<p>Opinions on quality of engineering at Bucknell compared to Vanderbilt and Tufts and Johns Hopkins. Not too interested in Tufts and JHU, but I'm curious what people think.</p>
<p>Bucknell is a liberal art school, but still has a strong engineering school. Vandy also has a strong engineering program (according to playboy, also hot girls).
Tufts has a good engineering program, but I don't know if it is as well known as suppose to Vandy.
I only know that JHU has one of the best biomedical engineering programs in the country.</p>
<p>Since you are looking at Bucknell, also look at Union and Trinity(CT). Both are liberal art schools with a great engineering program.</p>
<p>Also have a look at both Swarthmore and Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>Smith too if you're a girl.</p>
<p>All four are good, and reasonably well-known in engineering. JHU is small but packs a really good punch.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd seems a little out-of-left-field in comparison to the others that the OP mentioned, and the OP is tagged as being male, too, so Smith would be out...</p>
<p>What engineering discipline(s) are you looking at?</p>
<p>Hopkins for Engineers is outstanding. The programs are small, challenging and recruiters love Hopkins graduates. It's small, so that's not for everyone however. </p>
<p>Johns</a> Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering</p>
<p>Thanks for the above suggestions. Main interest at this point is Chemical Engineering (which Union and Trinity don't have). Harvey Mudd is too much of a reach, and yes, Smith is out. Mainly interested in small schools and ones that are not exclusively engineering and have some LAC focus and if possible a warmer climate.</p>
<p>Hm...if Harvey mudd is too much of a reach, you might want to cross JHU and Tufts off the list as they are similarly to Mudd in selectivity.</p>
<p>Sorry
Why don't you look at WPI. It is not selective at all.</p>
<p>My best friend in HS went to JHU for ChemE. I think he enjoyed it there, though I do recall him complaining a lot about all the pre-meds that were there. He said they weren't that smart, filled up all of the classes, and didn't care about the material, just getting the highest grade possible.</p>
<p>Hows he doing now though? JHU premeds do suck but they wouldn't be in the upper level chem e classes as chem e is a rigorous major that can kill GPAs.</p>
<p>Well, I think it was mostly his lower-level courses where he'd be with chemistry or bio majors moreso than ChemE people. Last I heard of him he was going to Cornell for grad school (we were supposed to meet up since we were visiting for grad school on the same weekend, but then he bailed the day before :mad: ).</p>
<p>How would you assess Vandy, Tufts, Bucknell and Lehigh in the world of Civil Engineering and that group vs. bigger schools U of I and UCLA? I don’t mind a bigger school atmosphere though my first choice would be a mid size school.</p>
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<p>Engineering at JHU is very strong. There’s a lot of overlap between the top science programs at JHU and the engineering programs. Also I think that most people, including the college admins who do US News peer assessment, would agree that in terms of research and academics it’s the strongest of these schools (Vanderbilt is in a somewhat close 2nd), which means that you’ll have lots of grad school / career opportunities. </p>
<p>A lot of it depends on what kind of engineering you want to do and if you want to do career/grad school.</p>