<p>Would University of Vermont be a good university to attend if I wanted to major in electrical engineering?
Is electrical engineering jobs suppose to increase in the near future like say 4-7 years from now?
If not UVM where would be the best option to transfer after like 1-3 years at UVM?
I'm from New York State.</p>
<p>help please?</p>
<p>another bump. Any Vermont students or grads out there?</p>
<p>M</p>
<p>Try searching older posts in the UVM forum [University</a> of Vermont - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-vermont/]University”>University of Vermont - College Confidential Forums) or in the engineering majors forum.
UVM is VERY expensive for OOS students. If you have really good stats it might be cheaper at a private university that gives merit aid. I don’t know whether they are generous with financial aid for OOS. So you should think carefully about whether UVM offers any advantages over your best in-state schools.</p>
<p>You can get tons of info on majors/careers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[Electrical</a> and Electronics Engineers : Occupational Outlook Handbook : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/electrical-and-electronics-engineers.htm]Electrical”>http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/electrical-and-electronics-engineers.htm)</p>
<p>EE from the Boston Area. </p>
<p>UVM is not viewed as a great school for electrical engineering. It may be fine, but there
are so many better choices around here that produce a lot more EE graduates so my company and I suspect others nearby, tend to recruit at the career fairs at those schools instead of UVM. I also don’t know any UVM graduates, and that’s surprising since the Boston area is prime recruiting grounds for UVM since many local kids go to college there because incorrectly think it’s better than UMASS. It is certainly prettier than UMASS and has better access to skiing.</p>
<p>My S is interested in ME, but there were so few UVM threads, I bumped this one.</p>
<p>There are lots of “good” engineering schools where the college experience, for various reasons can be very sub par (interesting aphorism since under par is actually good, I digress). </p>
<p>UVM is a medium sized school with access to hiking and skiing and broader opportunities than just engineering and is in a great town. It offers engineering within the confines of an institution that would be considered a classic college experience in the whole sense, not just in regards to engineering, hence the question.</p>
<p>It is one of several in the region we’ll visit over SB. The others are Tufts, Olin, Dartmouth, Cornell, Bucknell, Lehigh and Lafayette.</p>
<p>M</p>
<p>Eyemgh, I think Cornell and Lehigh are much better places to do engineering than the others that you mention. They also have the classic college experiences.</p>
<p>The class size at Cornell is a little bit of a concern for him.</p>
<p>Dartmouth would be a great college experience, but their engineering isn’t very highly regarded and it takes 5 years to get a BS. At that tuition and with the fact they no longer take AP credit, that’s a little bit of a buzzkill, particularly when there are institutions where you can walk out with a MS in 5 years.</p>
<p>Olin wouldn’t be typical college at all, but the students who go seem to rave about the experience. It really is a subset of Babson, so not as small functionally as it appears.</p>
<p>Thoughts on Tufts, Bucknell or Lafayette since you’re “in the neighborhood”?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>M</p>
<p>Bucknell and Lafayette are both liberal-arts schools that also have engineering (Union is also in that category). Lafayette is pretty tiny. My son rejected Bucknell due to its high frat percentage and perceived prepiness, but he liked the engineering program. Schools in that category are totally undegrad focused.
Tufts is a small university that is better known for majors other than engineering, but it is an excellent school with a very solid engineering program. Also U. Rochester.
You also need to look at admission rates and selectivity as some of these schools are very hard to get into, Tufts will be under 20% this coming year.
I wouldn’t be concerned about class size at Cornell. Sure, some large classes first year like most everywhere else, but there are small recitiation sections and labs. Classes get smaller fairly quickly. Cornell is excellent for engineering! The problem is getting in!</p>
<p>Thanks BTG! As you know, there’s an element of randomness at the more selective schools. A student can be well past the average SAT/GPA scatter graph point and not get in.</p>
<p>One of our friends who help my S decide which type of engineering would suit him did his undergrad at WPI. If I’m not mistaken, that’s where your son ended up, correct?</p>
<p>M</p>