<p>Hey guys. Since the last time I posted here I've sort of changed my outlook for things, and I am interested in majoring in Aerospace Engineering. However I cannot stand the chance of going to a very large male-dominated engineering college. I still want that small college feeling and I absolutely hate parties and fraternities and that sort of life style. I don't want any of it!</p>
<p>I understand the two things I am asking for can be very conflicting but I'd like to know what places can sort of compromise the two the best. Location does not matter to me, anywhere in the USA. I'd prefer though, if it were somewhere in the Northwest-ish. The South is too conservative for me and I like the landscape and lesser population density of the North/Northwest. In terms of money, I can't really say. My mom and I have already discussed places for me where I can go (SLU & MO-S&T) that can function as safeties for me, both monetarily and acceptance wise. I'm just looking for other places to look at at this point. Once we are more certain on the amount we can spend for school we can narrow down our options. We may be getting help from other members in the family but there's no way to know for certain at this point.</p>
<p>My GPA is about 3.7, and I have not yet taken the ACT yet, I am going to in March. But I am expecting a 30-32. I will keep retaking the ACT until I get a 30, but I've been studying quite a bit for it using these prep books. I have fairly good extracurricular activities, nothing worth anything but I am involved in and dedicated to about 3-4 groups. I am currently taking AP Government & Comparative Politics, AP Enviro, AP Comp, and next year I am taking AP Chem, AP Physics 1, AP Lit, AP Euro, & AP Statistics.</p>
<p>Any input is greatly appreciated, thank you for your time.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion, I’ve never heard of that place before. Additionally, is it really big on sports? I really hate sports and I’d want to be at a place where most people are ambivalent or apathetic feelings towards most of the “sports” events.</p>
<p>you might want to take a look at this thread. you’ll want to differentiate the schools with engineering from the school with engineering at another school, the so-called 3+2 program. You’ll also have to weed out the aerospace programs. </p>
<p>And while I’m at it let me put in a plug for my alma mater in Boulder and its aerospace program. Puts a lot of people in space, too, if that’s an interest. Not small, but plenty of females throughout Boulder. And then there’s my son’s engineering school, UMaryland and its aerospace program and ties to nearby Goddard Space Flight Center.</p>
<p>It doesn’t fit your profile, but if you are in Missouri, you really should take a look at Oklahoma State University - Cost wise they are almost as cheap as Missouri schools even with OOS tuition and their engineering departments are quite good. The downside is that it is a larger school and like most large schools you will find some people who party and some who don’t. Fraternities and Sororities are there, but not everyone is in them. I’d be careful to rule out the idea of a large school without visiting them. That said, I love the idea of Mo S&T for you. Just an outstanding school in nearly every respect.</p>
<p>Small engineering schools tend to have heavily male students. For example, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology’s approximately 2,000 students are about 74% male (about 15% in fraternities). New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is about 70% male (there is one fraternity).</p>
<p>Big schools may seem to have a large fraternity and sorority presence, even if the percentage in them is low – a small percentage of a large student body can fill lots of fraternity and sorority houses. However, a low percentage may reduce the chance of campus social life being fraternity and sorority dominated (Dartmouth, Bucknell, and DePauw are schools with a very high percentage of students in fraternities and sororities, which is the opposite of what you want).</p>
<p>My mom works at the SLU hospital and the company that runs the place offers to pay 2/3 of my tuition if I go there.
I am a male. What matters more to me is the atmosphere more so than the gender difference. </p>
<p>What you can do is use <a href=“http://www.collegedata.com”>http://www.collegedata.com</a> to search for small schools with your desired engineering major(s). Then you can check under the college life tab of their entries for fraternity and sorority percentage, presuming lower is better for you. Of course, you want to run the net price calculators and do other research as well on each school.</p>
<p>OSU has amazing aid packages. I’ve referred several Missouri residents who have ultimately found the scholarships at OSU to make it competitive with or even in one instance cheaper than going to Missouri which by and large does not give much aid at all unless you are way over the top on the ACT. Just for comparison’s sake, my son with a 31 ACT and 3.83 got offered exactly $2000 from Missouri. He was offered right at 16,500 from OSU. </p>
<p>Just for the sake of transparency…he chose to go to neither school. He chose a smaller private LAC. </p>
<p>What do you guys think of the Florida Institute of Technology? I haven’t heard of it prior to using that collegedata.com website but its proximity to the Kennedy Space Center intrigued me, as I am particularly interested in astrospace engineering.</p>
<p>S’s friend graduated from there almost two years ago. Snatched up by an aerospace contractor by the end of the summer and now he works on the Cape. The math was brutal at FIT but he found time for ultimate tournaments and staying in shape running the beach. He was a rocket hobbyist in h.s. and it didn’t hurt his app.</p>
<p>I breath math. How does FIT compare to Illinois Institute of Technology? or Clarkson University? (in terms of atmosphere) While they’re in less desirable locations, I would love to go in Florida.</p>
<p>Yes, I have heard about Harvey Mudd. I am likely going to be applying there. Although I have noticed they only offer “Engineering” as a major. Do you specialize further on or…</p>
<p>Also found the place Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. They offer Mechanical Engineering as a major but also offer an aerospace specialization. That places looks pretty nic as well.</p>
<p>Not sure what you mean by Small but Alabama at Huntsville has links to NASA and has 7K students (<1/3 the size of OK State). They also have some very good merit aid.</p>
<p>I have recalled Huntsville to be the “Home of Rocket Science”. 7k may be a reasonable size - I may be mistaken of what the atmospheres will be like for schools, anyway. I’m more interested in a school that is less excited about sports & partying and whatnot and has a more, “intellectual” environment, but I may have been mistaken that is only available in small colleges.</p>
<p>So far I really like Harvey Mudd, Embry Riddle, Rose Hulman.
After reading more into the Embry-Riddle University I find that is is very interesting. I really love its location and the program seems to be fairly strong. Also, how does the one in Prescott compare to the one in Daytona Beach?</p>
<p>Additionally, what would be my chances of getting into these places? </p>