<p>I was wondering if anyone here could direct me to some good technical-type schools... I was hoping for a high-calibur school, (not MIT-level, but just about a step below). any help?
If you are knowledgeable on the subject, maybe you could also tell me if they, say, know that english exists or offer any foreign languages...
(the hope is, that with a 70-30 type guy-girl ratio, a match-reach school could become a match school, maybe a match-safety, if they really want females...)</p>
<p>well somewhere like mit and cal tech really want girls too. i believe mit's acceptance rate for girls is around 30%.</p>
<p>that being said, other ok tech schools include: WPI, Rose-Hulman and RPi.</p>
<p>Look into Renssalear, Carnegie Mellon, and Stevens Tech too.</p>
<p>wow, I always thought that MIT was about 50-50, because if you were going to apply for a science-y major, MIT would be the place...
(MIT it 60-40, so is CMU, where I am definately applying) the rest are about 25-75...sounds great! thanks!! any other leads? does anyone know what the english / foreign language departments in these schools are like??</p>
<p>Yeah...I wouldn't go into these schools looking to major in English or a foreign language...</p>
<p>why do you want a tech school if you want to have a non-tech major?</p>
<p>Sounds like you are a female who wants to study English and languages and snag a future engineer for a boyfriend. Sound right?
If so, here's what you need to snag a future engineer at one of the lopsided male:female ratio tech schools:</p>
<p>(1) A pulse.</p>
<p>no, i want to be a cs major, but i also want to study and/or major in english and foreign languages... sorry I was not clear earlier...</p>
<p>You will definitely have to study English and foreign languages. Most universities, even technological ones, have those as a pat of their core, but majoring in them is NOT a good idea. Chances are you won't get a very good education.</p>
<p>ah, that is a shame.... (damn) I thought a technical school was such a bright idea....<br>
<em>disapointed</em></p>
<p>That's probably sarcasm, but emotions don't always travel well over the internet so if that's the case...</p>
<p>Forget about the obsession with 70/30 male + female ratios, look for a liberal arts that's strong in the sciences and humanities, and get a good education.</p>
<p>Try Union College in Schenectady, NY.</p>
<p>watch out about union - male and femlaes have seperate schooling and everything, combined with the winter i have heard makes the college a "Hellhole"</p>
<p>Mike99, where did you hear that male and females have separate schooling? There's nothing I've seen to indicate that. (Yes, winters can be hard in upstate NY.)</p>
<p>not sarcasm, I thought that 1) because so few girls apply, I would have a better shot at getting into a better school if it were a technical school, and 2) LACs don't often have especially good cs -type programs (most of the liberal arts people I've met like science to at least some extent but almost always hate math) And because I want a smaller school, a tech school would have been a good alternative to a larger research university
I am applying to some LACs, but I figured that that shouln't be all...</p>
<p>Look at UW-Madison, UW-Seattle, Tulane (depending on the sub-major), Emory, Carnagie Mellon, Case Western, UT-Austin.</p>
<p>I'm not sure I agree with your math statement about liberal arts college students. They are less theorhetical, but I would not venture to say that they dislike math as a subject. Realize that econ majors use math extensively, and that math is a subject of philosophy. Engineering can be about the theorhetical or practical as well. In addition, I have friends that are math majors at liberal arts colleges so I'm a little unsure as to your particular experiences. Forr me, the difference was primarily theory versus application, rather than like or dislike. </p>
<p>I was thinking of engineering as a possible major and found the smaller liberal arts colleges more to my liking. I also like CMU, Rice, UW-Madison, UW-Seattle, Brown, and Harvard as well. So there are bigger schools that are also great. </p>
<p>BTW, some small schools have good engineering programs: Trinity College, Swartmore College, Bucknell University, and Union College are just a few.</p>
<p>Just my two cents.</p>
<p>Take a look at Smith, too - they just started an engineering program, pouring a tremendous amount of money into it, and it is part of the Five College consortium (Mt. Holyoke, Amherst, Hampshire, UMass-Amherst are the other four).</p>