<p>Sam Lee, A teacher told me that Atlanta wasn’t a great place to be, plus, I live in Las Vegas now, so I hate casinos with a passion. I don’t really plan on being crazy outgoing, so activities in the city aren’t a huge factor in my considerations. </p>
<p>rocketDA, I’m not sure how that actually works. To be honest, high school kids these days aren’t taught ANYTHING about real life. Kids are told now to “Go to college or you’ll be at McDonald’s” and “Look at the wages and job market.” That’s about it. So I’m just looking at money and what I like doing. I could consider physics as a major also, since I thoroughly enjoy that too. I don’t know what HMC’s General Engineering really is…but I assume it won’t be as specific as a true ChemE major.
I dunno what you mean by not being able to say those schools with the same breath though.</p>
<p>JWT86, that’s…interesting. How much of an impact does that actually make on the quality of the program?</p>
<p>if Stanford and Caltech are on your list, you should be Berkeley COE and Mudd. </p>
<p>Berkeley COE isn’t as big as it’s known by outsiders. You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to get involved in high-quality research with grad and postgrad students in the college. There’s a good reason why it’s consistently ranked number 2 in the nation, or probably in the world, just behind MIT’s.</p>
<p>Another great schools to consider:
Rice
Northwestern
Georgia Tech
CMU</p>
<p>Hmm, alright. I’ve got a tentative list now. It is:</p>
<p>MIT
Stanford
Princeton
Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>Rice
Carnegie Mellon
University of Texas - Austin
Cooper Union
University of Arizona
University of Utah
Illinois Tech
Stevens Institute
NYU -Poly (Maaaybe)</p>
<p>University of Nevada - Reno (Safety)</p>
<p>Idk. 13 schools is a ridiculously huge amount to apply to, isn’t it? What are my chances of getting into one of those top tiers?</p>
<p>You are dropping one of the highest ranked and best valued (relatively cheap) engineering schools simply because of one person’s opinion about Atlanta. Atlanta has been one of the fastest growing cities in the nation and a lot of people must have liked it. I’ve been there before and really have no idea what your teacher was talking about. </p>
<p>rocketDA,
I really don’t see how one would get the best chemE education at HMC when it doesn’t even have the discipline, at least not without some evidence/data. I’d hope it’s more than just being around with bunch of high-caliber students. I am wondering how many chemE courses are offered and if they are offered every year. I am also wondering if there’s any faculty that’s actively doing chemical engineering research. Biochemical/biotech research is a hot subarea of chemE these days but I am questioning if HMC has any of that going on. Do petro, pharma, and biotech companies go there to recruit?</p>