<p>My junior son has always been interested in aerospace engineering for as long as he can remember. Now that he is starting to delve a bit into college planning he is wondering if he should go mechanical instead for the broader options available post-graduation. His passion is in aero though so I would hate for him to give that up totally.</p>
<p>So my, question, what are some of the better engineering depts. that might offer a dual major program with mechanical & aero or mechanical with aerospace concentration?</p>
<p>He has a pretty good stats: 33 ACT, 4.5 W GPA, 3.9 UW</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any suggestions!</p>
<p>Princeton, Cornell, and UCLA are the ones I can think of. </p>
<p>I applied to Princeton and if I’m not mistaken, the average stats are higher Than those you listed. But you only listed listed the ‘classroom’ stats. UCLA is a lot of theory.
My friend is at Cornell majoring in MAE. He doesn’t like a lot of his profs.</p>
<p>He should consider RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) an amazing engineering school. It is really easy to dual aero/mech. If he is aerospace first then he only needs to take 3 mech classes to get the dual.</p>
<p>Thank you CSAMath and pyroknife for the suggestions. I looked into RPI for him but he says he would like steer clear of “tech” colleges and would like a more diversified student body in regards to interests. Also would like a better male:female ratio :)</p>
<p>My school not “tech college” has better female: male ratio (more female) and we host super bowl and we have mardi gras. Unfortunately, we dont have Mechanical (ME) but we have dual degree programs with other schools where you can take ME, EE…</p>
<p>A better male:female ratio for the whole school or the engineering department? If the latter, don’t get your hopes up.</p>
<p>Pyroknife, a better ratio for the whole school. He is well aware of the ratio for the major.</p>
<p>Also, Longhaul, thank you for your PM. I would respond but do not have enough posts yet to do so.</p>