<p>I want to go to school for engineering and I saw a thing on the SUNY website that said if you go to a certain school for 3 years then a really good school for 2 more and get an engineering degree from the good school.
Example: Albany for 3 years then RPI for 2 more and get degree from RPI.</p>
<p>My son will be attending UBuffalo in the fall for engineering. Well ranked engineering program (and he applied and was accepted at all the schools he applied to- publics, privates, etc…)</p>
<p>He did not apply to any 3-2 program for several reasons.
If he liked the school he attended for the first 2 years, he may not want to leave.
Many of the schools are linked up with highly ranked schools (in general) that my son would likely not (almost definitely not) be accepted to as a freshmen so what is to say he’d belong there academically in the 4th year.
Money- likely no merit for the second school and the cost may be very high.
Engineering may take more than the normal 4 years to complete. After pre-reqs you may be at the next school for more than 2 years.
Do you have to apply and be accepted at the second school or auto admit with a certain GPA?
Check the schools. In some schools the students have problems getting classes and without them you can not move on. (We passed on VaTech as we were told that the first enginneering course needs to be taken before officially entering the engineering program but there are not enough sections so son would likely not get it sophomore year and have to take it at a CC in Va. My friends son’s friend will not be returning to Vatech this fall, and he is Junior, as he can’t get a math class he must before he can take any other class at this point. He will take it locally then return for the fall semester. </p>
<p>Lot’s of good questions to ask before you commit to any 3-2 program. Definitely worth looking into though.</p>
<p>I will probably go there if I can’t get into another engineering school but I hate cities and I live with 1 hour of NYC and I hate having to go there.</p>
<p>Soccer - Binghamton also has a great engineering program that you may want to look into.</p>
<p>I am definitely no expert, but have learned a lot with my son applying to engineering schools. </p>
<p>For some reason my son loved Bing on his first round of visits to schools. (Accepted everywhere he applied so we had to visit some others he was interested in and discounted others for various reasons.) USNWR- Bing does not have a ranked engineering programs. Speaking with students, engineering is not well known, regarded. Told by one student that the math dept is weak at Bing too and since engineering students take many math courses, this is important. I am not saying that the program is bad, just seem to be other, better options, for a major where reputation counts. </p>
<p>Buffalo is ranked along with Delaware, RIT, Syracuse and others. (Already explained why we passed on Vtech). Buffalo is a great value and has a great reputation in engineering. Since my son has decided to attend, I have met many, many people who know someone who graduated from their engineering programs. </p>
<p>The Buffalo open house for accepted students had all the engineering labs running with very impressive things going on . My husband and son were both very excited about the school and program.</p>
<p>My first visit to Buffalo was this week. (Sons orientation.) I really didn’t know what to expect and was impressed in so many ways. The campus is really nice. A true campus with lots of open areas. The academic area has really nice buildings all grouped together (which alleviates far walks from class to class.) Dorms were great and rooms very large. As far as it being in the city… NOPE!!! Amherst is a suburb of Buffalo and the campus is near numerous shopping centers, every chain restaurant, and homes. There is nothing “city” about it. I do not believe anything is in walking distance form campus though and assume campus buses are used to get to town. (We are from Long Island and my son also did not want a campus in a city.)</p>
<p>You will have many good options for engineering. I just don’t want Soccer to discount UB without some information to go on. </p>
<p>See the engineering major CC link for the USNWR rankings of undergrad engineering programs.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot, really.</p>
<p>Typically, the 3-2 programs are fairly demanding and you should know whether you want to do it prior to signing up for any class - as you won’t have room to take classes that you don’t need.
You usually have to fulfill the home school’s gened requirement, plus the entire B.A. major requirement and the engineering school’s prerequisite requirement in three years before even starting the engineering program. </p>
<p>It’s a good program and there are several of them such as with other engineering schools - especially between LACs and engineering schools, however, there’s a high turnover rate from students not completing it the program.</p>
<p>My friend’s brother is in a 3-2 program and says its very rigorous.</p>
<p>I know students have participated in this program from Oneonta. Three yrs. at Oneonta, 2 at RPI (or Binghamton, Buffalo, Syracuse, Clarkson, etc). </p>
<p>Yes it is rigorous. Most engineering programs are. As in most cooperative programs, you are not guaranteed admission into RPI (etc). You usually need to have top grades to be accepted to the school you will be attending for 2 years.</p>
<p>Actually, several 3-2 programs do guarantee admission provided you meet their set requirements.</p>