<p>I've seen this sort of program, and I'm trying to decide if I would like to consider it or not.
Can yall give me some pros and cons about doing 3/2 versus the traditional 4 years?</p>
<p>Cons: The extra 25% in additional cost as well as an entire years lost wages?</p>
<p>Just a guess.</p>
<p>@toblin</p>
<p>The thing with these programs is usually you take your first three years at a school that isn’t known for engineering (or may not even have their own engineering school) and then the remaining two years will be spent at a well known engineering school (for example, Columbia). That’s the pro of this program. You end up getting (if I’m correct) a BA in Physics from your first school, and then get a BS in whichever engineering field you choose from the transfer school.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if there is a huge benefit, but I’m assuming the idea that you get your BS of whichever engineering you choose from a well known school is the incentive. I’m just not sure whether it changes anything when you’re job searching.</p>
<p>Just keep in mind that it’s often more like 3/2.5 depending on the school you are coming from… Those programs can be great, but unless there is a really good reason to go the the first school, I’d just start with the second.</p>
<p>Good reasons include cost, a sense of a better first few years of education, or a sense that engineering isn’t a likely choice, so the 3/2 plan is the backup…</p>