Are there any other engineering schools that I should consider?

College Search & Selection
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I was finalising my list of universities and I realised that (nearly) all of them are flagship public universities and I rarely considered any other kind of universities. I’m wondering if there are any noteworthy smaller colleges or private universities that passed my radar.

I’m thinking of doing either Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering and currently have a 3.7 GPA and expecting a 2200 SAT. Also worth noting is that I’m an international student and I won’t need any financial aid so I’m not very limited in terms of location and tuition.

So far my list has:
University of California: Berkeley
University of Michigan: Ann Arbor
University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign
University of Wisconsin: Madison
University of Texas: Austin
University of Washington
University of California: Santa Barbara
Purdue University

I’ve also considered USC, Rose-Hulman, and Georgia Tech but for various reasons I’m not considering applying to those colleges.

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What about Harvey Mudd?

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You could look at Stevens. It is located in Hoboken, NJ overlooking the Manhattan skyline, only 10 mins away by subway right into the heart of Greenwich Village.

Hoboken itself is a thriving and fun town and incredibily safe. Incredible location.

Stevens grads do very, very well.

Lehigh would be another one to consider. Lehigh has an Integrated Business and Engineering degree that is very interesting.

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If you want small, there are also the mine schools in SD, NM, and CO.

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Carnegie Mellon
Case Western Reserve
Lehigh

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University of Alabama main and/or Huntsville.
Oregon State University.

These two are good safety choices, and you may get full OOS tuitino scholarship if you have good GPA and SAT/ACT in Alabama

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I second Lehigh and Stevens. You should be able to get in.

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You can find the full lists of ABET accredited institutions here: http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx

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We could list every engineering school here, but let’s try to narrow it down. What are you looking for in a school, besides mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering? Can’t go wrong with either, by the way.

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Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering ???

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Look at Penn State

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What is it about USC, Rose-Hulman, and Georgia Tech that you didn’t like?
Do you want a big, medium,or small school?
East, West, Midwest, South of USA?
Mostly Engineering focused or more broadly focused?
Have you tried using the Supermatch tool here on CC (look on left of your screen)

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Maybe try UCLA too. Same app as the other UC’s and second best engineering program in their system (behind Berkeley).

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I should have written Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering but I didn’t check for any errors so it said Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (haha).

To answer bopper’s question I have an acquaintance who went to Georgia Tech for engineering and he didn’t recommend it because of the professors. A friend’s relative went to USC to study nutrition and iirc hated it for similar reasons…

Location doesn’t matter as long as it is within the continental US, and I would like the university of be more broadly focused as long as the engineering department is still one of its strengths (if that makes sense). Also I did try the Supermatch tool and most of my list comes from the tool though I might use it again just in case.

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Your list of flagships is excellent. I would add the following:

Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Northwestern University
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
Rice University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego

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So we’ve narrowed it down to broad universities with strong engineering in the continental US. Still hundreds of schools to choose. Large or small school? Are sports/spirit important? Overall vibe (preppy, geek, business-like, etc.)? Need to have other students from your part of the world? Tell us a little about yourself.