Schools in the South

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I've realized my schools are a reach for me (Vandy, Duke, UVa), so I was just wondering what other "top" schools there are in the south.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Emory? Rice? Tulane? Rhodes? Hendrix? The latter few are smaller and less well known nationally. Does Texas count as “south?” Then I’d add Trinity, Baylor, SMU.</p>

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<p>“Top schools” is a little vague.</p>

<p>Where do you live, and do you have any geographic preferences within the South? What are your test scores/GPA? What are you interested in studying?</p>

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<p>Oops, sorry. I forgot to post my stats. I have it done in a chance me thread, so I’ll just copy+paste it here:</p>

<p>Demographic: Asian Male
Class Rank: Top 10%
Legacy: Sibling currently attending
GPA: 3.88 UW / 4.20 W
ACT: 32</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/activities:

  • Eagle scout
  • 8 years martial arts (2nd degree black belt), occasionally teach some classes
  • 4 years ultimate frisbee (captain this year- mostly player run as well this year)
  • 4 years marching band
  • 4 years concert band (“sit-down” band)
  • Key Club
  • National Honor Society
  • Designed both trumpet section t-shirt and ultimate frisbee jersey senior year
  • Coder/programmer/webmaster as hobby. Have created multiple websites and forums in the past. Current project in the works.
    -Part time job: host at Olive Garden</p>

<p>Senior year course load:

  • AP Calculus
  • AP Economics
  • AP Language
  • AP Statistics
  • AP Physics
  • Marching Band
  • Concert Band</p>

<p>No geographic preferences. The more north, the better, though, haha. I’m interested in studying either mechanical engineering or computer science/engineering.</p>

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<p>so, you want schools from the northerly southern states?</p>

<p>have you run the net price calculators? had the talk with mom and dad? what have they said they will contribute?</p>

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<p>If you want engineering, you can’t leave out Georgia Tech (The MIT of the South). With your scores, you can get a full tuition merit scholarship at the University of Alabama, plus extra money from the College of Engineering on top of that. You will qualify for their Honors College. If you are an NMSF and get NMF status, you can get 5 years full tuition, plus first year room cost.</p>

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<p>Maryland is south of the Mason-Dixon Line, so JHU? Also, william and mary, VA tech, WUSTL?</p>

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<p>Here’s a list. Not necessarily “the list”, but at least “a list” to start:</p>

<p><a href=“Top 25 Best Southern Colleges 2014”>http://www.forbes.com/sites/paigecarlotti/2014/07/29/top-25-best-southern-colleges-2014/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Two suggestions: </p>

<p>(1) George Washington University in Washington, D.C. has a School of Engineering and Applied Science.</p>

<p>(2) Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina has a good engineering college, along with the Calhoun Honors College, for which you might qualify (although a higher ACT would help).</p>

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<p>Aside from Duke, Vanderbilt, and UVA - I would list Rice, Emory, Wake Forest, UNC, Richmond, Davidson, W&L, Georgia Tech, and Tulane. </p>

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<p>“Top ranked” and prestige are essentially meaningless with regard to undergraduate Mechanical Engineering. Lucky for you all of these departments are ABET-approved;</p>

<p>U Maryland-Baltimore County
U Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Clemson U
North Carolina State U
Missouri Science & Technology University
Rice University
Washington U (St. Louis)
Saint Louis University
Texas A&M University
Texas Christian University</p>

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<p>UNC, Davidson and Wake Forest don’t have engineering.</p>

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<p>Given what you want to study, your obvious top target school should be Georgia Tech. And your scores should make you competitive. But that Alabama deal might be awfully tempting.</p>

<p>As a MO S&T grad, I can say the lack of females is a definite negative factor, both for the guys and the few women who go there. Great education, horrible social life. Go anywhere else if you have a choice.</p>

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<p>So many people have suggested UA. I’m gonna head down there and visit soon.
I’m also looking into Georgia Tech, but yeah, I’ve heard the social life is crap and it’s so competitive.
I’ve been considering UVa for some time now as well.</p>

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<p>Before you visit UA, come over to the UA page <a href=“University of Alabama - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/university-alabama/&lt;/a&gt; to ask questios specific to the school. Lots of people can help you out there.</p>

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<p>Don’t forget Auburn. It might be a safety for you. Excellent engineering school.</p>

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<p>Wake Forest does a 3-2 engineering program with Vanderbilt. <a href=“Engineering -- WFU Physics”>Engineering -- WFU Physics;

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<p>If Texas is in “the South”, then UT Austin and Texas A&M are obvious choices for engineering majors, if they are affordable. Do you know your cost constraints?</p>

<p>Others to consider, if affordable, are North Carolina State and Virginia Tech.</p>

<p>Big automatic merit scholarships for your stats can be found at Alabama, Alabama Huntsville, Florida A&M, Howard, Prairie View A&M.</p>

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<p>Emory, Wake Forest, UNC-CH, Richmond, Davidson, and W&L do not have engineering (natively, as opposed to 3+2 programs). Emory and Tulane have rather limited CS departments (not sure about most of the others). Georgia Tech is good for both engineering and CS.</p>

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<p>Tulane has re-established its CS department recently with plans to continue hiring faculty until it can staff a PhD program. You can learn more here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://tulane.edu/sse/cs/”>http://tulane.edu/sse/cs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;