<p>What are your thoughts on this private university? According to USNWR, many of its engineering majors rank 1 among schools who's highest degree is bachelors/masters. Not that I care too much about rankings, but does anybody know anything about Rose Hulman IT? Info on Academics, Student Life, Professors, etc. etc. Thanks</p>
<p>PS: Rose Hulman doesnt require an essay for admission? I dont see an essay question on the online application...</p>
<p>One of the best engineers I know came from Rose. I've been hiring engineers for 25 years. Sorry I can't help more.</p>
<p>Extremely well-regarded engineering curriculum. Have seen the quality of its education compared with MIT/Caltech/etc. Not nearly as well-known nationally, but those in the midwest or those who hire a lot of engineers have certainly heard of it and will respect a strong degree from there.</p>
<p>the students appear to be pretty dorky (which isn't necessarily a bad thing)... i'd visit to make sure it's a culture fit for you. but academically it's plenty strong and highly underrated.</p>
<p>Thx guys. Anybody know about the essay thingie for admission? :D</p>
<p>I notice that you are in Germany. Why do you want to go to Indiana?
Something tells me that you will enjoy it more if you come to more of an urban setting. Consider WPI if you want to go for engineering. Close to the Boston area where 20% of the population is college-going kids. Way too many things to do for the young.</p>
<p>Yes I live in germany but always wanted to go to college in the US, b/c I want to play college golf. I visit every summer and my moms american and english is my first language anyway, so its not like im a total foreigner :D But I also believe my experience studying engineering in the US would be a lot funner than studying engineering here in germany although most german universities are excellent engineering schools. As for indiana...My dad said he knew a professor who taught at Purdue. He said it has a great engineering school, which is true :D Then I found out about Rose-Hulman...I was immediately interested: small school, good engineering reputation, etc. etc.</p>
<p>btw I have another question: Is Aerospace engineering not offered at Rose-Hulman? I couldn't find it anywhere on the list of offered majors. That would be so dissapointing if the answer is yes. T.T</p>
<p>Aero engineering is largely based in either electrical or mechanical. Either one, depending on your specific interests, will get you in the field. We hire a lot of stress engineers for our aero design.</p>
<p>I am also interested in doing Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering. </p>
<p>This is a suggestion i got from an aeronautical engineer working in US airways:</p>
<p>It is a degree which is not offered by many colleges/universities. But if you look at the Mechanical Engineering curriculum of many universities you will find out that in most of them at the junior or senior year or so you can specialize in some department like robotics, aeronautics, aerospace, etc., and so if you are keen in pursuing aerospace engineering but the school does not offer the major i would suggest you to go and see the curriculum of their mechanical engineering for undergrads then u can get to know whether they offer the courses necessary to do aerospace engineering for masters. </p>
<p>For eg. Vanderbilt university and JHU does not have aeronautical/aerospace engineering in their curriculum but u can specialize in either of the fields in your junior or senior year. So i would suggest you to look at the curriculum offered by the university and if you still have trouble understanding it then send the university a mail and ask them if it is possible as i did for Vanderbilt as they did not have it written down in fully understandable terms but when i sent the university a mail asking if it was possible they mentioned that it was.</p>
<p>But be wary that in some universities you might have to do it as extra credits and so do a clear research if the universities you are applying have it or not.</p>
<p>As far as RHIT is concerned i dont think they have it but i have sent the admission people a mail and am waiting for them to answer it as i am also interested in joining RHIT for engineering.</p>
<p>Hope i was able to help you in some way .......... i know it was very long :)</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>No essay:D. R-H's probably my second (and most realistic) choice - might see you there.</p>
<p>thx @ the 3 last replies</p>
<p>I have been very pleased with my experience at Rose-Hulman. If you come here, do it for the academic experience. The professors are outstanding and don't have to do research, which means classes are actually a priority. </p>
<p>I'm in software engineering, so I can't offer a lot of advice about Aerospace, but I do know someone who is a mechanical engineering student and is concentrating in Aerospace. I think this would be a good idea really, because aerospace is limited in the number of jobs, so you'd have easier access to other jobs (not all human resource people would recognize that an aero engineer can do other things).</p>
<p>Another thing I noticed was that you want to play golf. If you're serious about going somewhere with that, then this isn't the place for you. We are a Division III school, which means you wouldn't get a lot of recognition. The course the teams use is also sub par (though extremely difficult).</p>