Hello, I am looking for mid-sized colleges (5-15k students) that also have a lot of school spirit, good academics (STEM majors), and preferably at least one good sports team, but not crazy hard to get into i.e. Duke or ivies.
What are your stats
You can help us by providing a little more info. What is your GPA? Test scores? What state do you live in? Can you be more specific than STEM? What is your financial situation?
Well, for starters, there’s Duke’s basketball rival, Syracuse.
Villanova… U of Miami… Gonzaga…?
Wake Forest and BC are both launching new engineering programs, fwiw.
What kind of STEM are you hoping to study?
Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, WPI, Case Western, Lehigh, Wake Forest, William and Mary, Creighton University, Clemson. Some of these are also extremely competitive, though not as hyper-competitive as the Ivies, etc. Some, though, have academics just as good as the Ivies, and all are outstanding. Many will be expensive, for example William and Mary (OOS) and Lehigh and Wake, which I believe don’t give lots of aids.
Some are better at sports–Clemson (football) obviously and Wake are ACC schools. Creighton’s basketball team was very good last year. Baseball CWS is played at Creighton every year. RIT was very good at hockey a few yeas ago (have not been following it). Lehigh and WM have sort of solid D-2 programs. WM basketball has been good the last few years. WPI is more D-3 but nice athletic facilities that are just about 5 years or so old.
Definitely check out WPI. It’s not that well known in some parts of the country but highly ranked, great starting salaries, beautiful campus in a nice part of Worcester, great students, very hands-on and project oriented, if that appeals. Wake has a new Wake Downtown biosciences center a few miles from campus in downtown Winston-Salem. WM is not a “STEM” school per se, but has outstanding science programs and a new Integrated Science Center (ISC). Creighton is right next to downtown Omaha, which is a pretty fun, vibrant city. In general, RIT and WPI are hands on and feel like engineering schools; Case (CWRU “Crew”) has a geeky science vibe; Wake is affluent and country club preppy.
You might also look at some of the smaller state flagships. What about University of Kansas, or Kansas State. I know Lawrence is a great college town. Your team would probably play in the Final Four at least one year.
If money is an issue, run the NPC at schools that look interesting. You can get an estimate of what they will cost.
Good luck!
4.3 GPA 1480 SAT. Also in engineering program at my school and I will take 10 AP’s including senior year.
I am lloking to study as a Mechanical Engineering w/ a minor in either physics or math. @aquapt @intparent @GoCubsGo719
I would like to spend a reasonable amount on colleges, and I will almost definitely not be getting any financial aid.
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with respect to the list of the poster(s) above me, wake forest, syracuse, uofmiami, and uofrichmond are very good options.
** oh, plus, if you can deal without school spirit, that opens up schools like uofrochester, case western reserve, and carnegie mellon.
*** lol, sorry for all the edits, but uscali fits all your criteria, but this year’s acceptance rate was ~12%, so admission is competitive.
Northeastern and BU if hockey works for you as the marquee sport. Also RPI, which is Div 1 only for hockey.
I’d recommend Wake Forest or Georgia Tech
Throw SMU in there similar to wake but larger city and much older/ developed engineering program.
Georgia Tech definitely sounds like a great fit. It wouldn’t hurt to take a stab at the Ivies. Your scores are great.
Alabama-Huntsville (hockey), the Wisconsin state schools like Stout and Platteville (D3 football), UMBC (basketball), Nebraska. The Massachusetts states and PASSHE schools might be worth a look.
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Lehigh and William & Mary are both in NCAA D1 (not D2). However, they play football in the FCS subdivision of D1, which gets far less media attention and fan interest than the FBS subdivision. This is the same athletic status as the Ivy League (in fact, Lehigh regularly plays Ivies in non-conference football games).
Lehigh and W&M are relatively small by NCAA D1 standards, and have relatively high academic standards. This means that in general, they are not nationally competitive in major college sports (again, this is like the Ivy League). One exception is Lehigh wrestling, which is commonly ranked in the Top 10 nationally. Last year’s matchup between Penn State and Lehigh (then ranked #1 and #5) drew almost 10,000 fans, and was one of the top college wrestling events of the season.
http://www.mcall.com/sports/college/psu/mc-spt-lehigh-wrestling-penn-state-20171130-story.html
Lehigh and W&M both quality in terms of size, spirit, good academics, and selectivity. However, W&M doesn’t have engineering (except as a 3-2 program). Lehigh might be a better fit, since it has a large traditional engineering school with a strong reputation.
Many of the Catholic schools are in the target size of 5000-15000 and have strong basketball programs (Villanova, Xavier, Gonzaga). U of Denver has lacrosse, hockey, and skiing national championships.
Clemson has a lot of school spirit, great sports teams and great engineering programs, but it is not a mid sized school with 5,000 to 15,000 students. They have approx 22,000 students.