Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:46
Subject: Re:Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
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Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:45
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone
None of those schools have the sport.
Cornell has a strong engineering program and Rice is decent. Duke and Northwestern, not so much
Cornell, Rice, and Northwestern are all strong in Engineering. It’s Duke that is the outliercherr
We can agree to disagree re. Northwestern. Opinions vary obviously.
Northwestern #13
Duke #19
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate
Actually it’s Rice that is weakest here at #25
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:44
Subject: Re:Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:A sport and engineering, expect for it to take 5 years to graduate.
+1. Engg very hard even for smart kids.
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:42
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone
None of those schools have the sport.
And of course you’re totally eliminating the Midwest
There are a couple schools in Illinois, but they don't have engineering, so I didn't list them.
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:39
Subject: Re:Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:A sport and engineering, expect for it to take 5 years to graduate.
I'd be impressed if a kid can complete in 5. Even more impressive if the same kid can do it GPA higher than 3.3
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:37
Subject: Re:Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
A sport and engineering, expect for it to take 5 years to graduate.
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:37
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone
None of those schools have the sport.
Cornell has a strong engineering program and Rice is decent. Duke and Northwestern, not so much
Cornell, Rice, and Northwestern are all strong in Engineering. It’s Duke that is the outliercherr
We can agree to disagree re. Northwestern. Opinions vary obviously.
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:33
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
*outlier here
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:33
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone
None of those schools have the sport.
Cornell has a strong engineering program and Rice is decent. Duke and Northwestern, not so much
Cornell, Rice, and Northwestern are all strong in Engineering. It’s Duke that is the outliercherr
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:32
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote: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
PP you are responding to. Yes, I had USC bolded then took it off. I think USC and UMD are neck-and-neck.
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:32
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote: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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone
None of those schools have the sport.
And of course you’re totally eliminating the Midwest
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:17
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone
None of those schools have the sport.
Cornell has a strong engineering program and Rice is decent. Duke and Northwestern, not so much
Right, and he might apply to one or all of them. But right now he's not deciding where to apply, he's deciding which coaches to reach out to, and since none of them have a coach in his sport, they aren't on the list.
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:16
Subject: Which of these schools have engineering as strong or stronger than UMD
Anonymous wrote: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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone
None of those schools have the sport.
Cornell has a strong engineering program and Rice is decent. Duke and Northwestern, not so much
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:11
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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone
None of those schools have the sport.
Anonymous
09/30/2023 21:10
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
Interesting position
Went through this with DC last year. Tons of offers from D3 schools. But wanted to study engineering and all the good programs are D1 schools.
For schools like MIT and Caltech, I don't think the athlete angle makes too much of a difference. Elsewhere, a coach's note will help on the margins
If this is a genuine top student that wants to compete and study engineering:
Cornell
Rice
Duke
Northwestern
Wouldn't bother with out of sate publics, particularly the UCs. And Maryland is a very good school for engineering
Also, D1 sports are hardcore. Not for everyone