<p>^^^^Were they engineering students too?</p>
<p>it’s a difficult choice because:</p>
<p>UMich:</p>
<p>1) Regarded low in my school since so many kids go (80+ each year)
2) No baseball (only club)
3) However, best engineering department of the three
4) Ann Arbor is a true college town</p>
<p>JHU:</p>
<p>1) Feels like it’d be more academically cut-throat, even though its engineering department doesn’t seem to rank that high
2) I feel like I’d only go there for the overall prestige (and it’s regarded highly)
3) However, Baltimore and the eastcoast seems really interesting</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman:</p>
<p>1) Its compact environment makes it seem like I’d get the most attention there as a student
2) However, Terre Haute is extremely boring
3) As an engineering school, the overall 9:1 boy-girl ratio is pretty difficult to swallow
4) Are the rankings of colleges without doctorate regarded highly anyway?</p>
<p>What do you guys have to say about the above? Let me know please!</p>
<p>I think that U Michigan is vastly overrated on CC, but it’s still the right pick for your situation and I don’t think it’s that close a call. </p>
<p>Go to U Michigan, save the money and play club baseball. U Michigan engineering will position you as well or better than the others. Plus Baltimore is not a garden spot and the social life at R-H is going to be substantially different (weaker).</p>
<p>Most of the people at Rose REALLY enjoy their time there. It always surprises me. They have one of the highest rates of return for alumni activities and one of the most generous alumni rates of giving. I think if I were considering Rose, I would visit on the weekend to see what it is like. I can’t imagine how TH is fun, but everyone likes it. I think the fact that everyone is involved in something…a sport, a choral group, Rose Ventures…something…makes that the case.</p>
<p>Always makes me laugh when I hear people say that other schools are superior to Rose for engineering. Very few schools…if any, can really be said to be better than Rose for engineering. Engineers and recruiters know quite well about the strength of the program.</p>
<p>I think that the biggest and most legitimate concern about Rose is that if you decide ultimately that engineering is not your thing, they have scant few alternative majors.</p>
<p>I know Terre Haute. Terre Haute is no Ann Arbor! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ</p>
<p>Rose is a wonderful school, no doubts about it. They give you the academic support do become a GREAT engineer. Rose Hulman, Havey Mudd, and Olin have the highest graduation rate in the US for engineering and thats what makes them the best. </p>
<p>Terre Haute is a small town, however there is Indiana State and St. Marys (all woman) in town. Plus DePauw is 30 minutes away and Indiana University Bloomington is 1 hour away. </p>
<p>There is alot to do on the weekends with your friends and that is what’s its about. Let’s face it if you are in Engineering you WILL be studying alot. The dorms are great and the sports are also good. If you go to a larger school it may be too much to distract you.</p>
<p>They also have a sports facility that is top notch. The Colts actually do they summer training at Rose.</p>
<p>Golly, Rose is an awsome program, and is very well respected. The research opportunities are great, and I think just about everyone who tries to get a position does, while at Mich & JHU there is competition from grad students to work with the prof. Research is the best thing besides your gpa to get you in to grad school or a job, so that should really weigh into the discussion.</p>
<p>“Research is the best thing besides your gpa to get you in to grad school or a job, so that should really weigh into the discussion.”</p>
<p>There is a plethora of research opportunities at the University of Michigan. It is a research powerhouse! Not just in medicine either…</p>
<p>^^^While that statement is certainly correct, the most recent numbers show that University of Michigan (all campuses) had $876 Million in total R&D expenditures while Johns Hopkins had $1.7 billion (i.e., double that of Michigan). :)</p>
<p>bonanza, that may be true, but Michigan Engineering spends $150 million on research annually…compared to JHU Engineering’s $60 million. So, in Engineering, Michigan’s research spending more than doubles that of JHU.</p>
<p>And the $876 million spending at the University of Michigan is almost entirely conducted at the Ann Arbor campus. Desarborn and Flint combined spend less than $20 million on research combined.</p>
<p>At any rate, all three Engineering schools offer all the researc opportunities that an undergrad could possibly want. By every academic measure, those three programs are excellent. I repeat, the OP should go for fit.</p>
<p>“^^^While that statement is certainly correct, the most recent numbers show that University of Michigan (all campuses) had $876 Million in total R&D expenditures while Johns Hopkins had $1.7 billion (i.e., double that of Michigan).”</p>
<p>The latest total of R & D at Michigan is over 1 Billion. You’re looking at old numbers:</p>
<p>Research Volume (FY09)
Total: $1.02B </p>
<p>Source: Office of the Vice President for Research. U-M</p>