<p>This may sound dumb, but what are the differences between civil, mechanical, and any other engineering branch? Also, is Grove City a good engineering school?</p>
<p>I know a joke that says "civil engineers build the things that mechanical engineers blow up". LOL! But if you look on any college's engineering web site, you can read about the different kinds of engineering. Another place to look is the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Here is a link:
<a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm</a></p>
<p>On the subject of Grove City, I think it is a pretty well respected college. It may not be the place for a "rebel at heart" though, because they are pretty rigid. You should definitely visit and ask about things beyond the beautiful campus, such as required religious services, dorm visiting policies, penalties for alcohol and other infractions, etc.</p>
<p>Grove City's engineering degree programs are ABET-accredited, so they would be considered qualifying professional degrees anywhere in the US. However, they only have accredited programs in mechanical and electrical/computer engineering, so those are the only options. If you think you might want to explore other branches of engineering (such as civil), then Grove City would probably not be the best choice.</p>
<p>Grove City?
never heard about that.
is it a good school?
what is its engineering program rank?</p>
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It may not be the place for a "rebel at heart" though, because they are pretty rigid.
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Grove City was rated #2 on the Princeton Review's [url=<a href="http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_ConservativeColleges/Top_10_Politically_Conservative_Colleges.html%5Dlist%5B/url">http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_ConservativeColleges/Top_10_Politically_Conservative_Colleges.html]list[/url</a>] of most politically conservative US colleges. They ranked behind Hillsdale, but ahead of BYU and the service academies. This may or may not be what you're looking for in a college, but in any case it's something to be aware of.</p>
<p>hehe..My dad is the "rebel<em>at</em>heart"..not me. We chose the user name together because he used it before and it was something we could both remember..From my understanding, Grove City's values would fit me. I guess I should probably read up more about the different forms of engineering. Math is most likely my strongest subject so i thought engineering might work for me. Still, I have no idea what I want my major to be..I'm just trying to get a feel for what I might like.</p>
<p>ABET-accredited engineering programs, at any school, are very demanding in terms of courseload. Unfortunately, this means that you may not have a lot of latitude to explore other fields of study before you make up your mind. Engineering majors are typically expected to hit the ground running as freshman; otherwise it is difficult to complete all of the necessary coursework in four years. </p>
<p>You might want to enroll as an engineering major, even if you are not sure that this is what you want to do. If you like engineering, you can stay in; if you don't, you can drop engineering and major in something else.</p>