<p>Hello all.
What would you guys say is the best choice for engineering in the state of Oklahoma and the best choice for the region around Oklahoma.
Does undergrad mean as much as it is hyped?
Also, what would be a good major at each of the schools aforementioned.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Also, what is a good gpa, resume, internships etc to have when applying to upper tier engineering grad schools (e.g. MIT, Ivy, Standford, Caltech, you know what I mean)</p>
<p>bump10char</p>
<p>In Oklahoma, the best engineering school would be Oklahoma State in most areas. In the region, Texas and Texas A&M would be the best. I don’t know how large you mean by “in the region” though.</p>
<p>As far as grad school goes, there is no magic GPA to get in. Your best bet is to do undergrad research. Still, make sure you like engineerin before you plan for grad school. Assuming you will do grad school at this point would be foolhardy.</p>
<p>Also, outside of Cornell and Princeton, the Ivy league kind of stinks for engineering.</p>
<p>OU and OK State are both pretty good.</p>
<p>4 or 5 states away you can go almost anywhere.
3 states away there are good to great schools in CA, GA, IN, AL, MN, WI, and VA.
2 states away there are schools in IL. Louisiana and Arizona could be possible too.
But just concentrating on instate or adjacent states, there’s Colorado School of Mines, New Mexico Tech, and Missouri S&T (Rolla), the Texas colleges mentioned above, and U. Tulsa instate.</p>
<p>U. Tulsa’s Engineering is actually worse than the state schools of OU and OSU</p>
<p>OK State definitely for Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biosystems.
UTulsa for petroleum.
I’m not sure of OU’s specialty.
But yeah, I would go with OU or OSU over Tulsa.</p>
<p>What type of engineering?</p>
<p>I’m looking very seriously at Aerospace.</p>
<p>your undergrad school doesnt matter for anything. </p>
<p>Going to a tough out of state school will just knock your gpa down and make grad school admission more difficult.</p>
<p>Just go to your cheap state school and you can “upgrade” for graduate studies.</p>
<p>Your undergrad school DOES matter, just not as much as some people think.</p>
<p>The top schools are generally recruited more heavily by companies and grad schools are more likely to overlook a poor GPA from a good school, especially since the good schools often gve more research opportunities.</p>
<p>Well for aerospace, there’s Wichita State University nearby or Embry-Riddle in Prescott, AZ.</p>