<p>Hello everyone, I am going to be a senior in high school in a one day, and I understand that Im behind in the college selection process. I am looking for a computer engineering school that offers the best co-op opportunities possible, as well as financial aid. I live in southeast TN, so I have already looked at the University of TN and Georgia Tech, I was wondering about some of the schools outside of my immediate surroundings. For instance, I talked to Kettering University, North of Detroit, and they offered me 15,000 a year in scholarships, and over the course of 4 1/2 years 60,000 worth of Co-Op work, to offset the 34,000 price tag including room and board. I am willing to travel, but it needs to be economical for someone who is looking for the best price for the education.
To give you an idea of what kind of student I am, I keep a 3.5 GPA, and I hope to score anywhere on the fall ACT between a 26-30 (I am working very hard on learning the test). I have done football from my freshman to the end of my junior year, with one year of track and wrestling thrown in there. I am an active member of FBLA, I went to the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California to compete in Cyber Security were through many hours of hard work I was able to place top 10 nationally. So a college with a good PBL chapter would be a plus, but not essential. On top of that, I have worked the special Olympics 3 years, and have volunteered to read to the 1st graders on Dr.Sues day. That is in supplement to the Go Green and community service projects I have worked on with FBLA. Im sorry if this is kind of a bit of a subjective question to ask, but Im looking to see what other people outside of my general surroundings know about other colleges. Thanks for your time College Confidential Population!</p>
<p>Northeastern University has the best co-op program in the country. Also look at Drexel University, Rochester Institute Of Technology and if you want to study in Canada: University of Waterloo is the best co-op program in the world. I think that Georgia Tech would be the best place to go though for co-op though. It’s very affordable, big sports school, excellent engineering education, in the city of Atlanta etc…</p>
<p>I’m not sure how good Kettering is with Computer Engineering, but they’re supposed to be an excellent school for Mechanical and other types. They do make everyone do co-op work which is good. An important thing to consider, though, is that they are north of Detroit and it is going to get COLD up there. And like I said, I’ve never heard anything either way about their Computer Engineering.</p>
<p>What do you know about GA Tech’s co-op program in particular? Im suposed to be getting information pretty soon from UT about their Co-Op. I’d like a school were I can get as much co-op as possible before I can graduate, and hopefully pay as little as possible.</p>
<p>I don’t go to Georgia Tech or really looked into GT when I was applying to colleges (I kinda regret that now but it doesn’t matter haha). Here’s the co-op website for GT: [Georgia</a> Tech :: Division of Professional Practice :: Undergraduate Cooperative Education Program](<a href=“http://www.coop.gatech.edu/]Georgia”>http://www.coop.gatech.edu/)</p>
<p>If you go to the engineering forum, I know there are some Georgia Tech graduates hanging around out there.</p>
<p>If you ever have any questions about Clemson, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, UMass-Amherst, Northeastern, NC State or Purdue, I applied and did the most research to those schools (and am going to be attending Clemson next week!) so if you ever have any questions about those schools, don’t hesitate!</p>