Looking to transfer into an engineering school

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey everyone, I am about finished with my freshman year of college at a liberal arts school. I have decided I want to study engineering, and since my school does not have an engineering program I am looking to transfer. I really, really need advice for what schools to apply to. I am going to finish my freshman year with 6 A's, 2 A-'s, and 2 B's, a total of 30 Credit hours. My ACT score was a 27, and my high school GPA was a 3.6. I want to begin studying engineering this upcoming fall semester. I have only applied to Clemson at this point. Does anyone have any suggestions for other schools to apply for? Or if I should expect to get into Clemson? </p>

<p>Thanks for reading!</p>

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<p>what state do your parents (you?) live in? what’s your budget?</p>

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<p>I have residency in South Carolina, the most I’d be willing to spend is 30 k a year</p>

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<p>What kind(s) of engineering?</p>

<p>Clemson and USC are the obvious South Carolina resident choices. Other schools that may be around your price limit or less (for out of state students) include South Dakota Mines and State, New Mexico Tech, and Minnesota.</p>

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<p>Beside USC and Clemson as UCBAlum said, plus affordable options as quoted above, check out the transfer possibilities at Rose Hulman.</p>

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<p>Mechanical Engineering- Thank you!</p>

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<p>Some LACs have a 3-2 program with Engineering schools. You do 3 years at the LAC and then you go to the Engineering school. You can look to see if your college has that.</p>

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<p>Thanks bopper, I’ll look into that</p>

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<p>3+2 programs don’t work well in practice because after 3 years, the students want to graduate with their class. However there have been 4+1 programs that I find promising, such as Bryn Mawr/Haverford with UPenn for CS/Physics/Chemistry majors, so the student benefits from an elite LAC environment and get a Master’s from an Ivy League school.</p>

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<p>^ I’m not sure those are helpful to a student limited to $30K/year. </p>

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<p>Haverford meets full need, not sure for transfers though.
Just trying to think outside the box :slight_smile: since it may be easier to transfer LAC to LAC.</p>

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<p>South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a well regarded college that’s a bargain to boot. The most popular major is Mechanical Engineering, The school draws students from many different states, as far away as Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Mexico etc. Solid companies such as Boeing, 3M, Dow Chemical, Cargill, NASA, US Department of Defense etc. recruit at SDSM&T. Total COA for non-Dakota residents is 20 grand.</p>

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<p>^ I second this. :slight_smile:
Look into Florida institute of technology, lllinois institute of technology…</p>