College choice to major in Electrical Engineering

College Search & Selection
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<p>My name is Pedro and I am from Brazil. I graduated from high school last year and decided to major in Electrical Engineering in an american University. After the long period of application these were my final offers:</p>

<p>Georgia Tech - Accepted on Early admission, with Provost's Scholarship (20k a year). USNWR rankings : #36 total #5 engineering #5 electrical engineering Total Annual Costs: $23.000</p>

<p>UCLA - Acccepted. I was also invited to the engineering open house and selected by the Dean of Engineering to be a part of the CEED program. It's a selective program in which a few students have a special counselor, priority housing, a nice pre-college program, summer jobs and internships and research right from the freshmen year. Some companies associated with the CEED are Micrisoft, Intel, Cisco Systems, Chevron, Xerox, Boeing, etc... USNWR rankings: #24 total #20 engineering #13 electrical engineering Total Annual Costs: $55.000</p>

<p>Rice University - Accepted. USNWR rankings: #17 total #16 engineering Total Annual Costs: $55.000</p>

<p>University of Texas Austin: Accepted. USNWR rankings: #46 total #10 engineering #8 electrical engineering Total Annual Costs: $50.000</p>

<p>Wait-listed at Vanderbilt University: USNWR rankings: #17 total #34 Total Annual Costs: $60.000</p>

<p>So, where do you guys think I should go to college based on my options?</p>

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<p>We need more information.</p>

<p>What can you afford?</p>

<p>What part of the U.S. interests you?</p>

<p>Do you want to end up working in the U.S.? If so you may want to choose a college located in that area.</p>

<p>Honestly you cannot go wrong at any of those. If cost is a factor, go with Georgia Tech. Otherwise the program at UCLA looks good.</p>

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<p>I’d go with Georgia tech.</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech. If you have more money to spend, I would take Rice out of the other three.</p>

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<p>Wow, congratulations on having so many great choices. All of the schools you list have very strong reputations in engineering, so you can’t go wrong no matter what you pick.</p>

<p>I think it really comes down to cost and fit. Which location appeals the most to you? Are the higher cost options affordable for your family? Would you rather attend a smaller school (Rice) or a larger school? Would you rather attend a tech school (Ga Tech) or a school with a wider range of popular majors and with a more even male-female ratio?</p>

<p>Check out the 4-yr graduation rate at all of the schools, and consider that when you consider cost of attendance. I would guess that Rice has the best 4-yr grad rate, as the only private school on the list. (Private schools are less likely to have scheduling issues interfere with getting the classes that you need to graduate on time.) If you can afford it and like smaller schools, Rice is where I would recommend.</p>