<p>Hi I'm a prospective high school senior. I was wondering if anybody could tell me about engineering at USC. Some other schools I'm interested in are auburn and clemson. Would it be difficult to do engineering and join a fraternity?</p>
<p>First you need to narrow down. Lots of schools have mechanical and chemical, for example. Not all will have automotive or specified biomedical engineering or aerospace.</p>
<p>Go to each school website and look at specific area for what you are interested in. Check out this article about USC on increased emphasis on aerospace <a href=“College of Engineering and Computing - College of Engineering and Computing | University of South Carolina”>http://www.engr.sc.edu/news-2014/7.30.14_McNair.html</a>. Each school will have it’s strengths and weakness. You have to find the right fit. And the right price.</p>
<p>I would say Clemson would be ranked higher than USC but your education is what you make it. If you are organized you can also be in fraternity as long as you don’t let it take over your life. Engineering can be kind of lock stepped major and you don’t want to drop the ball on your first semester with courses you have to do well in because you are busy partying. This will apply at any college. There are also engineering fraternities. I’m sure not quite what you’re thinking but very active groups at least at USC.</p>
<p>I’m looking more at general programs like mechanical and civil. I do pretty well in my math and science classes at one of the best high schools in GA. Being from out of state I’m looking for a typical social fraternity. Not so much to party more to get acclimated and make friends. I thought it would be a good thing to do since it helped my brother get jobs and help others get jobs after college. Overall a good way to make connections and friends. At the same time I still want to graduate. </p>
<p>All three schools will have that. You need to visit to see which one you like. USC is in a larger city. Auburn and Clemson more rural. All love their sports. If you are OOS look on Money Matters page at USC and also on financial pages at other two and see if your stats will get you any merit money. Full cost of USC and Clemson will be pretty similar, but my (instate) experience is that USC is a little more generous if you have good stats but you need to investigate your individual situation.</p>
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The city of Auburn is not at all rural. It is a small to medium town, with a population of over 50,000. The combined population with nearby Opelika is over 150,000.</p>
<p>^Sorry, don’t know as much about Auburn. Got the impression that more like Clemson in terms of open space/land. Clemson is close to Anderson which is small to medium town and decently close to Greenville so not in the middle of nowhere but only small town of Clemson is walkable and surrounded by lots of farmland/fields - not in center of capitol city like USC</p>
<p>City of Clemson is about 14,000 population. So a lot smaller than Auburn.</p>
<p>Also Auburn is about 110 miles from Atlanta; easily less than a two hour drive. Quick access to Interstate 85, for great road trips.</p>
<p>Columbia is definitely much bigger than Auburn, and perhaps more sophisticated too, because it is the Capital of the state.</p>
<p>Personally, I doubt that there is a big difference between the quality of education at any of these three engineering schools. All three are very good, but none is world class. For world class, look no further than Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>As an engineering student at Auburn, I knew plenty of guys in fraternities who also majored in engineering. Just choose your fraternity carefully.</p>