Is Swarthmore a great place for engineering?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>What do engineering students do after graduating from Swarthmore? How is engineering at Swarthmore compared to engineering at the engineering schools?</p>

<p>Any insights are welcome! Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Smarthmore has a very small engineering program (last year it had 17 students who graduated), and the students take a lot of other non-engineering classes. It seems that the students learn engineering broadly but not deeply. It is better for students to continue for graduate study or change majors after graduate. Maybe it is not for students who want to work on design areas right after graduate.</p>

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<p>OP, here is some information about what engineering graduates do: </p>

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<p>You can see other fields at <a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/postgrad%20plans%202010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/postgrad%20plans%202010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So Swat’s engineering students go on to do very well. However, it is worth noting that it’s a very <em>general</em> program, and that the engineering student may do better at a larger university with more program choice and a curve that is nicer to students. Having taken quant classes at Swat and top Ivies, I can tell you that the curves elsewhere are much nicer to students at the top Ivies. However, I find the social/academic atmosphere at Swat to be more intense and community based: Students like to work/learn/play together much more (ostensibly) than do students at other top schools. So though the curve may be nicer at other schools, the learning process at these schools will tend to be less community based and likely less rigorous, unless we’re talking about the top tech schools and perhaps HYP(S).</p>

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<p>My neighbor is a prospective engineering major. He said that engineering majors have a ton of prerequisites, but at Swarthmore it’s possible for him to actually do a double major, unlike a lot of other college students. If you’re interested in studying something besides engineering, perhaps a field that will compliment your future niche of engineering, Swarthmore is a good option.</p>