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Swarthmore has an engineering major that's not accredited, but seems fairly good as a platform for graduate programs.
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<p>Swarthmore's program is not only fully ABET accredited, but has been since 1936, the first year accrediting college and university engineering programs began.</p>
<p>Swarthmore began offering engineering courses in 1874.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone, for the input. Certainly gives us a couple of leads to follow up on!</p>
<p>Barium, thank you for the quotation. Now, compare it to Mini's.</p>
<p>Barium = Through admissions agreements with Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Tufts University, and the University of Michigan, </p>
<p>Mini = Smith has a four-year engineering major, with guaranteed admission (with a 3.5 GPA) to the graduate engineering programs at Notre Dame, Princeton, Dartmouth, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, and University of Michigan.</p>
<p>Thanks, now I see what you meant :)</p>
<p>"Mini, not that it matters much, but are you absolutely certain that all the schools you listed do indeed have a GUARANTEED admission for Smithies with a 3.5 GPA? It seems that the language describing the program has disappeared from the public pages. How about Princeton?"</p>
<p>Absolutely certain (and I know students who have taken advantage of it.) Princeton was added last year (the website isn't updated.) </p>
<p>"And, fwiw, while "no other college offers the same" might be true, I'd like to think that the same schools would be quite interested in any female scholar who was able to maintain a 3.5 GPA in an engineering program at a competitive school."</p>
<p>This is likely true. However, it takes A LOT of the pressure off to know in advance of even applying that you will be admitted.</p>