<p>So, the title kind of gives away why I am posting. Anyways, he wants to do something with building or designing computers. I'm sure there is a degree out there meant for that specifically but..I'm too lazy to figure out. </p>
<p>He is a really smart guy. I can promise that. He is genius level. I won't give numbers (sadly) because he would kill me if I put them up here. To put it into perspective he is smart enough to get into each and every Ivy League and super smart colleges. Help any?</p>
<p>Okay, so what schools would be good for him? We are basing it off of what he wants to do in general. I have looked at some of the obvious engineering schools (i.e. MIT) for him. I just want to know what else is hidden out there. </p>
<p>He lives in Oklahoma. He is fine with being out of state though. </p>
<p>Thank you ahead of time. (Oh and please don't bother me with things how I shouldn't be doing this for him. Please.)</p>
<p>I clicked through to see your criteria because I misread your thread-header and thought it said, “Searching for A boyfriend” and couldn’t quite imagine why you were posting on a search and selection college board…</p>
<p>I thought she meant that she was searching for ‘her BF’ as if she wanted a list of universities where she might find the BF of he dreams. It sounded pretty desperate haha.</p>
<p>More information (e.g. family income level, how much family can afford to pay, etc.) is needed before you can get personalized advice, but off the top of my head:</p>
<p>Caltech
MIT
Stanford
CMU
RPI
RHIT
Princeton
Cornell</p>
<p>If state universities are an option:
Bekeley
GeorgiaTech
UIUC
Purdue</p>
<p>It’s hard for us to give you advice based on your information. Basically you are looking for a college that has an engineering major and can be located anywhere in the US. There are hundreds of colleges that match that criteria; we need more specifics. Are finances an issue? Does he want to go to a really prestigious college or somewhere that will offer him merit scholarships? Even if he doesn’t need to stay in Oklahoma, are there any places he specifically does or does not want to live? Size of school preferred?</p>
<p>You’re referring to computer engineering, which both OU and OSU offer. Those can be excellent safety schools, and I’m sure he’d get into the honors program with a ton of merit money if he applies to OU’s CE program before November (assuming you’re correct about his stats). I presume the same is true for OSU, although I’ve spoken to some extremely biased OU honors students and they claim the honors program is much better developed at OU than Ok State. </p>
<p>Take a look at Beyphy’s list, it’s great. </p>
<p>Anyways, here are some other programs with good to great computer engineering:
-Brown University
-Santa Clara University
-Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
-U Michigan
-University of Southern California
-University of Washington
-Columbia</p>
<p>Finances are an issue. I don’t know specific details but I know his mom can’t afford too much since she also has 3 other children, 2 older than him. He wants to go to a prestigious school, but still be able to get scholarships. They don’t have to be merit scholarships at all. They could be need based too. He will also apply to outside scholarships. The school shouldn’t be too big and definitely too small. Somewhere between 10,000 to 20,000 I would say. He is open to going anywhere. </p>
<p>Definitely apply to both OU and OSU as safeties and scratch most of the OOS publics, besides maybe U Michigan off of his list. He may also want to consider Northeastern, Northwestern, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Alabama (free tuition assuming his stats are high enough), University of Miami, Vanderbilt, and WPI. </p>
<p>Oklahoma is a geographically underrepresented state which may help somewhat with admissions.</p>