<p>I have been long thinking about the 3-2 engineering program. Is it a good way to gain engineering degree? Besides I came to know that top colleges like Columbia, Dartmouth, WUSTL and Caltech offer this program. Since LACs have more FA than National universities I have considered going into this. What say?</p>
<p>May be its new to most of us, or maybe no one really has any detailed information … so google it bro :D</p>
<p>No, it is not a feasible route if you need a lot of financial aid. Two reasons:</p>
<p>1) It’s not guaranteed even if you are the best student in your college. You will have to apply to those schools, so it’s not as much a program as it is an “arrangement” for application.</p>
<p>2) The aid at liberal arts colleges is NOT transferred to those universities and most of those top schools that agree to 3-2 programs have very limited aid and the competition that comes from other international students from Asia is fierce, making it extremely difficult to get a spot. </p>
<p>(I hope you notice that most liberal arts colleges have this arrangement with the same unis)</p>
<p>Well, it depends on whether you want an engineering degree as well as a liberal arts education or you want a pure engineering degree. I maybe wrong but according to my knowledge, a 3-2 engineering program isn’t as rigorous as a pure engineering degree. By pure I mean engineering degrees offered at non-liberal arts universities like Purdue, GTech, et cetera.</p>