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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My niece was lured to HC by a full ride and the promise of a 3-2 program where she could transfer to a top engineering program after three years.  I tried to talk her out of it as she had better options for engineering school, but she was stubborn and really thought she wanted a small, catholic school experience.  [b]The 3-2 program turned out to be a bait-and-switch; very few students actually transfered to the engineering school and there were like 50 of them competing for 2-3 spots.[/b] I don't know why anyone would take this over a four-year, guaranteed enginering program.

She transfered out after one year. HC was VERY small, little to no diversity, little to no opportunities for clubs, ativities, etc.  Plus Wooster is a miserable town. She ended up at a much larger, highly-ranked state school and is so happy there.  Totally different experience for sure which goes to show that kids don't always know what they want at 18.  [/quote]
Physics represents the natural major for pre-engineering and Holy Cross graduated 12 physics majors in a recent year. Based on this, it's unclear to me who the ~50 aspirants to a 3-2 engineering program might have been.[/quote]

3-2 programs are a bad idea because, for happy students, leaving their home institution / alma matter a year early is difficult socially, esp. at a place where many student study abroad junior year.

It's hard to understand this when you are 50+ but friend groups are REALLY important when you are 20. Your college cohort for many can also become an important career network (though that would be unlikely going to a LAC for a 3+2 engineering program).

I don't have ANY inside info on Holy Cross, but I'd be very surprised if there ended up being 50 students who really wanted spots for a 2 year masters at Columbia.  For many universities, the two year masters is a big money maker and admissions standards are not crazy. My guess is that only 2-3 went on for the masters bc others decided to stay at HC/ decided they didn't care for a masters in engineering.

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