Anonymous
Post 08/05/2024 01:01     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Anonymous wrote:DC suffers from terrible anxiety and will not do well at behemoths like HYS, although s/he has the stats and would be a legacy. Do Amherst/Williams/Middlebury, etc. offer non-CS engineering degrees? (I do have google, but I also would like to start a conversation and gets some ideas.)
Olin, Mines. You could also look in to 3-2 programs
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 17:17     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Carnegie Mellon
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 16:47     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
I would not do a combined degree program. They are fine for kids who change their mind to engineering but if he knows he wants engineering he should pick a school where he can stay
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 16:31     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Bucknell is probably the best.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 16:19     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Not sure about CDS, but you can get graduates by major in College Navigator.

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:39     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Anonymous wrote:If a small school says they have engineering as a major, look up The Common Data Set and see just how many students they actually graduate in the major. Good approach for any major.


Which section of the CDS has number of graduates by major? I haven't seen that.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:36     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
If a small school says they have engineering as a major, look up The Common Data Set and see just how many students they actually graduate in the major. Good approach for any major.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:35     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Anonymous wrote:Maybe a dual degree with space and washing? 3-2 dual degree program.

https://engineering.wustl.edu/academics/dual-degree-program/index.html


Slac and washu
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:34     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Maybe a dual degree with space and washing? 3-2 dual degree program.

https://engineering.wustl.edu/academics/dual-degree-program/index.html
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:29     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Olin is worth a look for sure. And Haverford has joint program with Penn as noted above. Though you start taking classes at penn jr year, you stay with your Haverford class junior/sr year and then do a year at Penn, so not discotheque way 3/2 engineering programs are.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:25     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DC suffers from terrible anxiety and will not do well at behemoths like HYS, although s/he has the stats and would be a legacy. Do Amherst/Williams/Middlebury, etc. offer non-CS engineering degrees? (I do have google, but I also would like to start a conversation and gets some ideas.)


Does small school always = better for anxiety? I would think there would be many different factors…and honestly that the competitiveness of the school no matter how large would be a factor.


No, it depends on OP’s kid. But OP presumably knows her kid and how anxiety impacts him.

My anxious but not socially anxious kid will do best in a small school I think, but being near the top academically will be equally important so we won’t be looking at elite schools.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:20     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
The short answer is no.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:01     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not technically "SLACs" and down a tier or two from WASP, but all are small:
Rose Hulman
Franklin Olin
Harvey Mudd
Bucknell
USD
Wake Forest
Lafayette
Lehigh


Wake, Lehigh and USD aren’t any smaller than Yale or Harvard…or aren’t smaller by much.

Rose and Franklin are very small…smaller than most SLACs…will certainly offer a ton in engineering since that is their focus.

So what? 5-6,000. Thanks for your input though


Because the OP said they don’t want a large school like HYS. Maybe go f**k off now.

Classy
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 14:12     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Anonymous wrote:Not technically "SLACs" and down a tier or two from WASP, but all are small:
Rose Hulman
Franklin Olin
Harvey Mudd
Bucknell
USD
Wake Forest
Lafayette
Lehigh


Would add Union to this list. Marquette is mid sized and Hopkins. You’ll have more options in the mid sized tier.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 14:09     Subject: Elite SLAC with engineering major
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not technically "SLACs" and down a tier or two from WASP, but all are small:
Rose Hulman
Franklin Olin
Harvey Mudd
Bucknell
USD
Wake Forest
Lafayette
Lehigh


Wake, Lehigh and USD aren’t any smaller than Yale or Harvard…or aren’t smaller by much.

Rose and Franklin are very small…smaller than most SLACs…will certainly offer a ton in engineering since that is their focus.

So what? 5-6,000. Thanks for your input though


Because the OP said they don’t want a large school like HYS. Maybe go f**k off now.