<p>S knows some graduates from UW Platteville in engineering and he thought they were very happy with their education.</p>
<p>We toured Bradley and were very impressed with the school and their engineering school. One plus for Bradley is that it is in Peoria which is the home of Caterpillar, and the school has a lot of ties with Cat. S interviewed with Cat and although he did not get the job, it would have been his #1 choice. Their engineering trainee program is top notch and unique (according to S). He was impressed with Cat at every part of their hiring process. Bradley also has a good business school which would be an option if he decided not to pursue engineering. </p>
<p>We also toured IIT. I loved the urban feel and the campus. Mies van der rohe designed the campus and it’s a love or hate relationship. I personally loved it. I hear the neighborhood is better on one side than the other. The El runs right through the campus so it sure would be easy to get home. Its been a long time but I’m pretty sure they offered my S quite a bit of merit aid. He liked the school and talked to the track coach. It would have been a nice fit, but I think it didn’t offer the major my S was pretty set on.</p>
<p>One thing for your friend to ask is how many kids come from the Chicago area. The one thing about many Michigan colleges are that they have mostly kids from their state. If there are many kids from the Chicago area at Calvin, he shouldn’t have a hard time getting a ride home. I know she’s thinking that she will have to go and get him but between ride boards and knowing kids on campus, its usually easy to hitch a ride home just about any weekend you want.</p>