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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS LOVES Pitt engineering. He is planning to apply in August. It’s a safety for him - he’ll also apply to Purdue, Michigan, GT. But he has mixed applying to Case, WPI, RPI, Rochester bc he prefers Pitt to any other place. I figure that we’ll know about $$ and honors college before he the deadlines for other safeties. [/quote]

are those the usual safeties for engineering?[/quote]

Some of these are part of a group of schools that are sort of like the LACs of engineering schools: they are small, mostly undergrad focused (some are only undergrad), engineering-only schools.  Given that niche, they are self-selecting and so some, but not all, are a little easier to get into by percentages (but not by grades, etc.), than the big universities that also have engineering programs. Some of them include: Olin, RPI, WPI, Rose Hulman, Stevens, Colorado School of Mines, Harvey Mudd, Cooper Union.[/quote]

ok thanks-this really makes sense, my DD is getting tons of mail from these schools based on Ap comp princ she took as a freshman--which ones would you consider the better in the group?[/quote]

I do not know the rankings of these schools, but, I would encourage her to check out RPI. They are in a huge push to get more women on campus. My guess is that she could get significant merit if her stats are there.[/quote]

I think this is a category where "rank" doesn't matter or make sense. They are niche schools that appeal to kids who want a small engineering school, many of whom won't even apply to large, state engineering programs that might rank higher and won't be interested in schools that are heavy on business and preprofessional majors, etc.  You still need the stats to get in, and some of these programs are notoriously rigorous (imagine having to master Calc IV in 7 weeks). I think most kids who go to these schools choose them over all others and rank doesn't factor in, since many (not all) wouldn't consider the other schools' programs. Among them the differences are really geographic and how they approach the academic program.[/quote]

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