<p>I know that GWU is very highly regarded for its foreign affairs and law programs, etc. but is the engineering school really prestigious? I am trying (not successfully, I might add) to decide between George Washington, University of Virginia, and Carnegie Mellon for engineering. However, I'm not entirely a math and science person, so I don't know if I'll want to switch majors or double major or minor, which would be presumably difficult at CMU. </p>
<p>I liked both GWU and UVA, but I can't quite get my mind around the engineering school at GWU. It seemed to me like it was just a program that they were trying to build that wasn't quite there yet...I just don't know! Any thoughts or advice anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated- thanks!</p>
<p>My son is a second year civil engineering student, minoring in math, at GWU and he is very happy there. He also was not entirely sure he would stick with engineering and wanted to be at a school where he could switch majors, which is easy to do at GWU. It’s true that GWU SEAS is not a highly prestigious school, but it has a good feel to it and yes, it is trying to raise its profile, which is a good thing. It is not fly-by-night; it’s been there since the late 1800s and apparently was one of the first engineering schools to admit women. It’s small, so engineering classes are small and you really get to know your classmates. My son has also really enjoyed his non-engineering classes and he really, really loves being in DC.</p>
<p>It’s hard to know how much the prestige of an engineering school really matters once you get below the top 10 or so. Engineering is so difficult that completing any accredited program and passing the exams pretty much makes you highly marketable.</p>
<p>what are you leaning toward double majoring in? if i were you, being that unsure and with such presumably wide ranging interests, i’d go with UVA.</p>