Anonymous wrote:DC visited and was accepted to both Lehigh and Lafayette with an intent to study engineering. Ended up choosing a different school, but Lehigh in particular turned them off because of the pre-professional vibe.

We visited and my kid wasn't jazzed but couldn't really say why. He didn't hate it but also didn't like it enough to go on the apply list.

The campus is VERY hilly!

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Anonymous wrote:DS is interested in small or midsized schools where he can study engineering but that is not tech-only. He's also interested in a student body that is more interested in grad school than industry. He's especially not interested in finance/Wall Street. He's not interested in Greek life or athletics. Harvey Mudd would be perfect

Mudd is for all practical purposes tech only despite their insistence that they are a liberal arts school. Also, the student body (especially the engineers) are more interested in industry than grad school.

(Source: I went there)

They’re not liberal arts because of the degrees they confer, but because a mudd student literally has to take 5x the amount of social science and humanities courses as a Pomona student. They need 11 to graduate.

Mudd has one of the highest matriculation rates to graduate school in the country. It’s literally second in the country, only trailing Caltech: https://www.hmc.edu/institutional-research/institutional-statistics/institutional-statistics-graduates-and-alumni/graduate-degree-attainment/

Anonymous wrote:DS is interested in small or midsized schools where he can study engineering but that is not tech-only. He's also interested in a student body that is more interested in grad school than industry. He's especially not interested in finance/Wall Street. He's not interested in Greek life or athletics. Harvey Mudd would be perfect

Mudd is for all practical purposes tech only despite their insistence that they are a liberal arts school. Also, the student body (especially the engineers) are more interested in industry than grad school.

(Source: I went there)

Wesleyan sounds like a perfect fit. https://www.wesleyan.edu/codes/engineering/

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Anonymous wrote:Lehigh would be really strong. It's not that fratty but your DS will need to have some interests that can be pursued while living on a somewhat isolated campus. I would investigate clubs and activities and see what would be a fit.

What? It's Greek heavy.

My daughter is an engineering major at Lehigh and is not in a sorority. She seems to be having a very good experience with lots of friends (including, heaven forfend, kids in sororities and fraternities). Lehigh is a good size - big enough that it has strong facilities and activities (club sports and music in my daughter's case) but not so large that the student runs the risk of getting lost and possibly having trouble getting classes he or she needs.

But, as with all of this stuff, chacun a son gout. It is just too bad if people don't recognize that, if a school is above a certain size, kids have a much better chance of finding their friend group/social milieu (and most healthy kids are able to socialize across subgroups) and no particular type of student is so dominant that students outside of that type are isolated.

Anonymous wrote:He's..He's ...He's..

man.. just ask ur kid to go to school and be happy with it..

I actually think its the parent u is the He's here.

Well, yeah, the point is to find a school where he can be happy. No different from all the other posts here looking for list suggestions.

Anonymous wrote:Check out Tufts! Checks all the boxes!

Thank you! We've added Tufts to the list.

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. He’s engineering but doesn’t want to be surrounded by pre-professional types? A vast majority of engineering jobs are for people with bachelors in engineering. It’s also a bold idea to aspire for an engineering PhD without a gpa.

Of course he doesn't yet have a college gpa, since he hasn't yet started college. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have goals. Doesn't your kid have goals?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. He’s engineering but doesn’t want to be surrounded by pre-professional types? A vast majority of engineering jobs are for people with bachelors in engineering. It’s also a bold idea to aspire for an engineering PhD without a gpa.

I interpreted this as not wanted to be surrounded by all finance bros. But maybe OP meant something different?

OP here. Yes, that's exactly what I meant and why we have already ruled out Bucknell. It doesn't sound like Lehigh is a fit either.

Lehigh is definitely fratty.

If you're visiting the PA/NJ area, you could check out Drexel and Stevens Institute of Technology.

DC visited and was accepted to both Lehigh and Lafayette with an intent to study engineering. Ended up choosing a different school, but Lehigh in particular turned them off because of the pre-professional vibe.

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused. He’s engineering but doesn’t want to be surrounded by pre-professional types? A vast majority of engineering jobs are for people with bachelors in engineering. It’s also a bold idea to aspire for an engineering PhD without a gpa.

I interpreted this as not wanted to be surrounded by all finance bros. But maybe OP meant something different?