<p>What are some small (<5000 students) yet respectable (for lack of a better word) engineering schools? I feel like I may want to go to a smaller college like RHIT or Cooper Union than a huge one like UCB or UCLA</p>
<p>Case Western Reserve University - about 4,000 undergrads, lots of merit money. Selective but not insanely difficult to get into. Plenty of snow in the winter. </p>
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<p>Do you have a geographical preference and can you afford to go anywhere?</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd, but you need top grades. There are a few other LACs that offer engineering, like Swarthmore, but they don’t offer the variety of engineering majors that Harvey Mudd does.</p>
<p>Take a look at Bucknell.</p>
<p>To the above, add Olin College of Engineering, Lafayette College, and Trinity College (Hartford). If female, add Smith. If you have the stats, consider some of the Ivies. Dartmouth has about 4200 undergraduates.</p>
<p>And check out Rice too.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd and Cal Tech. However, I got to warn you, the competition is cutthroat. Also MIT too</p>
<p>use the Peterson College guide book (or their website) to quickly build a list satisfying your criteria</p>
<p>My son just got an email from Rose Hulman in IN that invites him to apply - no fee and no essay! And RH is a top-rated small engineering school.</p>
<p>Trinity University in San Antonio has an active engineering program. It’s rated #1 in USNWR for regional master’s degree schools, but realistically if it were compared to LAC’s instead it would be comparable to Austin, Hendrix, or Southwestern.</p>
<p>Harvey-Mudd is the LAC equivalent of MIT and Caltech; While Caltech isn’t a LAC, it only has like 1000 undergrads so in terms of size, it’s definitely close to it, although it offers nearly unparalleled opportunities for doing research in the sciences.</p>
<p>definitely agree with Harvey Mudd, Rose-Hulman, and Franklin W. Olin College Of Engineering. Harvey Mudd + Olin are probably high reaches for most students. Rose-Hulman is a much easier school to get into by comparison</p>
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I believe that HMC offers only a BS in engineering, but you can concentrate your course work in a specialty like electrical, civil, etc.
[Degree</a> Requirements](<a href=“http://www.hmc.edu/academicsclinicresearch/academicdepartments/engineering1/curriculum1/degree.html]Degree”>http://www.hmc.edu/academicsclinicresearch/academicdepartments/engineering1/curriculum1/degree.html)</p>
<p>Many of the schools mentioned would be reaches for the OP. From a much earlier thread he has a 3.6 UWGPA/4.0 WGPA and a 32 ACT.</p>
<p>WPI (MA) and Union (NY).</p>
<p>Thanks all. Just to clarify, I prefer West coast and specifically CA. Here’s my stats:</p>
<p>ACT 32
GPA 3.63/4.12
5 APs taken (3 5’s, 2 4’s) 5-6 Planned senior year + 1-3 college courses
Male
10+ Years ice hockey (really my only EC)
ELC accepted</p>
<p>*ACT 32
GPA 3.63/4.12
5 APs taken (3 5’s, 2 4’s) 5-6 Planned senior year + 1-3 college courses
Male
10+ Years ice hockey (really my only EC)
ELC accepted *</p>
<p>How much will your family pay?</p>
<p>Santa Clara
LMU
USD</p>
<p>Man, I’m not sure. My sister went to UCLA, which was free tuition since we are in CA. So I don’t know how they’d handle it. But I’m sure that if I made it into some top school they’d take out a loan.</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO has the feel of a smaller school (as compared to Berkeley and UCLA, anyway) plus excellent engineering.</p>
<p>Other West Coast options:</p>
<p>University of the Pacific
Seattle University</p>