Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 20:38     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
Purdue
University of Cincinnati ( oldest CO-OP program in US)
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 14:47     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
Waterloo and Northeastern have good co-op opportunities
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 11:21     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
+1 co-op programs. For a safety, look at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. My friend's daughter loves it, especially taking advantage of all the city location has to offer.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 10:57     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
Anonymous wrote:Highly recommend looking at colleges with strong co-op programs. We have a granddaughter graduating from a very highly ranked tech program with a degree in mechanical engineering and the job market is very tough. The kids that did co-op are set.


NRO is hiring civilian mechanical engineers. US citizenship required.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2026 03:40     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
Delaware
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 22:10     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
Highly recommend looking at colleges with strong co-op programs. We have a granddaughter graduating from a very highly ranked tech program with a degree in mechanical engineering and the job market is very tough. The kids that did co-op are set.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 02:01     Subject: Re:Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
Aside from Va Tech, I’d look at UMass Amherst for a relatively chill but still solid engineering program at a school known for excellent food. Honors college is supposed to be pretty great, too
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 22:50     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
The food is consistently highly ranked at Virginia Tech. They have a lot of delicious options.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 20:38     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
Many colleges outsource their cafeteria operations to Sodexo or ARA or such like. So food might be more similar than different between a pair of colleges.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 14:27     Subject: Help me find the right school fit with strong career or pre-professional pathways for engineering programs.
Anonymous wrote:So many great suggestions—thank you, everyone. It seems like all the schools mentioned offer strong engineering programs and friendly peer groups. It’s also really nice that there are so many options, each offering a different geographical experience. One more factor for us: DC loves food and cooks whenever he has time, so which campuses have good food—especially spicy food?


It's all the same. As far as a variety in and around campus, it just depends where your kid goes to school. Obviously, bigger urban setting around campus will have more options and variety.