Anonymous
11/03/2025 13:20
Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/
Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.
Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.
I was told that Madison really isn't a college town. It is more of an urban school.
LOL - Madison is THE college town. It is also the state capital so there is more going on than just UW (which is a plus in my opinion)
Anonymous
11/03/2025 13:17
Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/
Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.
Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.
I was told that Madison really isn't a college town. It is more of an urban school.
Not Columbia/UPenn urban. Not Rice urban either. More like Ohio State urban - not among the skyscrapers, but not hiding in a suburb.
Anonymous
11/03/2025 13:07
Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/
Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.
Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.
I was told that Madison really isn't a college town. It is more of an urban school.
Anonymous
11/03/2025 12:50
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
DD MechE major waitlisted at UMich is there now and enjoying the work-hard/play-hard environment. Gorgeous campus. Flights in and out of DCA are easy and a 15 min Uber ride to campus from the airport. Haven’t experienced the winter yet, but she’ll be home most of January. So far, classes have been review of high school. We hear that second semester, Statics is supposed to be a hard one and maybe weed some out. We’ll see.
Anonymous
11/03/2025 12:40
Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/
Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.
Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.
Madison has 3 direct flights to DCA; 2x daily on American, 1x on Delta. There are not as many flights from those big cities, but it is also not a terrible selection and unlike those big cities, it is an easy airport to get to from campus - 15 minutes maybe, and the easiest airport to get around in. I love the MSN-DCA flight - less than 2 hours, both smallish, easy to navigate airports. It may not be the least expensive option though.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 17:50
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:The university overall is mid-level but the engineering program is solid.
It's a popular school choice at our New England public. Seems to attract kids who are smart and want a rah rah experience but don't want to go South to some big SEC school.
You have to want a big school to succeed there. I've heard the business and other sought after clubs are competitive. Also, the out of staters I know are all involved in the Greek system.
Definitely a good back up plan to the Top 5 or so Engineering schools.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 17:49
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
My child is a junior STEm major at UW–Madison. Students have two choices to get in and out of Madison: either fly out of MSN their small Dane County airport with limited choices, or take Van Galder bus for 2.5 hours to O'Hare to fly out. Not the most convenient, but it's okay if you do that just a few times a year.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 17:47
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:great school. academics are at the level of T10 schools like GeorgiaTech.
Industry pipeline is second to none. Location is near many heavy industrial companies.
Madison has a great lake side location.
I'm not great at math but is #29 second to none? lol
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering/
Anonymous
11/02/2025 17:44
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:great school. academics are at the level of T10 schools like GeorgiaTech.
Industry pipeline is second to none. Location is near many heavy industrial companies.
Madison has a great lake side location.
lol
Anonymous
11/02/2025 17:41
Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/
Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.
Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.
Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.
Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 17:06
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Madison is great. The professors have been interested and invested in my kid’s success. My kid is not a partier and has still been happy there. Part of the campus is urban, part is traditional.
It attracts many of the best students in state and in Minnesota. For OOS, it’s often back up plan for a lot of kids who want Michigan, but are part of the 90% that don’t get in. SO much cheaper though and in hindsight kid thinks Michigan would not have been worth the extra cost.
It’s a great all around school but STEM is especially strong.
It attracts many of the best students in state and in Minnesota. For OOS, it’s often back up plan for a lot of kids who want Michigan, but are part of the 90% that don’t get in. SO much cheaper though and in hindsight kid thinks Michigan would not have been worth the extra cost.
It’s a great all around school but STEM is especially strong.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 16:53
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
The university overall is mid-level but the engineering program is solid.
It's a popular school choice at our New England public. Seems to attract kids who are smart and want a rah rah experience but don't want to go South to some big SEC school.
You have to want a big school to succeed there. I've heard the business and other sought after clubs are competitive. Also, the out of staters I know are all involved in the Greek system.
It's a popular school choice at our New England public. Seems to attract kids who are smart and want a rah rah experience but don't want to go South to some big SEC school.
You have to want a big school to succeed there. I've heard the business and other sought after clubs are competitive. Also, the out of staters I know are all involved in the Greek system.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 14:53
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:great school. academics are at the level of T10 schools like GeorgiaTech.
Industry pipeline is second to none. Location is near many heavy industrial companies.
Madison has a great lake side location.
Please. Wisconsin is very good at engineering, but it’s not a top 5 program like Georgia Tech.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 14:24
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
great school. academics are at the level of T10 schools like GeorgiaTech.
Industry pipeline is second to none. Location is near many heavy industrial companies.
Madison has a great lake side location.
Industry pipeline is second to none. Location is near many heavy industrial companies.
Madison has a great lake side location.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 13:14
Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Considering Engineering major here.
Would love to hear any first hand experience - academics? Internships, weather? is madison as fun a college town as they say?
Would love to hear any first hand experience - academics? Internships, weather? is madison as fun a college town as they say?