Anyone know any good engineering colleges?

[wazoo]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Oh I wish. Maybe one day!

[Jlighter]

To list a few.

Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech and University of Maryland.

[Bestdj777]

Hey Wazoo,

I believe US News & World Report still ranks engineering programs (I may be wrong). You should look in to them. And don't be afraid to try for places you wouldn't think you'd have a shot at. I ended up getting into my reach graduate school because I took a chance on it.

When you start the essay process, please feel free to message me if you want a second set of eyes on it. I'd be happy to help you edit it and clean it up in any way I can.

Good luck! I always regretted not going the engineering route--did math instead.

Chris

[wazoo]

I appreciate everyone's help. Thank you! And I will message you! Best regards.

[steve B]

Don't write off schools that may not have the big reputation for engineering in general. There are usually some with excellent programs in a particular area but not much in others.

That will depend on what sort of engineering you like. Even computer science can be excellent. (The software people are called engineers, but usually took compsci)

Steve B

[timzcardz]

I know a bit about the northeast, as I'm a Professional Engineer (civil/ structural) and been at this for 30+ years.

I graduated from Clarkson College (Now Clarkson University) in Potsdam, NY, and can recommend it. It was a greaet place to go to school, and has great engineering programs. Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical One of the professors that I had, later worked for me while on sababticl to gain some applicable real-life experince.

RPI in Renssalear, NY is similar, and always a Clarkson rival in hockey.

SUNY Buffalo, has a good Civil prgram, ad I have had a professor from there work on a project with us. Not familiar with their other disciplines.

Cooper Union, NY, NY. I know they have Civil (I've had graduates work with me) and Chemical (my nephew is a senior). Top notch school, and until very recently if you were accepted, tuition was free. That changed in the last year, but still a very great deal at a great school.

Manhattan College, Bronx, NY. Their Civil Engineering program has been recognized as producing very good engineers.

Rutgers University, NJ. I know they have agood Civil program and professors from there have worked on project with us.

Lehigh University, PA, has a great Civil Engineering program.

Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

MIT, already mentioned in prior posts.



I have worked with engineers from all of these, and you probably can't go wrong at any of them.


Whatever school that you end up attending, make sure that they are ABET (http://www.abet.org/accreditation/) accredited in the discipline that you pursue. This is important towards getting your professional licensure.


FYI, My nephew was accepted at both MIT and Cooper Union, and after speaking to a graduate of Cooper Union that used to work for me, selected Cooper Union. Two big things, saving over $100K in tuition, and if he decided to go to graduate school, MIT only accpets students from other schools, so if you went undergrad to MIT, then that was no longer a choice for grad school.


Good Luck!

[CardTarget]

If you don't know what type of engineer you want to be, somewhere like Virginia Tech / Georgia Tech is likely the best place. They'll give you a good engineering background in the first year or two and then you can decide and finish out the major you want.