Rutgers vs UCR vs CPP vs Embry-Riddle

College Search & Selection
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<p>Tough one...
I live in California. Rutgers gave me $10k/yr scholarship, Embry-Riddle gave me $7k/yr. The others gave me nothing. (except admission lol). I also got in to the honors college at Rutgers. Cost is important but second to the college itself.
I want to be an engineer. Most of my life I've been an airplane guy, and had my mind set on aerospace engineering. This would be best done at Embry-Riddle, because they specialize in the aviation field. However, Embry-Riddle has some crippling flaws, such as very little diversity and few options other than aerospace engineering if I decide to change my mind. Not to mention 17% percent of their 1800 kids are women -____-.
Rutgers, reputation wise at least, is the best university I've been accepted to. They seem to be pretty well rounded and I was accepted to both their engineering and business school. Drawbacks- New Jersey lol. I lived there for nine years and California warmth has turned me soft. It'd be hard to go back there and be so far away from everyone I know out here.
UC Riverside- I was very impressed by their open house day, and it seems their school has rapidly improved, and continues to do so. They do not have aerospace engineering, but they do have mechanical, which can easily transfer over to a career in that field. Not to mention they have a reasonable population with a mix of races and genders. Something about Discover UCR Day just felt right, I fell in love with the campus and atmosphere.
Cal Poly Pomona- I know little about them... I've heard they have a nice engineering program and I will be visiting their campus on April 9th. I don't know what to say about this one really...</p>

<p>If anybody could put forth their thoughts on pros/cons for these I would be most grateful... It is scary to think that I will decide where my next four years will be spent in this next month!</p>

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<p>I don’t know anything about Embry-Riddle, but I would attend the universities in the order of</p>

<p>Rutgers
CalPoly Pomona
UC Riverside</p>

<p>The gap between Rutgers and the other universities is HUGE. That you got $10,000 from the university makes it a more competitive offer. Also, engineering is not UCR’s forte. CalPoly Pomona is respected as a decent engineering school for average students.</p>

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<p>I have no doubt that Rutgers is the highest ranking school I’ve been admitted to… I didn’t know the gap was that huge. What do you base that on?</p>

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<p>Anything at all or what?</p>

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<p>Rutger is rank 45 for undergrad engineering. Riverside? 85. And CalPoly Pomona? It’s a regional university. -.-</p>

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<p>So your saying Rutgers is the best statistic wise… I thought pomona was better than that.</p>

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<p>Cal Poly Pomona rank’s 11th among both public and private universities in the entire United States that have masters’ as the highest offered degrees. Harvey Mudd, Cal Poly SLO, West Point, Rose-Hulman, Cooper Union also list on those rankings. Three of Cal Poly Pomona’s departments are in the top ten and stats-wise, it’s as selective as a mid-tier UC with GPAs in the 3.6 range and SATs in the mid 1200s/1600. For example, the vast majority of CPP engineering students also got accepted to UCR, but chose CPP.</p>

<p>So between CPP and UCR for engineering, it’s ovious that CPP is better. Now, between CPP and Rutgers, you really have to look at the big picture and how much in debt are you willing to go for an engineering degree.</p>

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<p>it depends on whether you want to do research or get a hands-on experience. If you want to do research, then definitely go to either rutgers or ucr. (rutgers might be better for engineering). If you want to get a hands-on experience, then go to Cal Poly Pomona. The curriculums are going to be the same though. But if you want to save tons of money, then I would suggest CPP.</p>

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<p>I definitely would like the hands on experience and the ability to craft things myself. However, I got the sense that UCR was pretty hands on… their professors seemed very qualified and they gave an excellent presentation on engineering at their Bourns College. That building is pretty new and appears to have a lot to offer. Job statistics were solid for the students that were graduating. Pomona I’m visiting this Saturday though so that should answer some questions. I have heard Pomona is a commuter campus… I would like the full college experience. I’ve also heard UCR outside of campus is pretty ghetto and there is not much to do. Any thoughts on that?</p>

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