Engineers - What schools did you wish you had considered when you applied?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Well the title is pretty self-explanatory.</p>

<p>So what colleges do you wish you considered back when you applied?</p>

<p>(Mechanical and Chemical Engineers preferred ;) )</p>

2

<p>I'm not an engineer, but I have engineering friends at Lehigh who absolutely love it.</p>

3

<p>I wish I had looked at U Maryland College Park.</p>

<p>And, I considered the following for electrical:
Cornell
MIT
Caltech
Columbia
Penn
Michigan
Illinois
Berkeley
Stanford
Rice
U Rochester
Carnegie Mellon</p>

4

<p>I have no qualms with my decision to attend Berkeley. In-state tuition and the prestige of the program for me were tough to beat.</p>

<p>I'd have considered the following:</p>

<p>Stanford
MIT
CalTech
...no brainers there</p>

<p>Michigan
UT-Austin
Rice</p>

5

<p>I wish I'd looked at Rice and Cooper Union. I'm extremely glad I did look at MIT, Harvey Mudd, and Olin.</p>

6

<p>I also looked at Northwestern.</p>

7

<p>Georgia Institute of Technology</p>

8

<p>I don't think it is so much "what schools do you wish you had considered" but "what factors do you wish you had known to consider" that is important here.</p>

<p>My suggestions would be the presence of a strong internship or coop program, who recruits on campus, availability/willingness of alums to give advice and bring a few undergrads onboard, and the availability of alternative majors if you discover engineering isn't right for you (as 1/2 to 2/3 do nationally prior to graduating)</p>

9

<p>I think Northeastern is underrated. It has an amazing co-op program, and is getting more and more selective.</p>