, you need proof experience to do mathematics and they don't fizzle up and die when you apply it to systems.[/quote]

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