<p>whenhen, from my understanding, Deep Springs was started by someone who needed to train engineers to be tough and live in the backcountry. The founder himself was an electrical engineer. It is true that they don’t offer an engineering major per se, but they offer many of the science and math courses that an engineer would take. They are only a two year school, and they expect their graduates to transfer to a four-year college. And their graduates do regularly go on to schools such as Harvard, U of Chicago, Yale, and Brown. Among their prominent alums are David Hitz, a computer engineer and Herbert Reich, an electrical engineer. </p>
<p>The OP may not be interested, but he is looking for scholarships and Deep Springs offers a top-notch education completely subsidized by scholarships. He also sounds outdoorsy, so may be a good fit.</p>