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Anonymous wrote:It’s so hard to get into any engineering school now. Unless it’s so bad that you wouldn’t want to attend. DD was accepted by Cal Poly SLO. She applied thinking it was a safety. It turned out that SLO’s acceptance rate was only 8%.

oof someone didn't do their hw on SLO. Yea, SLO is hard to get into for eng/cs.

I think you both have it wrong. Cals are for California residents. They are very hard to get into from OOS . But it still comes down to - do you really want to do engineering at Cal Poly SLO?

Wrong. US News ranks SLO #6 engineering school in the country without a doctorate program, even ahead of Cooper Union.

it's a great school. Just plan on the 5-6 year plan to actually get the courses you want/need. If you manage to get out in 4, you can almost bet your technical electives are NOT the ones you really wanted for your interests---they were just whatever still had space or you had the pre-reqs for. IMO, not worth OOS tuition for the big school experience and all the bad that goes along with it.

Thanks. That’s good to know. I know someone who graduated from SLO with an architecture degree in the 90’s. Even bacj then it was an intense program. A bachelor’s degree took 5 years. He said over 2/3 of students were washed out in the first year—either changed major or dropped out. He said he had to pull a lot of all-nighters. Seems that SLO is a really serious school.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s so hard to get into any engineering school now. Unless it’s so bad that you wouldn’t want to attend. DD was accepted by Cal Poly SLO. She applied thinking it was a safety. It turned out that SLO’s acceptance rate was only 8%.

oof someone didn't do their hw on SLO. Yea, SLO is hard to get into for eng/cs.

I think you both have it wrong. Cals are for California residents. They are very hard to get into from OOS . But it still comes down to - do you really want to do engineering at Cal Poly SLO?

Wrong. US News ranks SLO #6 engineering school in the country without a doctorate program, even ahead of Cooper Union.

it's a great school. Just plan on the 5-6 year plan to actually get the courses you want/need. If you manage to get out in 4, you can almost bet your technical electives are NOT the ones you really wanted for your interests---they were just whatever still had space or you had the pre-reqs for. IMO, not worth OOS tuition for the big school experience and all the bad that goes along with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Catholic University might be a good option.

+1...I would take a close look at Catholic U. Seems to fit your criteria. Not big, not a huge party school. Student body is nice, and lots of great professors.

But just FYI it is very Catholic. I went there, was raised Catholic, and found it a little too Catholic. Not judging - for some people that's a great fit. But for those who aren't religious or are very politically liberal, it won't feel like a great fit.

In our recent search for small engineering programs, we looked for the following: 1) are the ABET accreditated (especially ME), 2) Is it a regular 4-year program? Or are they trying to sell you on the 3-2 programs, which I highly recommend you stay away from.

If you are willing to go to a mid-size school:
RIT - Engineering Technology program,

Smaller: Union, Clarkson, Quinnipiac University (very small, very new, but ABet accredited program - also it could be a safety with your daughters stats - they gave good merit aid).

With that said - any new program you aren't going to have the established alumni connections for jobs that older programs have.

Wentworth Institute of Technology - Boston

Illinois Institute of Technology
Wentworth
NJIT
Trinity (TX) has some engineering and is small, but I don't think it would be a safety
Embry Riddle (two locations)

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Anonymous wrote:For a small school experience, one might look at Randolph Macon College in Ashland VA. Amtrak stop right beside the campus too.

No engineering

They do have a small engineering program.

Anonymous wrote:For a small school experience, one might look at Randolph Macon College in Ashland VA. Amtrak stop right beside the campus too.

No engineering

Anonymous wrote:Catholic University might be a good option.

+1...I would take a close look at Catholic U. Seems to fit your criteria. Not big, not a huge party school. Student body is nice, and lots of great professors.

For a small school experience, one might look at Randolph Macon College in Ashland VA. Amtrak stop right beside the campus too.

SMU isn’t impossible with those stats.

Elon is building their engineering program and has a beautiful new engineering building.

Catholic University might be a good option.

UW Milwaukee is ABET-accredited in multiple engineering disciplines & has an 89% acceptance rate. It is not small, however.

Wilkes University in Pa is ABET in electrical & mechanical; U of Scranton is ABET just in electrical

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Anonymous wrote:How about Clarkson or Alfred in NY?

My 1310 kid applied to both of these and WPI. Got in to all 3 with merit.

I know kids at all 3. (Clearly I have NY ties)
Happiest kids at Clarkson and Alfred.
The kid I know at WPI - the program was not a good fit and they were doing it for the wrong reason.