<p>I've just gotten my acceptance letters from a few schools and I just wanted to see if anyone had any input as to which is best for a mechanical engineering major. I am also considering going pre-med or double majoring/minoring in neuroscience. My choices are:</p>
<p>UC San Diego
UC Davis
Boston U
Northeastern
NYU</p>
<p>UCSD is the obvious choice academically, but I visited and I didn't really like campus or San Diego as whole for school. Any input would be helpful. Thanks</p>
<p>Can your family afford all those schools?</p>
<p>I’ve gotten financial aid for all of them except for nyu. The costs for the others are generally around the same with northeastern being most expensive. But other than money, which is a better choice?</p>
<p>Try asking your question here:
[Engineering</a> Majors - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/]Engineering”>Engineering Majors - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>NYU doesnt have an engineering program and NYU poly isnt highly rated. Boston and UCSD have amazing engineering programs though.</p>
<p>Umm NYU does have an engineering school/program…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/academic-programs/nyu-poly.html[/url]”>http://www.nyu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/academic-programs/nyu-poly.html</a>
(on the NYU website)
<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges.html[/url]”>http://www.nyu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges.html</a>
(look for NYU-Poly)</p>
<p>Here is the facts about NYU-Poly, being a school of NYU will add more prestige to the school. Plus for MechE you will be expected to research, develop, design, manufacture, and test power-producing/using mechanical devices, specializing in energy systems, applied mechanics, automotive design (PolySAE Challenge [Poly-NYU</a> Supermileage](<a href=“http://polysae.poly.edu/]Poly-NYU”>http://polysae.poly.edu/) or their recent EcoMarathon [Senior</a> Design students compete on land and in air | NYU-Poly](<a href=“Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering”>Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering)), manufacturing materials, plant engineering, pressure vessles and piping, heating, refrigeration, and air-conditioning system are all skills which will be taught at Poly. NYU-Poly students are well prepared for a career in engineering. One in every twenty engineers in the US are NYU-Poly grads. And because the faculty provides real world experience (believe me I toured NYU Poly and their intro to engineering course is very tough- building robots ) and demand a high standard of excellence, making Poly students among the most sought after you professionals upon graduation (They have a lot of really good companies that come there- Bechtel, The Bronx Zoo, ExxonMobil, GlaxoKlineSmith, Google, IBM, Johnson Controls, Lincoln Laboratories, Lockheed Martin, Merck, MTA, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Parsons Brinkerhoff, Pfizer, Wyeth, and the list goes on and on and on…) they have relationships with corporations and government agencies like NASA of which 3 NYU-Poly grads were astronauts, to help recruit engineers into jobs! Plus faculty and students have had nobel peace prize winner, a wolf prize winner, and other unique distinctions. I know this because I toured poly and I am going to pick it over my other choices, especially since I want a job right after school (pay off loans, maybe grad school who knows). (Its also the second oldest private engineering institution in the country)… The i2e philosophy allows for anything to happen with your education whether you want to be in research or start your own business with an invention you created. Chose Poly- it will be an awesome experience and with NYC right there, there are immense possibilities! Now, its up to you to choose!</p>
<p>wow^ lol. i go to poly but i wouldnt promote it like that much tho i love it lmao.</p>
<p>Hey I fell in love with the school, though some people are trying to turn me off from going there, since they don’t recommend it especially for getting a job after school is done… what do you know about job placement for poly kids? how has your poly experience been like?</p>