Hey guys, I’m new to this website and am going to be a senior in high school next year. I am participating in a the Questbridge program which allows me to rank up to 8 different partner colleges and submit 1 application to questbridge that goes to all of the colleges I ranked. If one or more of the colleges accept my application then I get a full ride (room, Board, Tuition) to the college I ranked highest that accepted me. I need some help ranking schools. I haven’t visited any of the partner colleges. Out of the 20 some schools i narrowed it down to
MIT
CalTech
Columbia
Princeton
Stanford
Brown
USC
Tufts
Vanderbilt
Yale
Northwestern
and maybe Rice
I want to study Computer or Electrical Engineering and could really use some help in ranking these colleges. How would you rank these colleges for their computer and Electrical engineering programs and why? I know for sure that MIT is at the top of my list but that’s about it. Any help is appreciated. Thank you so much in advance!
Are you 0 EFC? Some will not match you if you aren’t so look at the notes for each college. Do not try to match a school you are way unqualified for. And you do not have to rank 8 if you don’t want to be committed, but since it is like having 8 ED it is a good tool if you like the school.
My dd went to Brown for CS and thinks very highly of it. But they are not known for engineering although they have it. CS is not in engineering there. All the colleges on your list are very good.
BrownParent, Im pretty sure that there is only a minor fee if any. Honestly almost all of these schools are long shots and all of these schools are great so i dont really mind having to go to them. its just narrowing them down i need to figure out how to do. and thank you for the input. So i guess i will move Brown to the bottom of the list or off of it.
What are you talking about minor fee? What is that in regard to?
Long shot is not the same as not qualified. Many of the QB kids have a different range of ‘stats’ . If you are never in a million years going to be accepted to MIT, it wouldn’t be worth a slot to put it on the match list. is all I am saying. Keep your match list realistic. Reaches are ok. But if you don’t approach the qualifications it doesn’t make sense.
As I said, Brown is excellent for CS. I don’t know why you would put it on the bottom? I think it is better than Yale, Rice, Tufts, Vandy. Prob a few others just because of the overall level of the school and the really personal feel of the dept.
You don’t have to pick a school by only ‘the best ranked cs dept’. You have a pool of good schools and you know they have good cs dept so now you can look at other factors that you like. If you like more a tech school atmosphere only MIT and caltech have that though.
Minor fee might not have been the best way to put it. Each school has its own requirements and the Scholarship covers all but “summer work contribution” and “self help”. And ok i understand, i should remain realistic. And my fault i misread that.
There are all sorts of published sites that can give you that information already ranked for you. Google is your friend.
ive looked at some rankings like US News but read that the rankings arent always accurate because they can be based on size or amount of money the school spends on that specific major. I will definitely continue to look up rankings and such online but was hoping to get opinions of specific people so i could also consider those when ranking.
I have the ranking for CS but not Computer and Electrical engineering. But I would rank MIT, Stanford, Berkeley as 1,2,3. Cornell and Michigan next but it’s not on your list.
For CS
https://gasstationwithoutpumps.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2013/01/22/where-you-get-your-bs-in-cs-matters/
For EECS
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-computer
I would also include Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech and UIUC Dr. Google.
Given the OP’s interests:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Princeton University
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Columbia University
Northwestern University
Rice University
University of Texas-Austin
Schools like Brown, Tufts, Vanderbilt and Yale are exceptional, but not so much in Engineering.
@DrGoogle Berkeley and Michigan aren’t Questbridge schools & thus have no place in the match. Regardless, if the OP is out-of-state, they’ll cost a fortune, which he/she cannot afford as a low-income kid.
@Alexandre this student is applying through questbridge so is limited to the partner schools if he wants to try to ‘match’, plus he would not be able to afford many colleges you named. as they don’t meet need.
Also the grad school rankings Dr. Google gave aren’t really necessary for undergrad, although they represent schools with top doctoral programs that are also strong for undergrad.
I didn’t know it was for quest bridge. I’m only aware of the school with strong engineering, I was under the impression that CMU is strong in Computer Science.
@BrownParent , it’s not for graduate because the title states your undergraduate matters. This guy he is a Cornell professor so I hope he knows what’s he doing.
Yeah, he said in the top post he is ranking Questbridge schools and can pick up to 8. It is like having 8 ED applications so is quite useful although only about 5 pct get matched (through many more get accepted RD.) I didn’t open your links, only saw that the engineering link was for doctoral programs.
@WSHS15875 Yes I know that most of these colleges meet need with only a small student contribution. I ask if you are 0 EFC because some will not match you if you are not. So that is one way to eliminate colleges from your list.
See this quote from the Questbridge site, under Yale, under financial aid:
Yale will only offer admission through the National College Match to students whose parents qualify to make zero contribution to college costs. (Students who are not eligible for a zero parent contribution will be considered for admission to Yale in regular decision and will still qualify for extremely generous aid calculated to meet full financial need, with no loans required.)
There is also a Questbridge forum here:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/questbridge-programs/
MIT
Stanford
CalTech
Princeton
Columbia
Northwestern
Rice
Yale
Brown has about 30 CS professors which is more than the 20 at Rice or Yale and they all work with undergrads teaching and research so that I why I like it a bit better, also from experience from my daughter and her friends success in the department. But I like Yale and Rice just fine and if you prefer them that is your choice.
Yale just revamped it’s CS department according to Yale forum on CC.
Thank you guys so much for all of your input i really appreciate it! I will make sure to head over to the Questbridge forum i didnt know that existed so thank you for letting me know! @BrownParent I believe I qualify for 0 EFC but i will double check.
Good luck!
Computer Engineering and Computer Science are not the same thing.
I know that Computer Engineering and Computer science aren’t the same thing but could the quality of computer engineering be reflected in the quality of computer science? Or would there be no correlation?