<p>Harvard University (even though they don’t have engineering).</p>
<p>^ Yes they do. And their engineering is ranked in the top 30 as well so it is quite well reputed. Please Google things if you are unsure.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t go that far. It is much more respect by USNWR than in most technical circles. It’s engineering department is not that well known.</p>
<p>^ But USNWR engineering rankings are by peer evaluation alone. So that means other engineering school deans think well of Harvard Engineering. But I am not sure whether they are completely representative of the engineernig community.</p>
<p>In addition to having a fairly good engineering school, Harvard also has the benefit of absolutely first-rate science and mathematics programs along with being down the river from one of the best engineering schools in the world, where Harvard students can take classes and do research with professors. Harvard also provides great financial aid. The catch to Harvard: the difficulty of getting in.</p>
<p>Hardvard does have engineering, but they focus more on “engineering science” part of it. I should have said that they don’t have regular engineering programs that a normal school would have.</p>
<p>Nope. Harvard has these four engineering majors:</p>
<p>Engineering Sciences: Bioengineering
Engineering Sciences: Electrical Engineering
Engineering Sciences: Environmental Science and Engineering
Engineering Sciences: Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>Sure they don’t have some traditional engineering majors such as Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Industrial Engineering, but as a newer program they focus on fewer majors and do them well…</p>
<p>Back to the question, there are lots of engineering schools that accept transfer students in the east coast. To my knowledge, Princeton is the only one that doesn’t and at some schools like Olin or Webb, you might have to essentially start from scratch.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that Blacksburg has the world’s greatest public transportation system.</p>
<p>Where do you go and have you been to Blacksburg? It doesn’t have a “city”-like transport system like NY (metros, subways, etc.) as obviously it doesn’t need one. Blacksburg has the Blacksburg Transit, a very large series of buses with many routes that take you to pretty much every corner in the town as well as outside the town to other towns and malls and movie theatres.</p>
<p>Well one poster referred me to Alfred University so I’m putting that on my list. Also, how do you know when you fit at a school? And how do you look at the quality of a program? Just by rankings?</p>
<p>You have got to be joking. If you believe the bus system in Blacksburg is even close to adequate, you obviously don’t travel much.</p>
<p>New York is a large state, and Alfred University is about 300 miles away from NYC. I wouldn’t worry too much about the size of the school. Look at the department you are interested in. Those are the people you will spend time with and get to know. </p>
<p>If you are looking for schools that have good engineering departments and are not too expensive for out-of-state students, look at the SUNY schools- especially Binghamton, Buffalo and Stonybrook.</p>
<p>I’m sorry Banjo, please attend the school first and then comment about it - no visitor comments. Blacksburg Transit takes you to everything within walking distance. Is it going to take you hundreds of miles back to your home? No, but I hope that’s not what you’re arguing because that would be stupid. Does it provide transportation to essentially every location within walking distance (and this is what I assume you’re arguing against)? Yes it does and so beyond that you have no argument. The ONLY argument you have is that it stops running beyond 2am and for that I agree, it sucks in that respect. But if you need to be heading back beyond 2am then it’s probably best if you didn’t head back anyway.</p>
<p>I get that you’re a 19 year old kid, and this is the first time you haven’t lived with mommy and daddy, and you think the little bus system in Blacksburg is pretty neat. That’s fine - I’m happy you’re glad with it. </p>
<p>That’s not a sufficient public transit system for an international student. Does Blacksburg have an international airport that’s served by major carriers? Does Blacksburg Transit get you to that airport? Does Blacksburg transit get you to consulate offices or government buildings? What about places of interest like international communities? Can Blacksburg transit get you to Amtrak? How about Greyhound? How about points of interest for international visitors? </p>
<p>I get that you think Virginia Tech is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but come back to reality. Blacksburg Transit is the same as any small bus system in a college town - it gets you to the New River Valley Mall, Walmart, around VT, and to some of the residential area. That’s sufficient for a kid without a car on a meal plan whose parents dropped him off in August and will pick him up in December. That’s not sufficient for someone who has no support system in the country who is actually living on his own.</p>
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<p>I don’t know if you read the initial posts, but the claim you’re making is that the Blacksburg Transit system is on par with the New York MTA, DC Metro, Boston MBTA, etc. in terms of sufficiency for a international student.</p>
<p>Yes, New York has public transportation, but it is otherwise an estremely expensive place to live. It’s also cold, which might be an issue since you are from the VI. </p>
<p>GA Tech is a fantastic Engineering school, but it’s also an enormous school. Schools that focus on tech areas like Engineering will almost always have a ratio issue. So, you might look at schools where Engineering is one part of a school offering various degree programs. </p>
<p>If you are committed to east coast area consider Carnegie Mellon, Rochester (RIT or URoch), Northeastern, WPI, Olin. Sorry I haven’t researched NYC area schools, but there are many that you can review on [College</a> Admissions - SAT - University & College Search Tool](<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com%5DCollege”>http://www.collegeboard.com), for example. Stevens Institute of Technology, NY Poly, etc are ones that come to mind.</p>
<p>If you want somewhere warmer, and small, Rice, U of Tulsa (their website touts “Flexible Programs, Individual Attention”). </p>
<p>In the mid-west, I know that Iowa State and U of Minnesota offer some of the best deals for out of state tuition. But these are large state schools and the climate is cold!!</p>
<p>13,000 undergrads is enormous? How would you describe Arizona State with 56,000 undergrads or Michigan with 26,000 undergrads or Ohio State with 36,000 undergrads?</p>
<p>4getit, I like how you can talk about engineering schools in the Midwest without mentioning UIUC, UMich and Purdue. Laughable.</p>
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Depends where you choose to live. I’d imagine you can find a good small room in Queens, NY around $400 - $600 that includes the bills.</p>
<p>Even at the large universities, your junior/senior engineering, math or physics courses are small. When you think of it, how many students are actually going to take Advanced Electromagnetic Theory or Compiler Design or Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations in a given semester/quarter??</p>
<p>I think your best bet would be Stony Brooks, Long Island, NYC. Just dorm in there. According to my friends and my sister, the professors there are very easy to approach, although the student body size is large. </p>
<p>Stony’s Graduate Nuclear Physics is ranked very high. In general the physics program is very decent. The CS there is very good also. I don’t have a record about EE though. Those are just ranking. Stony is a reputable school in the NY state. You won’t go wrong with it. However, since you are out of state, you will be charged more.</p>
<p>If the tuition comes at the similar price, you can choose other schools like NYU Poly, Columbia (which can be done through 3-2 but you probably want to cross that out as you mentioned). There isn’t that many engineering schools in the City. Another school is City College CUNY. Since it is CUNY and it’s City College, if you like ranking then you won’t see CCNY CUNY in the top 100. But it’s a good school regardless. The body size is small compare to other schools I just mentioned. Most courses are offered in classroom, rather than lecture halls. The science lectures, yes, but usually about 100 - 120 which is still very small. Our physics department has a long history of success. Currently it isn’t the doing great, probably because of the student quality. </p>
<p>Anyway. These are the choices for NYC engineering schools that offer EE and Physics. If you are only looking for applied physics, any senior CUNY schools can fit your needs - as in personal attention and teaching quality. Brooklyn, Hunter, City, Queens, they are all good.</p>
<p>Seems this thread is more about bashing other people rather than helping the poster. So, I’ll bow out of here.</p>
<p>Agree that UIUC, Purdue, UMich are top schools but the original poster says he’s looking for something small and seems concerned about cost. Though MN and Iowa St are also large mid-west schools, they are known to have lower out of state tuition than many others. Mich is $36K for out of state, UIUC is $27k , Purdue $26.6 vs. $16k at MN and $18.5 at Iowa State. </p>
<p>I am happy to admit being wrong about GA Tech. I honestly thought it was much larger than that. My bad – need to fact check next time. Not enormous at all, especially by state school standards. GT is well respected and Atlanta is large city with a milder climate and many ameneties I am sure.</p>
<p>^ Yeah UMN is definitely a great value. Out of state tuition is pegged to $5k more than in state tuition. And the differences can be waived through scholarships. Mississippi public schools provide a lot of scholarships to out of state transfers although their quality is more questionable.</p>