<p>As a result of your comments, i checked the American Society for Engineers website and do not see UScranton on that site as have ABET accred. so perhaps that school should come off the list as with some of the school that are reaches and perhaps we should include University of Rhode Island and some of the other suggestions. </p>
<p>Scranton’s ABET accreditation list is here:
<a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=99”>http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=99</a>
(computer engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering)</p>
<p>My son is now a sophomore at UCONN for Mech Eng. When we were attending an Open House prior to him going there, a rep told him they look for 1300 (CR+M) SAT score. Of course that was 2 years ago and every year UCONN’s stats go up. Good luck to your daughter! BTW, my son loves UCONN. It was his top choice.</p>
<p>@jkeil. Lawyers can be annoying like Economists who begin nearly every phrase with “well, on the other hand…” LOL.</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter, I agree with what the others have said, UConn is great and the in-state tuition is quite appealing!</p>
<p>@francesca97 </p>
<p>If you want to check to see if a school is ABET accredited, then you need to check ABET.org</p>
<p><a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=99”>http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=99</a> (ABET U Scranton)</p>
<p>My daughter’s combined writing and reading scores are 1280… we were told at uconn - 1234. We are hoping that she makes it in the program at Uconn and we are happy to hear the favorable Uconn reviews.<br>
She is taking her second SAT on 10/11 so perhaps her math score will increase. Thanks very much for all of your help.</p>
<p>What is 1234? That can’t be an avg SAT. What is that?</p>
<p>1234 is the score that was announced at the engineering tour for combined reading and math that was needed to be considered for the engineering school at UConn. </p>
<p>As I mentioned she is not certain that engineering is for her and may switch out to chemistry or something of that nature. Our thought is that UConn is still our best bet because most Chemistry positions require a graduate degree and if she can graduate from UConn with very little to no loans then she can take loans out for grad school. If she was sure she wanted to pursue an engineering degree, perhaps if she attended a smaller school with more accessible professors she would have a better shot of liking/managing the program. We are just not sure it would be wise to spend the extra $/take out the loans since she may switch out of engineering. If she does not get into UConn some of the other larger OOS schools have good programs in both Science and Engineering (i.e. umass and U deleware)… and the cost is more reasonable than say BU or Union (which seems to be a nice alternative to the larger schools but really expensive) </p>
<p>UConn and UMass usually take the students who can’t afford Northeastern or BU and they are decent options that provide decent fin aid.</p>
<p>And for students that do not want to be in the city. :)</p>
<p>"…most Chemistry positions require a graduate degree."</p>
<p>This is likely inaccurate. There’s much competition for employment in the field, but my kid is a Chemical Engineering major and he reports that nearly all of the Chemistry job postings he’s read are for B.S. candidates. This includes major companies like Sherwin-Williams, Celanese and S.C. Johnson.</p>
<p>Thank you, Lake Washington. This is good to hear… We attended a science fair at our local high school. Speakers indicated in order to be respected in the field and run the projects- a graduate degree was usually required. </p>
<p>I would say that significant undergraduate research /lab experience would help a B.S. Chemistry candidate land a job.</p>
<p>If my D. does switches out of engineering to chemistry, what schools in the northeast have better job placement programs for chemistry majors and internships/research opportunities… </p>
<p>Go online to see the names of companies that register for your target college’s career fairs. I hear that Career Placement at WPI and Drexel, for example, is pretty good. Probably the same at a chemical and chemical engineering powerhouse such as U of Delaware.</p>
<p>School year research and summer internships are a matter of hustle. Student has to seek them out. Some professors are dying for research assistants, even among underclassmen. However, for underclassmen internships/ co-ops can be hard to get since companies essentially use them as a try-out for permanent employment, so they often prefer rising Seniors.</p>
<p>OP, Does your mind wet cold wind? R I T (horrible winters!) gave my D generous $$$, She did not have Calc I. We found RIT to be “interesting” (but kinda cool) combo of geeks and hippsters Basically an STEM / Art school. Intestingly enough, she also received OOS merit $ from UVM (preppie hippster). The two “coldest” schools in the North East.</p>
<p>I have tried to go on line to see what companies attend the career fairs and it seems like you need a to login with a passcode… have I missed something?</p>
<p>Thanks for the RIT suggestion-and UVM.<br>
Not intersted in RIT but UVM sounded interesting Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, access to Career Fair info at some colleges is restricted to students/faculty & staff. However, some companies do post the names of their target schools on the public section of the company website.</p>
My D., so far, has been accepted to UDeleware; UMass Honors, Drexel and UConn chemical engineering programs. We are awaiting responses from other schools. We are in state in CT but both UMass and UDeleware have offered merit $ so that the cost is about the same. I think that UConn is a better school than UMass. What are your thoughts regarding UDele and UConn?