Good Software/Computer Engineering Schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I'm looking for a pretty good/decent college for computer/software engineering. I need some suggestions to add to my list of colleges.</p>

<p>Some of my stats:
GPA: 96/100
Rank: 3/216
ECs: not many</p>

<p>I'm currently looking at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Drexel, and Carnegie Mellon(although a reach?).</p>

<p>If you could suggest any other good software/computer engineering colleges please tell me! I'm mainly looking for a college in the north east.</p>

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<p>University of Illinois (UIUC) is a pretty good engineering school I hear. You might want to look there if you have a high ACT/SAT score.</p>

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<p>Some computer/tech E.C.'s will help you at Carnegie Mellon but so far your GPA and rank is definitely up there. If your SATs are good, I think you have a good shot.</p>

<p>For other schools I would recommend Virginia Tech/Georgia Tech.</p>

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<p>Well I my PSATs were around 180 with a 60 in math but I retook it and got a 72 in math so I'm trying to prepare for the SATs. How selective are Georgia and Virginia Tech?</p>

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<p>How about Northeastern and WPI?</p>

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<p>Haven't heard of neither (except Northeastern which is basically known for its co-op). I wouldn't go there for engineering/computers.</p>

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<p>WPI is meh. Here is my list of colleges thats relevant towards you: (I applied for comp sci)</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon
RPI
Georgia Tech
UIUC</p>

<p>I think you should look at.</p>

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<p>I don't have a good feeling about Comp Eng at RIT and Drexel.
check out:
Penn State
Lehigh
Boston U
U Cincinnatti
U Arizona
Syracuse
Stevens
Arizona St
U Missouri Columbia
U Florida
IOwa St
RPI
Case Western</p>

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<p>Here is the ranking per US News for Comp Eng at schools that offer graduate degrees:</p>

<ol>
<li> Massachusetts Inst. of Technology</li>
<li> Stanford University (CA)</li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
University of California–Berkeley </li>
<li> U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *</li>
<li> University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *</li>
<li> University of Texas–Austin *</li>
<li> Georgia Institute of Technology *</li>
<li> Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li> University of Washington *</li>
<li> California Institute of Technology
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)</li>
<li> Princeton University (NJ)</li>
<li> Univ. of California–Los Angeles *</li>
<li> Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *</li>
<li> Duke University (NC)</li>
<li> Northwestern University (IL)
Rice University (TX)</li>
<li> Univ. of California–San Diego *
Univ. of Southern California</li>
<li> Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
Univ. of Maryland–College Park </li>
</ol>

<p>You should probably be looking at the rankings for the general engineering programs too. (But you have to pay $15 to subscribe to the web site.) Those asterisks mean it's a public school.</p>

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<p>yeah.. for CS
defintely cmu</p>

<p>rpi is also good, except it's located in Albany....
(last year, I visited Albany to check out the hospital that I was born 18 years ago.... ugh.. the town was dying)</p>

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<p>RPI is actually in Troy... worse than Albany. It's only for four years, though, and they have very good job placement rates.</p>