<p>Looking to get a degree in mechanical engineering and unsure as to which school is the best option: suny bingamton, bucknell, case western, cornell, dartmouth, northeastern, pitt, suny albany, wpi, rpi, rit, suny geneseo, clarkson..any help would be greatly appreciated..
While an ivy school like dartmouth is more prestigious, I don't know if.its really a better school for my major. Btw sat is 1480/2150, gpa is 96
Financial pacckage is certainly a.factor two, maybe some of these scold are</p>
<p>If you want an Ivy, Cornell seems to be the best for engineering. But judging by the fact that you have 3 Suny’s in your list I’m guessing you live in NY and have a reason to not go there. The list of best engineering schools (departmentalized) exists on CC. Just click on most views on the engineering majors page. RPI is always solid for any sort of engineering. You’ll just have to deal with a ridiculous boy/girl ratio (not sure how much that matters to you).</p>
<p>From my son who I ask to help me up my posting score: "I’m a MechE/AeroE junior undergrad at Case and I would recommend it. The department is fairly well run and I’ve been hearing about the improvements they’re making in terms of faculty and course changes that will make things even better. (For example, there is currently a required class for all engineers in thermo, fluids and heat transfer that is getting split up into 3 different classes for MechEs.) Case is really good about financial aid and even better about merit aid and there opportunities for even more scholarships after you enter. Also, the application is free and there are no essays so it’s worth the application. Case’s social life and gender ratio leave a lot to be desired if you’re a guy, and the quality of eligible bachelors leaves a lot to be desired if you’re a girl, myself excepted. However, this is pretty much what you’re looking at if you’re getting into engineering. Case’s career office is really top notch, they do a great job marketing their students, and have a strong co-op program. The people in my co-op class are working at Nasa, GE, and Philips to name a few. I was given interviews from companies who Case had sent my resume to and called on my behalf. The workload at case is hard, as far as I hear, one of the harder in the country in terms of volume, but if you stick with it, the engineering education is pretty top notch. Once you get into mechE classes, all the classes are very small, and the department is small enough that you can pretty easily make a relationship with all the professors if you try, I got two internships from just talking to professors. All in all, if you can handle going to a school where a lot of people are particularly stressed then you should definitely consider case western.</p>
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<p>Dartmouth is by far the best of these schools. The job opportunities coming out of Dartmouth will not only be quantitatively, but qualitatively different than the job opportunities coming out of any other school on your list. Cornell is also good, but there’s a big gap. If you can get into either of these schools go to one of them. </p>
<p>If you can get into WPI, RPI, RIT, Bucknell, Case Western, Pitt, or Northeastern I would pick the cheapest option. If you can’t get a decent deal at any of those schools consider the SUNYs.</p>
<p>Dartmouth isn’t even in the top three of those schools for engineering. Cornell is at the top easily, with RPI and Case probably the next group in your list.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t be so quick to put Dartmouth Engineering ahead of Rochester Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute or Rensalaer Polytechnic Institute, either. In fact, I’ve never heard of Dartmouth being compared to the others as regards engineering.</p>
<p>Right, well I didn’t say it was better, but since I am not as familiar with those, I wasn’t going to say it was worse either.</p>
<p>For engineering, hands downs your best bet will be Cornell or R.P.I… Both extremely well respected by employers. I’d go with Case after that. Dartmouth is a great college no doubt but not really known for engineering programs.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for all the replies! I still want to do engineering, but im not so certain what field…</p>
<p>Anyways, I’ve narrowed it down to binghamton (19k/yr), case western (28k/yr), rpi (36k/yr), and rit (31k/yr) Case western and rpi are definetely my top two choices, with binghamton probably third. I like the campuses of both case and rpi.</p>
<p>I think rpi has a better reputation and I might be able to get a better job after graduating ? But it costs 8k more than case. Would the extra 32k over four years be worth it? </p>
<p>Would it be better to go to bimghamton over case? Again an 8k/yr difference.</p>
<p>You should look at SUNY Buffalo instead of or in addition to Binghamton. I believe their engineering program is stronger and more well-respected.</p>
<p>Yeah I should have looked more closely at what different suny schools had to offer before applying … I wish that I had applied there though…unfortunately it’s too late to apply now right? : (</p>
<p>tell me more about the engineering programs at…
Lehigh
Bucknell
Tufts
Northeastern</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>