<p>Looking for suggestions for a non-CC friend</p>
<p>Not too far away from NJ
Small to mid-size school (<~10,000) that offers engineering and business, but isn't a "tech" school (uncertain about major between social sciences/engineering/business and wants even male/female ratio)
Not greek-dominated
Male student (no women's colleges)</p>
<p>SAT 1950, 3.65 UW GPA, mostly honors/AP classes
Full-pay family, won't need financial aid</p>
<p>I would appreciate any suggestions.</p>
<p>Maybe Bucknell?</p>
<p>Lafayette College in Easton PA. Bucknell and Lehigh Universities come close to meeting your criteria, but they have large Greek systems. Villanova is another option with about 6K undergrad, and no official fraternity houses.</p>
<p>Catholic U;
despite the Greek presence they should look at the IBE (Integrated Business and Engineering) program at Lehigh</p>
<p>Tufts would be a stretch with that SAT, but otherwise fits the bill. Getting in would depend on the rank, recommendations and the ability to write some great essays. (Son’s SAT’s were a little higher and GPA was the same, but top 6% rank.)</p>
<p>George Washington has an engineering school that has a 50/50 M/F ratio according to the guide when we visited. It’s smack in the middle of DC without a defined campus which some kids love and others hate. Not Greek-dominated.</p>
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I agree about Lehigh (22 frats, 10 sororities, 4700 undergrads, 59%M - 41%W) and Bucknell (14 frats, 8 sororities, 3500 undergrads, 49%M - 51%W), but Lafayette only has 5 fraternities and 6 sororities for a sudent body of around 2400 undergrads, 53%M - 47%W.</p>
<p>Drexel University in Philly might be worth a look<br>
‘Business and Engineering’ major
56/44 M/F ratio
9%/8% frat/sor
13,600 undergrads</p>
<p>You may want to check out Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. About 3900 undergraduates, 6,000 total students, no frats and no sororities. Jesuit run but not too religious. Very nice business school, has an ABET approved engineering department, as well as schools of liberal arts and education. Excellent school for the undecided student as all schools have the same core curriculum and you do not need to declare a major until your 2nd semester sophomore year.
You will be able to move freely between schools (no application to move between schools), so you will not be locked into a school or a major.</p>
<p>Check out Union College in Schenectady, NY. It is a small LAC, but they do offer engineering.</p>
<p>Trinity College (CT) is another LAC with engineering. However, no business.</p>
<p>I have a friend looking for similar schools (offering business and engineering) but the catch is the student specifically wants to be in or near a large city.</p>
<p>Grades are similar to the OP’s student but SAT scores are higher, at about 2200. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Alfred U would be a great fit for these stats. No greek presence at all. Has both engineering (world wide acclaim for its ceramic engineering program) and business. Beautiful campus, but a very small town. Eclectic mix of students with Liberal ARts, engineering, business and ceramic arts/arts.</p>
<p>Drexel and RIT and Northeastern are excellent choices because of their co-op programs. While they may be considered tech schools, I know that Drexel and RIT both have strong non-techy sort of majors to balance that out. I know an incoming freshman at Drexel (they start on the 15th) who will be majoring in digital media. RIT also has a huge art program [RIT</a> : College of Imaging Arts & Sciences](<a href=“http://cias.rit.edu/]RIT”>http://cias.rit.edu/) and welcomes deaf students, who are very well integrated into the school. </p>
<p>I can understand wanting non-greek and non-tech, but I think that both may be hard to find with an engineering major.</p>
<p>Holliesue, I agree with you about Alfred, but the type of engineering wanted would be very important. They do not have many of the traditional engineering majors: <a href=“http://engineering.alfred.edu/undergrad/[/url]”>http://engineering.alfred.edu/undergrad/</a> like Civil, Chemical or Industrial.</p>
<p>Although you said you would be full pay, you would be eligible for merit aid at AU. </p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University : Financial Aid : Undergraduate Freshmen Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.alfred.edu/finaid/scholarships/]Alfred”>http://www.alfred.edu/finaid/scholarships/) Merit Aid Incoming Freshmen </p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University : Undergraduate Cost of Attendance](<a href=“http://www.alfred.edu/finaid/undergraduate_cost.cfm]Alfred”>http://www.alfred.edu/finaid/undergraduate_cost.cfm) Cost of Attendance </p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University : Honors Program](<a href=“http://www.alfred.edu/honors/]Alfred”>http://www.alfred.edu/honors/) Honors Program </p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University : McComsey Career Development Center : Co-ops](<a href=“http://www.alfred.edu/cdc/services/co-ops.cfm]Alfred”>http://www.alfred.edu/cdc/services/co-ops.cfm) Co-op Program - Engineering</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the suggestions so far, which I will pass along to my friend, for her S.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of Alfred U, and will look it up. </p>
<p>I had never really thought of GW for engineering or business before, so that is a great suggestion to look into, as it seems to meet all of the criteria. Lafayette also sounds like a good option to look into. Tufts would be great, but is definitely reachy. </p>
<p>Bucknell and Lehigh were schools I had thought of before, but the large greek presence is a concern. How overwhelming is the presence on campus, if a student doesn’t want to go greek? </p>
<p>How greek are Union and Trinity? I’ve heard of both, but don’t know much about them.</p>
<p>I hadn’t thought to mention it in the original post, but Catholic schools are less desirable, or anyplace with a strong religious presence. How much of a Catholic feel is there at Villanova? </p>
<p>Any other suggestions?</p>
<p>My son is a sophomore at Lafayette majoring in Mechanical Engineering and loves it. As of this year there are only 4 fraternities and 6 sororities there. He is currently rushing a fraternity where he made friends with lots of the guys on his club sports team. Freshman are not allowed to join which I think is nice the kids can get a feel for the campus and the groups that year without committing to anything. Next semester he will be going to Spain as part of the engineering program. Other East Coast schools he looked at were Lehigh, Bucknell, Tufts and University of Rochester.</p>
<p>How about University of Delaware? They have both business and engineering, plus lots of other majors. School is mid-size about 15,000 which may be a little larger than he wants but worth considering. I think it meets all the other criteria.</p>
<p>University of Hartford…good engineering and business programs.</p>
<p>Look into Fairfield U in CT. I believe they have both engineering & business. Similar school (Jesuit) to Loyola U in Maryland.</p>
<p>Maybe Union College in Albany NY?</p>