I went to WashU for Mechanical Engineering, and we had a few 3:2 students in my program. They did really well, and of course still graduated with BSMEs like the rest of us. The only negative I guess, is 5 years of tuition instead of 3, but maybe they got really good financial aid packages from both schools.
I like that a number of posters have mentioned Caltech. I was accepted there and one of the plus-factors was that I'd probably be able to run for the school, terrible athlete though I was.
I actually ended up elsewhere, but Caltech obviously has a lot to offer for the kid who's a really serious student but also wants to run.
As several have said, it would be very helpful if the OP would post the girl's pr's. Put another way, what is an average runner?
There are many subjects Let'sRun posters say a lot about without much real knowledge. College engineering programs is not one of them. There's actually a good knowledge base on these boards on this subject.
For example, would she be fast enough to run at Penn State? Their women's program is good, but nowhere near as strong as their men's program. Their engineering school is excellent, especially in certain specialties. If she's looking to get a good engineering job without going to grad school, their program is one of the best in the country. The resources and facilities there are second to none, both in the engineering school and in the athletic department.
college fair wrote:
rose who? wrote:Never heard of this school.
The top 4 engineering programs have already been named on this thread multiple times.
You need to get out more often.
I'm not trying to be a jersey but I have never ever heard of that school after attending cal for undergrad and grad and since working in industry.
Harvey mudd.... yes.
Rose? No.
Maybe it's an East coast thing.
What is your definition of average runner. PR's would help. She won a league title so that would imply better then average, at least in your league.
But agree with those saying MIT if she wants engineering.
It should be noted that maxed out sats, gpa, and top of the class status is the norm at these schools.... if she wants to excel at that level academically, running will be that much harder
college fair wrote:
rose who? wrote:Never heard of this school.
The top 4 engineering programs have already been named on this thread multiple times.
You need to get out more often.
That school is nowhere near being the top program. It is virtually unknown in engineering circles. Bad advice.
Like the others have said, the OP should post prs or i suspect this is some kind of strange troll.
University of Chicago, I don't know much about its engineering program but it is a very good school. My friend went there and he ran 17:40 in high school
Washington and Lee
George Washington University
William and Mary
Emory
NYU
VA Tech
Penn
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Princeton
American
Missouri S&T
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering ranks 10th in the nation and 14th in the world, according to the 2015 Academic Rankings of World Universities in Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences conducted by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.
The Jacobs School of Engineering is currently home to six distinct engineering departments, offering eighteen undergraduate majors, sixteen master's degrees, and twelve Ph. D. programs:[6]
Bioengineering (est. 1994)
Computer Science and Engineering (est. 1987)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (est. 1987)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (est. 1999)
NanoEngineering (est. 2007)
Structural Engineering (est. 1999)
rose who? wrote:
college fair wrote:You need to get out more often.
I'm not trying to be a jersey but I have never ever heard of that school after attending cal for undergrad and grad and since working in industry.
Harvey mudd.... yes.
Rose? No.
Maybe it's an East coast thing.
Well, people are provincial everywhere. I've heard of Cal, because I did post-doctoral work there (science, not engineering).
There are lots of good engineering programs. Cooper Union is one i don't believe has been mentioned. When it comes to colleges, the majority of letsrun posters don't appear to know squat except for brand names.
There is a reason these emgineering programs attract immense research funds and top talent.
They aren't teaching schools. They are not small liberal arts colleges. They wont coddle you. People sink or swim at these places.
If you want to send your kid to a regional engineering school where they don't do research, then just be advised that they may get passed over for jobs and research when competing with people from high profile schools with research experience outside of that area.
If they just want a job at a big company and max out at middle management, then it doesn't really matter where you go.
college fair wrote:
rose who? wrote:I'm not trying to be a jersey but I have never ever heard of that school after attending cal for undergrad and grad and since working in industry.
Harvey mudd.... yes.
Rose? No.
Maybe it's an East coast thing.
Well, people are provincial everywhere. I've heard of Cal, because I did post-doctoral work there (science, not engineering).
There are lots of good engineering programs. Cooper Union is one i don't believe has been mentioned. When it comes to colleges, the majority of letsrun posters don't appear to know squat except for brand names.
Look I am sure that is a fine program as is Rose.
They just aren't THE top engineering programs. That is really the only reason I questioned that poster.
It seems like 1 out of every 3 letsrun posters has a phd from MIT and Yale
Either some people are lying or telling the truth but are just really eager to brag
CMU
Hopkins
WUSTL
Harvey Mudd
MIT/Caltech (check Caltech first--it's really not for most people)
If you want to branch out a little more and are willing to go for applied math/life sciences over engineering, then Williams/Pomona/Swarthmore/Haverford/Chicago are all good options.
West Coast D2 wrote:
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering ranks 10th in the nation and 14th in the world, according to the 2015 Academic Rankings of World Universities in Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences conducted by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.
The Jacobs School of Engineering is currently home to six distinct engineering departments, offering eighteen undergraduate majors, sixteen master's degrees, and twelve Ph. D. programs:[6]
Bioengineering (est. 1994)
Computer Science and Engineering (est. 1987)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (est. 1987)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (est. 1999)
NanoEngineering (est. 2007)
Structural Engineering (est. 1999)
Impressive, and at UCSD you are in the middle of where a large fraction of USOC medalists live.
Well she went on a recruiting visit to a great school in NY that specializes in engineering and loved it, the academic program, and especially the team. She plans to apply ED there. With her stats and the coach's nod, she is practically in. She told me that once she spent the two days going to classes, watching practice, just being around the team, that she just felt like she had found the perfect school. Glad everything panned out, and I appreciate the suggestions.
Glad to hear.
Is that the only school she checked out?
Top engineering school in NY?