Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 20:35     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DS plays a sport and his coach is telling him to make up a list of schools and start reaching out to coaches. Since we're in Maryland, and since accepting a coach's offer of support would mean giving up a shot at UMD, he's only interested in schools that would be at least roughly similar or better in his chosen field, which is engineering, although he is undecided as to which major.

Any thoughts on which schools on this list meet that criteria? Some are obvious of course.

Brown
Bucknell
Caltech
George Washington
Harvard
Harvey Mudd
Johns Hopkins
Loyola Marymount
MIT
Princeton
Santa Clara
Stanford
UC - Berkeley
UC - Davis
UC - Irvine
UCLA
UC - Merced
UC - San Diego
UC - Santa Barbara
USC



Bolded ones are equal or better than UMD in engineering in my opinion.


Agree. USC also has v strong engineering with great recruitment
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 20:14     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:DS plays a sport and his coach is telling him to make up a list of schools and start reaching out to coaches. Since we're in Maryland, and since accepting a coach's offer of support would mean giving up a shot at UMD, he's only interested in schools that would be at least roughly similar or better in his chosen field, which is engineering, although he is undecided as to which major.

Any thoughts on which schools on this list meet that criteria? Some are obvious of course.

Brown
Bucknell
Caltech
George Washington
Harvard
Harvey Mudd
Johns Hopkins
Loyola Marymount
MIT
Princeton
Santa Clara
Stanford
UC - Berkeley
UC - Davis
UC - Irvine
UCLA
UC - Merced
UC - San Diego
UC - Santa Barbara
USC



Bolded ones are equal or better than UMD in engineering in my opinion.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 20:04     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:Carnegie Melon


Isn't on the list, because they don't have the specific sport.

Which doesn't mean that kid might not look at them, or even attend, but at this point he's just figuring out which coaches to reach out to.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 20:02     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Carnegie Melon
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:59     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Make sure to ask about whether engineering major is compatible with the sport.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:54     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Or JHU?
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:54     Subject: Re:Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Not Harvard or Harvey Mudd?
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:51     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
And Stanford of course
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:50     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
MIT, Princeton, Caltech, Berkeley.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:45     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:Just adding, maybe your son will get an athletic scholarship? If so, hopefully the GPA to be maintained is 2.0. Ask about that.


It's not a sport where large scholarships are common.

He's got good stats so far, so we're hoping for a combination of merit and need based aid.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:29     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Just adding, maybe your son will get an athletic scholarship? If so, hopefully the GPA to be maintained is 2.0. Ask about that.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:18     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
My son is a sophomore at Santa Clara’s school of engineering and loves it. He is receiving $24k/year in merit aid. They have a brand new $100 million engineering building. It’s all glass, so you can see the heavy equipment/labs from the outside. There are no TA’s. My DC gets a lot of attention. If you are going for merit, request the Bronco rather than Presidential Scholarship. You only need to maintain a 2.0 GPA to keep the Bronco, whereas it’s 3.0 for the other merit aid. From talking to other engineering majors, my son says it’s difficult to maintain a 3.0 GPA. There is no grade inflation at SCU.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:11     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:Most of the UC’s are impacted for engineering, which requires a direct admission for the major. Not likely with a d1 sports commitment.


Thank you! I know that can be an issue at some schools. Cost is also an issue for us there.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:08     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Most of the UC’s are impacted for engineering, which requires a direct admission for the major. Not likely with a d1 sports commitment.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2023 19:05     Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
DS plays a sport and his coach is telling him to make up a list of schools and start reaching out to coaches. Since we're in Maryland, and since accepting a coach's offer of support would mean giving up a shot at UMD, he's only interested in schools that would be at least roughly similar or better in his chosen field, which is engineering, although he is undecided as to which major.

Any thoughts on which schools on this list meet that criteria? Some are obvious of course.

Brown
Bucknell
Caltech
George Washington
Harvard
Harvey Mudd
Johns Hopkins
Loyola Marymount
MIT
Princeton
Santa Clara
Stanford
UC - Berkeley
UC - Davis
UC - Irvine
UCLA
UC - Merced
UC - San Diego
UC - Santa Barbara
USC