<p>Columbia is in my top 5 colleges to go to and I was wondering if Columbia university is good for mechanical engineering </p>
<p>They are ABET accredited so YES. Are your other four equally accredited? What are they?</p>
<p>Northwestern, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and Stanford</p>
<p>All are ABET accredited with Stanford and Cornell near the top of most people’s lists. NU, JHU and CU would be a notch (or two) below but they’re still excellent.</p>
<p>@T26E4 Just curious which CU you meant would be a notch below, Cornell or Columbia? I’d say Cornell engineering is probably a bit more respected than SEAS (Columbia’s engineering school). Columbia is still very good and pretty well recognized. </p>
<p>I’m pushing towards northwestern because it has a quarter system and it would be easier to do a dual degree in history and mechanical engineering but Cornell’s my back up school because it’s a Ivy League and it has really good engineering and history programs</p>
<p>I’m not sure that Cornell’s Engineering School is a good back up plan… It’s one of the hardest (if not the hardest) engineering school in the country to get into.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t go with hardest engineering school to get into, but I’d definitely advise against considering any ivy league or highly selective institution as a “back up”… I’m pretty sure you didn’t mean to say that you’re sure to get in, but Cornell engineering would be something you’d be reaching for.</p>
<p>What about northwestern</p>
<p>“I’m pushing towards northwestern because it has a quarter system and it would be easier to do a dual degree in history and mechanical engineering”</p>
<p>OP should consider Penn as the best option for dual degrees. </p>