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<p>That’s exactly what the public colleges want to see for out-of-state and international applicants. They need your parents money to subsidize their own students. The recent economic turmoil has been particularly hard on state subsidies of higher education. </p>
<p>Georgia Tech, Purdue and Texas are substantially cheaper than the private schools, and Michigan and Illinois. Georgia Tech, Purdue and Texas are significantly easier to get into, though they are all hard to get through. Georgia Tech in particular is “MIT-hard”, but admits far more students than will survive the program. It makes for a lot of unhappy people, though there are really happy people there too. Purdue and Texas are a little kinder and gentler. </p>
<p>All of the schools have parties and you’ll have plenty of opportunity to “work on your social skills” just by interacting with people. Those skills are probably better than you think.</p>
<p>thanks for the clarification on the party aspect, what I was worrying was that if it was the main form of networking and socializing, since I can;t imagine myself as a partying person
(for example in my school, clubs are the major, if not only networking opportunity)</p>
<p>One aspect of American culture that I can point out now, is that most Americans socialize because personal contact with other people it’s one of the best things about of being human, rather than for some other ulterior motive like networking. In other words, it’s an end unto itself, not a means. I recommend adopting that attitude.</p>
<p>Check out Oklahoma State University’s program:
[Aerospace</a> Engineering Home - Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering - Oklahoma State University](<a href=“http://www.mae.okstate.edu/aeroeng.html]Aerospace”>http://www.mae.okstate.edu/aeroeng.html)</p>
<p>Just putting in a suggestion… How about you consider Embry-Riddle? Their whole focus is aerospace and everything to do with it. Their campus is awesome and it’s right next to the beach, if you like that stuff. It’s in Daytona, FL. A lot of astronauts went to school there.</p>
<p>I’ve heard about embry, but what is the difference between it and say, MIT of GA tech?</p>
<p>GA Tech – #5 in aerospace engineering
MIT – #1 in aerospace engineering
Embry riddle-- #1 in aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical
I guess Embry riddle has a wider focus with aerospace, and the other schools are only focused with engineering. I guess it has more options if you decide to do something with aerospace but not engineering later.</p>
<p>Then what if i went to a school like Berkeley or Cornell, that while does not have a good aero program, still has decent engineering programs? How would studying there influence me differently from the likes of GA and Michigan?</p>
<p>Florida Tech’s program isn’t too bad, and it has many international students studying there. It might be too expensive if you don’t get a scholarship, though.</p>
<p>The only difference would be that you would have to go into Mechanical Engineering. The two can be interchangable, the only difference is that Mechanical doesn’t have as much Aerospace concepts as it is a broader subject.</p>
<p>Embry also has a campus in Prescott, Arizona…about 1.5 hours from Phoenix (the 6th largest city in the US).</p>