<p>We need alittle help advising our son. His options at present are as above. His interest in engineering comes chiefly from his relative strength in math and sciences and a lesser though existent interest in the arts. He attended an engineering camp last summer and the hands-on problem solving nature of this limited exposure seemed to his liking. GT is clearly a strong institution with many obvious advantages to the would-be engineer. Our son's as yet abstract attraction to engineering gives us some pause as we perceive GT to be a school designed for hardened and committed prospective engineers. The preconception of the 3/2 schools' smaller campus and class size and other warm and fuzzies notwithstanding; the opportunity to play college soccer would currently be the primary reason at the moment for choosing the 3/2 route. We are 50/50 and flip-flopping on this decision daily. Both parents are in the health care field and unfortunately we have little useful experience in the rearing of an engineer. Any thoughts and insights from the learned members would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>3/2 is usually a pipe dream. Please add some details on this program.</p>
<p>Rhodes to Wash U and/or Sewanee to Columbia though I think other combinations might be able to be arranged.</p>
<p>My daughter looked at several 3/2 programs and applied to a few as well as to engineering schools. the problem I found with the 3/2 programs is lack of internships/career contacts when ou’re doing the LAC. In the 3/2 programs she looked into there were rarely more than a handful, if that, of students who actually did the program. At two of the schools, they suggested doing 4 year undergraduate and then a master’s in engineering. All said that studying overseas would be difficult because of all of the requirements for the dual degree.</p>