countdown to May 1: OSU Honors vs. Carnegie Mellon

College Search & Selection
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<p>Both mechanical engineering (as a female so I'm bound to be outnumbered). Though I would like to take a handful of minors in design, business, drama, and take non-major courses in music, psychology, and anthropology (i'm interested in everything!)</p>

<p>I visited both.
I come from a small school so Carnegie Mellon seemed like a comfortable leap (it is also incredibly nerdy, not sure if I want that...but hey i'm probably considered to be a nerd)</p>

<p>OSU is huge but the honors program is small enough, but also there is the typical college experience (a great football team). </p>

<p>Is CMU's prestige enough to pay idk more (they messed up my financial aid, so hopefully it increases, but OSU would be ~15,000... not too shabby, but CMU would probably be atleast 35,000)</p>

<p>When I visited OSU it seemed as if they had the most 'normal' engineers. </p>

<p>I'm interested in product design so should that influence my decision (and which way should it?)</p>

<p>With all of the courses I want to take @ OSU i'd get preferential registration for courses, and its on the quarter system (until 2012), plus a 5th year wouldn't break the bank. </p>

<p>CMU is on semesters and there's no telling whether I'd be able to get into my non-major courses, and the 4th year would probably break the bank.</p>

<p>Tell me what you think. How do you think CMU and OSU honors compare prestige-wise and with hiring after college?</p>

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<p>CMU is not worth 80 thousand dollars more than Ohio State especially with the honors option.</p>

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<p>As you looked around at schools, which did you find has rich music scenes that were accessible to engineering majors. My daughter, like you, would like to keep her hand in (and soul alive) through the outnumbered years at engineering school by participating in music for fun. </p>

<p>MIT I know has a rich music scene, but admission is not likely. Any others?</p>

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<p>I would say CMU, if you are worried about not having enough to pay 4 years at CMU, there are many scholarships after your first year that are based solely on GPA, so if you get good grades (and you think you can) after one year, I think you can get one of those scholarships to help you out.</p>

<p>But CMU is definitely the better school for engineering and music.</p>