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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Several threads discuss engineering schools that are hard to just survive. Some hint that there are alternatives

Could you list these alternatives?

Short background: my HS sophomore has great grades and tests well at a difficult school and has a general interest in engineering. But I don’t want him to drift into a situation where his soul could be crushed without choosing that.

Are there schools we could choose with engineering majors where you just learn how to do it without the excessive pressure and stress?[/quote]

Yes. Schools that support engineers have highest retention from freshman to sophomore year. 
The top schools with over 96% retention from freshman to sophomore years (major declaration is typically after the end of freshman year) for those who are admitted to Engineering, as well as no enrollment caps in certain engineering disciplines. 
MIT, Penn, Princeton, Hopkins, Columbia, Duke, Northwestern, Georgia Tech and CMU all boast 96-98% retention for engineers specifically, and none of them have enrollment caps that affect undergrads after admission. Sure the classes are difficult but if you can get admitted to these E schools, you can get out with an engineering degree! These schools also tend to have the most research spots per undergrad E major (comparing the privates to each other and GT to similar sized publics). 
Cornell and Berkeley despite having top students are all lower, 85-90%. Purdue, UIUC similar to those. 
 Harvard and Yale do not have figures for undergrad Engineering retention specifically.

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