<p>I was recently admitted into the Ohio State honors engineering program and was wondering if its a good program to go into. I also have acceptances from Maryland, Purdue and Georgia Tech. I don’t think I would go to GT because of the distance. OSU seems like a good option because I got quiet a lot of scholarship money, I just want to make sure it will give me a good education.</p>
<p>Well I am in the engineering school and our career fairs attract tons of major companies if that’s what you are worried about.</p>
<p>I’m not worried about the job recruiting. When I move onto applying for graduate school, will an undergraduate degree from OSU look impressive on my resume along with internships and research?</p>
<p>Yes, buttloads of great ug research opportunities here. One of the top-five schools in the country for engineering research spending.</p>
<p>Go to Georgia Tech. One of the best undergraduate engineering programs in the country. Go to Georgia Tech, go to Georgia Tech, go to Georgia Tech. My God, what an opportunity. For engineering it’s on the same level as MIT.</p>
<p>G Tech is a better school apparently, but make your choice on all relevant factors. For instance, for grad school I’m considering location first, quality second, because I’m tired of living where it is cold.</p>
<p>Same decision here, Purdue or Ohio State. Nice scholarship at OSU nothing at Purdue. Is it worth it?</p>
<p>@3anddone I am also in the exact same situation. The tuition plus room and board came out to about $20,000 at OSU and $45,000 at Purdue. My family can afford a maximum of $20,000 a year. Thus, Purdue would leave me $100,000 in debt.</p>
<p>I dont think the extra money for Purdue is worth it at all. The engineering department at Purdue is probably a little bit better than OSU, but they are so close it will probably be insignificant. What will be the defining factor of your employment or graduate will be what you do in college. I guess it depends on how much you can afford, though.</p>
<p>HitchFan,3anddone, osuumd</p>
<p>I received the National Buckeye $12,000 & Maximus Scholarship $5000 at OSU = $17,000 off tuition. And so far nothing from University of Michigan, Purdue, Georgia Tech. My parents are only giving me $20,000/yr also. So as much as I would love to go to the other tiered one schools I do not want to be in debt. I honestly do not know much about Ohio State and their engineering program. It was just a last minute apply because there was a post card from Ohio State talking about the out of state scholarships they have. Biomedical Engineering, possibly pre-med, so there may be a lot of school ahead.</p>
<p>When I was sending out all of my applications, I didn’t really consider OSU a likely place for me to go either. I kind of just applied to apply. However, now I am pretty excited to be going there (or probably going there, 95% chance I’ll say). It’s in a city, which I love, it’s cheap and I’ll graduate with no debt, I’ll get a quality education, and I’ll have a ton of research/internship opportunities throughout college. I’m honestly pretty lucky I applied since my only other option with little or no debt would be SUNY Buffalo. Not that it’s necessarily a bad school, it’s just not for me.</p>
<p>I’d also like to consider Purdue, Texas A&M, or UT Austin viable options, but they are all just too expensive. The cost isn’t worth the education when compared to OSU, not for me anyway.</p>
<p>I was wait-listed at U Minn, so that 5% is me waiting for them, but I have a feeling I’m going to end up at OSU. I’m pretty excited about it though, even if it wasn’t one of my top-choices in the beginning.</p>
<p>You’ll have limitless resources and opportunities at Ohio State. While GT does have a better engineering program, I think you should consider that 1. if you’re thinking about grad school, you want to go to undergrad for as little money as possible and 2. as long as a school has ABET accreditation and has the research opportunities that OSU does, it will look good. Yes, GT may look better, but the difference will be almost negligible in the eyes of grad school adcoms.</p>
<p>efeens44:
I appreciate your response. My Mom printed a list off from the web site of all the ABET accredited programs in the country and that was how we started our search for a college. She made me stay in the mid-west but I did apply to Duke (denied) and UNC (deferred). The list we worked from was not updated and did not have Ohio State on it. I think the biomedical program there was only accredited in 2010.? I was so happy to get in at GT and U of Mich. but with out getting help from scholarships it seems hopeless. I have read much on this forum from people explaining about college loans. And I will be going further than a B.S. Degree</p>
<p>On paper, for me, Purdue and OSU programs are similar for engineering with Purdue having the edge. I loved their campus. I was directly admitted into the Engineering program there. My letter from OSU does not say admitted into engineering so I am not sure about that.</p>
<p>I also have a $12,000/yr scholarship from Marquette. I think they have a good program. I do like that it is smaller, but maybe too small for me, and it is missing a football team. I did not see inside a dorm when we were there. </p>
<p>We are going to visit OSU in the next week or so. I do want to join a sorority and do not want to live in a honors dorm. Does anyone have opinions on what dorms at OSU would be good for a first year engineering student that is not geeky and location is close to classes.</p>
<p>OSU just went through a massive quarter-to-semester switch, and a lot of majors will have had their curricula reformed (CSE for example), and that may have affected ABET accreditation. For my major, eng phys, I heard they were waiting until after the switch to pay for accreditation.</p>
<p>[Accredited</a> Programs details](<a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=76]Accredited”>http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=76)</p>
<p>There’s a link to OSU’s accreditation in every engineering field it offers a BS in. You are correct about Biomedical Engineering, however. It was indeed accredited along with Environmental Engineering in 2010. However, all of the other engineering degrees offered by the school are ABET accredited. </p>
<p>OSU is quickly becoming one of the nation’s premier public universities; that being said, I do believe Purdue has a better engineering program, but like I previously said, a school with the size and name-recognition like Ohio State will never be a poor choice.</p>
<p>I don’t think you should be turning down Georgia Tech just because of the distance. Trust me you will regret it.</p>
<p>I agree with the above poster. A degree from Georgia Tech will open doors for you in terms of getting into graduate programs. </p>
<p>You could definitely “make the best of your time” at OSU and still get into a great grad school, but a transcript from Georgia Tech will definitely help you stand out.</p>
<p>I understand that Georgia Tech is Georgia Tech, but people on this thread make Ohio State sound like a community college. Newsflash, it’s the largest research institution in the United States. By that nature alone, you will find more opportunities than you will at Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>The head of electromechanical systems for Ford is here, I have class mates who interned with NASA or had meetings with the CEO of Chrysler. I almost had breakfast with the 2010 physics Nobel winner (he had laryngitis and had to cancel). Obama is giving the commencement address this semester. Our electric rocket car team holds records in the Bonneville Flats. An OSU undergrad and PhD alum is chief of technology at Pixar, another founded the CG company that makes the Ice Age films.</p>
<p>OSU is soooooo much more than just football, we are a top-25 engineering college and a top-25 physics college and a top-25 math college. Our automotive research center is world class, as is the supercomputer center.</p>
<p>There is no question that OSU has been on a significant rise academically for at least the last decade. In the 80’s when I was making a decision, it trailed many Big 10 schools as well as other Ohio schools (notably Miami where I ended up) in terms of reputation, etc. It was clearly a safety school for many.</p>
<p>I have been amazed how many of the very top students from my son’s HS have chosen OSU over the last few years when they clearly had choices to go to bigger “name” schools. I think it is a combination of 1) cost for in-state kids - much more economical that other out-of-state publics and all the privates 2) the increased academic standards 3) the research opportunities and 4) we can never forget the football :)</p>
<p>DS is sitting on acceptances in Civil Engineering for both U of Illinois and OSU honors and waiting on decisions from a bunch more including a few more “name” schools. A couple of years ago I would have never thought he would end up at OSU for Engineering, but given the factors I mentioned, seems like a distinct possibility now.</p>
<p>I don’t think OP should turn down a spot at one of the tip-top engineering programs in the country simply because OSU has some things going for it. Georgia Tech is a top five program in undergraduate engineering; OSU just clips the top thirty. Georgia Tech is ranked in the top five for almost every type of engineering; OSU is not. These are the facts.</p>
<p>People who go to OSU will try to convince you that the sun rises and sets over this university–but trust me, this isn’t the case. OSU is certainly a good program, but when you get called to the big leagues, you go to the big leagues. It’s simply not in the best interest of the OP to turn down a golden opportunity unless cost is a major factor. </p>
<p>OSU is indeed a large research university, but sometimes size is not always a major benefit. (After all, if size were the determining factor in educational quality, then OSU would surpass almost every university in the US.) Large schools are sometimes difficult for undergraduates to navigate, and oftentimes research opportunities do not go to undergrads.</p>