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[quote=Anonymous]My DC was accepted to RIT, WPI, and Drexel a couple years ago (applied but not accepted to VT, did not apply to Case). He’s at RPI now, but we visited all the campuses but Case. If he’d gotten into VT it would also have been the most expensive since we’re OOS (he was waitlisted so I had the cost in my spreadsheet along with the others).

A couple things to consider is direct admit to major—I believe VT does a first year engineering curriculum, and then students select their preference for a major—and whether they get their first choice has to do with how well they do freshmen year, whereas the others on your list admit directly to major, so your kid knows they’re in right from the start.

Then I’d also consider which are R1 research universities, which RIT is not, so I might exclude that. RIT and Drexel are very big on co-ops if that’s of interest, but RIT’s location is not great and Drexel is, in general, just not as strong a school as the others.

WPI is unique with its quarter system and project requirements, so make sure your kid is OK with that setup. It’s also over 60% male (RIT too).

Since you can pay for either, I’d probably suggest Case and VT as the top options and let other factors make the difference. If DC wants big sports scene, large campus, more social, VT’s probably the one. If they want smaller, in/near city and are less into partying, it’s probably Case. I don’t  think VT is “worth” the higher price from an engineering perspective, but may be worth it from a “happy kid” perspective.

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