<p>I visited Wash U and really loved it. It has an amazing undergraduate business and engineering program. The city is great. It's relatively small/medium sized, and has great weather (all four seasons). They also make it really easy to double major. Does anyone know of any colleges like this?</p>
<p>I’ve heard of Tufts, Tulane, and Rice as being similar. Maybe Vanderbilt also.</p>
<p>Not sure I would agree that St. Louis weather is “great”, but it is certainly four season.</p>
<p>Why not great?</p>
<p>Also, I’d be fine with anything warmer than four seasons, even super hot all the time. But nothing on the colder side of four seasons. </p>
<p>Something like dc weather or warmer, all the way up to super hot.</p>
<p>Rice has better weather, as does Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Possibly Emory, Rice, Johns Hopkins, or Tulane?</p>
<p>Runallday4 - Emory is extremely similar to Wash U in almost all respects, but it doesn’t have an engineering program. The closest it has is a 3+2 with Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>If you’re willing to sacrifice the weather thing, U Rochester and Case Western might be good options</p>
<p>My son attends WashU, and he grew up in NJ. The St. Louis weather is overall warmer than NJ - and especially is very hot and humid in the summer. Compared to NJ, he finds the St. Louis weather very changeable - sometimes big differences in temperature from day to day. </p>
<p>In the winter, it does get about as cold as NJ, but the winter lasts a shorter time. Spring flowers bloom about a month earlier. </p>
<p>My “not great” weather comment is because of the extreme heat and humidity of this summer, but weather is in the eye of the beholder.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions everyone!</p>
<p>@Whenhen,
What is a 3+2?</p>
<p>@Sacchi,
That is a great explanation, thank you. How does your son like WashU?</p>
<p>Bostonsboy,</p>
<p>I’m glad your brother loves it so much. While the academic level is awesome, and what I want, I was hoping for a much bigger social scene. (I was relying on Fiske’s 4 star social rating). Does anyone have any other experience with the social scene at WashU?</p>
<p>A 3+2 program is something offered by many colleges and universities that lack an engineering department. Basically the student spends 3 intense years at one school completing an accelerated bachelors degree (usually in the hard sciences), and then transfers to another institution to get a second bachelors in engineering. If you look on the list of majors for many liberal arts schools, you’ll often see they offer dual degree engineering with transfer options to Cal Tech, Wash U, USC (CA), Columbia, and in Emory’s case, Georgia Tech. </p>
<p>The general consensus of this forum seems to be that if you want to be an engineer, don’t count on doing a 3+2 program. Here’s a thread listing the pros and cons about these types of transfers: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/862789-3-2-dual-degree-programs-engineering.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/862789-3-2-dual-degree-programs-engineering.html</a></p>
<p>@whenhen,
That was very helpful, thank you. You are right, I don’t think a 3+2 will be good for me.</p>