<p>Does anyone know of good schools with 3-2 engineering programs that offer B.S./B.A. degrees? Thanks!</p>
<p>Columbia University offers the 3-2 AND the 4-1</p>
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<p>Practically every LAC seems to have a 3/2 program... except for the few that actually have an engineering program.</p>
<p>For each college you're interested in, communicate with the 3/2 advisor. Ask how many students stick with the 3/2 until the end. It may be quite low. </p>
<p>You'll find on the college's website a list of the universities with engineering that the college "feeds" into. Ask how many students actually transfered to each of those universities last year. (They may list Cal Tech as a possible place for that final "2", but perhaps in reality few if any students get in.)</p>
<p>Reed has a BS/BA program for engineering w/ caltech</p>
<p>i heard, if one wants to pursue engineering, doing BS/BA is almost wasiting time. (MBA would be helpful in contrast.)</p>
<p>am i wrong?? what do you guys think?</p>
<p>well i'm interested in engineering and no way whatsoever plan on doing a 3-2 program, mostly because i do think it's a waste of time and would rather concentrate on going further into engineering and whatnot than getting that well-rounded LAC type education. but i do plan on minor-ing in something non-engineering (hopefully in technical theatre) so i can get away from being TOO immersed in engineering</p>
<p>however. </p>
<p>i do plan on getting an MBA. probably not right out of college, but not too far down the road either</p>
<p>lots of LACs offer a 3:2 program, but from what I've heard few students admitted into them actually complete the program. </p>
<p>Engineering in general has a 50-66% dropout rate anyway. Add to that the fact that a student in her/his 3rd year at a school sees that one the one hand with 1 more year they'd get a degree and finish up at a school where they've made friends and so on, on the other hand to complete the program they xfer to a distant school where they know nobody and have 2 tough years in front of them. I think a lot of people just decide it isn't worth it.</p>
<p>I think Mikemac has it right. It just doesn't make much sense to go for an engineering degree by starting out at a school that doesn't have engineering. </p>
<p>My son (an enginering freshman) applied to 11 schools, all with real engineering programs. He rejected the idea of a 3/2 quite early in the process.</p>
<p>I wonder if many students choose to enter a 3-2 program after they've started their undergraduate work at a school? Or are 3-2 programs made up of students who came to that school expressly for that program?</p>
<p>Engineering does have a high drop-out rate. I don't imagine many students enter engineering after starting college w/ another major in mind. I'd be interested if anyone knows an engineering "drop-in" figure.</p>
<p>Chrisd -</p>
<p>I googled "3-2 engineering" and came up with sites from a whole bunch of colleges. The first one I clicked on... Clark University... had the recommended first-year curriculum with two semesters each of calculus, chem, and physics. The only other required course was English, with room for an elective. No mention of any "Intro to Engineering" course, as freshmen would be taking at a university with an engineering major. </p>
<p>It also said "You need to begin the required courses in your first semester to complete the required curriculum on time."</p>
<p>Have you looked at Carnegie Mellon?</p>
<p>why don't you look for a 5yrs B.S./M.S. in engineering, like USC.</p>
<p>Quote:
How many students typically enroll in this program each year? </p>
<p>In a typical incoming class, a good 20 students express interest; by the time they get to junior year, we rarely have more than 3. The reasons for this are varied: some students don't make the grade, some decide that engineering (and sometimes even science) is not for them. Some students, who would certainly make the cut, decide they'd rather spend the 4th year , get their degree, and then go on to a (typically two year) master's degree program in engineering</p>
<p>Columbia...</p>