I don’t have much information about most of these schools because most of the information I have are people ranting or boasting on Reddit, and oftentimes the rants and boasts always contradict each other.
What I am looking for:
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Major: Computer Science
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Minor: Game Development (maybe)
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Housing: Anything is fine. I just don’t want communal bathrooms.
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Location: As a NYC resident, I’m more used to urban settings.
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Social Life: I’m not really sure. I do plan on joining clubs but not Greek life.
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Internship/Co-ops: This isn’t a big need but I would prefer that it’s easier to get them at the school. For example, I know RIT/Drexel are known for co-ops and RPI has this ARCH program that takes away opportunity for co-ops.
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Study Abroad: This is also not a big need, but I would really appreciate a school that lets me study abroad to Japan. Also, if the school has classes in Japanese and they are open for people in STEM majors, I’d like that too.
Schools:
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Drexel: $35k without loans. I got into their honors program.
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RIT: $40k without loans. I was waitlisted for honors.
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RPI: $48k without loans.
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BU: $50k without loans.
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SBU: $30k without loans. I got into their honors program.
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WPI: $60k without loans.
Any comments and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
No clue on the urban-ness or communal bathrooms - but here is the top 50 game design schools - well, who Princeton Review says is. Of course, you don’t seem assured that it is but maybe this will help you.
RIT - #4, WPI #6, Drexel #13 (I know it’s urban, close to Penn), #19 RPI
I think those three are great names - especially RPI. Drexel is urban - so if you’re looking for that, I’d check out their housing and see if it fits.
Top 50 Game Design: Ugrad | The Princeton Review
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I just wanna point out that RPI is on a huge downward trend right now, and some of the really good professors at rpi have pretty much jumped ship and left. The rules there are super strict and Troy isn’t exactly the best city in the world. They also have a problem called summer arch which sucks like a lot. I got accepted wit around a 45k scholarship but I’m not going for those reasons.
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You’ve got a lot of solid options here, so I would lean to fit and cost. Drexel and BU seem to be your only true city options, so I would probably go with Drexel first for the better price and more specific game design offerings and follow with BU after as the #2 option. RIT next for decent-sized place + great program and price, WPI if you must (not a great fit or cost but no doubts on program quality), and eliminate RPI for so many reasons here.
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WPI and RIT seem to have really interesting study abroad opportunities in STEM.
Drexel is very urban setting.
The Drexel Honors Dorm - Bentley Hall has a mix of communal bathrooms and private bathrooms on each floor. You aren’t required to live there though and can still be in the Honors Program.
Drexel offers Japanese.
Seems like a good choice for you.
Yes, Drexel does offer study in Japan, but it didn’t appear to me that it was for STEM.
I would think it’s offered for anyone. I had a friend that worked there and took Chinese as an employee. My D17 took Arabic there as a high schooler. I don’t think language classes are limited though they could fill up.
It is offered for anyone. I meant that studying STEM is not available in Japan as part of this program as far as I can tell. It’s worth more investigating.
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I’m sorry and misunderstood your statement and obviously confused it with studying the language as the OP states in their desire.
First I’m not a representative of Drexel so anything I write is unofficial. So it seems there are 2 things the OP would like to do take Japanese language classes and also do a Study Abroad in Japan. The Japanese classes appear to be open to anyone that would like to take them. As far as Study Abroad goes I talked to someone in the CS department at Drexel and yes they have students that do Study Abroad including taking CS courses. The student would work with the SA office to find a University in Japan and any courses they would like to take - could be major courses or electives. The courses would have to be approved prior to SA by whichever department the course would substitute at Drexel.
OP - you still have time to reach out to Drexel to verify they have what you want.
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