Good Mechanical Engineering Colleges?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I want to major in Mechanical Engineering and am applying to the following:
UT Austin, Texas A&M (admitted), UCLA, and Berkeley.</p>

<p>Are there any other good Mechanical Engineering Schools y'all would reccomend? I considered UIUC/Georgia Tech, but I'd rather pay 1/2 the price of tuition for those and go to pretty similarly ranked A&M or Austin (In-State). I have a 4.2-4.3 gpa Weighted, top 25%, 2080 SAT, 3.8-3.9ish Unweighted. I really wanted to apply to carnegie mellon but I didn't take any SAT II's so I can't. I like the location of UCLA a lot, and Berkeley is my super reach school. People tell me that I'm not applying to enough schools, but honestly I'm fine with going to any of those, and I'm not sure where else I'd apply to anyways (I want to go to MIT but my stats are nowhere near high enough, and I can always go there for my graduate). </p>

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<p>If you are still considering premed, then take Berkeley off your list. An OOS student at a UC is an unwise choice.</p>

<p>Besides, unless your family can easily pay the $55k per year for Berkeley, it is too expensive. </p>

<p>How much will your family pay per year?</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>They will pay for eveything.</p>

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<p>Yup…both UTAustin and TAMU are great schools. Rest are all ‘reaches’ with your credentials as an OOSer. Check out Purdue, Ohio State and Penn State but they all will be more expensive than the instate ones.</p>

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<p>If you’re considering med school, then paying full freight for an OOS public is silly. Who will pay for med school? </p>

<p>No need to pay more for another school.</p>

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<p>Personally, I would never choose to go out of state instead of UT-Austiin for engineering. Throwing money away for UCLA and Berkeley, unless they have a program not available at UT-Austin. BerkeIey could have an advantage if someobdy wanted to work in Silicon Valley. Otherwise, for ME, it is hard to see where Berkeley would be worth the extra money. </p>

<p>Probably would also choose TAMU, in state, but that is not as clear cut of a choice. Since you have already been accepted, the only reason to apply to more schools is if you want to. Yes, generally, most people should apply to more than 4 colleges. But now that you are assurred of at least one good engineering school, the only issue is finding one you like.</p>

<p>Look at Rice University, right there in Houston, Texas. Also might look at Vanderbilt, although it is a reach. If you are going out of state, might as well consider private colleges.</p>

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<p>Because of the price difference, would only suggest Berkeley over in-state UT Austin or Texas A&M if you get the Drake (full ride) scholarship (or some other hard to get big merit scholarship, if it exists). Similar for UCLA with respect to Stamps or similarly large merit scholarship.</p>