<p>I liked the Lehigh Campus. It is really "hill-y" so the tour seemed more like a hike, and in the middle of August that wasn't too much fun. But I thought the campus was pretty. I didn't really like the surrounding area though... that just didn't seem very nice to me.</p>
<p>Penn State!! actualy it depends on what state you live in, but if you live in PA, there is no better deal than Penn State.</p>
<p>You can not pass up Georgia Tech. According to US News, it has the best undergrad aerospace engineering program in the country second only to MIT's.</p>
<p>MIT is the way!!!</p>
<p>If you are really, really, really smart have over a 1500 on the SAT, and are really, really lucky then MIT would definitely be the way to go.</p>
<p>MIT is not the way for everyone. Dont put the big name school blinders on when considering it. Yes it has a name, but to me thats all it had. I saw a lot more in a school just down the road, and I think Im getting a much better, more personal education. (and a lot of MIT's profs left there to come here.. .) </p>
<p>But thats my take on it.</p>
<p>i think the best for you is UIUC.it has great engineering majors.the bests are:electronic/communications--comp and civil</p>
<p>Barring Ivy league-like schools (i.e. MIT) in eastern US, Georgia Tech is second to none. That includes UIUC, Purdue, and UMich. </p>
<p>Fortunately, it isn't TOO hard to get into assuming you are in the top 5% in your HS class, with good extracurriculurs and above average SAT scores.</p>
<p>Although GaTech is awesome in engineering overall, it is a little better in some over others...it depends on what you are majoring in. </p>
<p>GaTech is number one in industrial, number two in aerospace, number three in civil, and around 6 or 7 for both EE and ME.
The caveat with aerospace is that it isn't so great for "space." GaTech is definitely more focused on the aero. Purdue and UIUC would probably be better for space.</p>
<p>which is great for Electrical/Communications Engineering or Civil engineering??</p>
<p>UIUC is the best in the east for Civil followed by Georgia Tech.
As to who is the best EE school in the eastern half of the US, I am not too sure. I think I heard a poster say UIUC was number 4 (the top 3 are MIT and 2 western schools) in the country, but I've never seen it.</p>
<p>Here is the full list.</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Electrical / Electronic / Communications
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)<br></li>
<li>University of CaliforniaBerkeley <br></li>
<li>U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign *<br></li>
<li>University of MichiganAnn Arbor *<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)<br></li>
<li>Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)<br></li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)<br></li>
<li>University of TexasAustin *<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)<br></li>
<li>Univ. of CaliforniaLos Angeles *<br></li>
<li>Univ. of WisconsinMadison *<br></li>
<li>Rice University (TX)<br></li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)<br>
Univ. of Southern California<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)<br></li>
<li>Duke University (NC)<br>
Texas A&M Univ.College Station *<br>
Univ. of CaliforniaSan Diego *<br>
University of Washington *<br>
Virginia Tech *<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.University Park *<br>
Univ. of MarylandCollege Park *<br>
Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities *<br></li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
</ol>
<p>Here is Civil.</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Civil
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>
<ol>
<li>University of CaliforniaBerkeley <br>
U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign *<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *<br></li>
<li>University of TexasAustin *<br></li>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)<br></li>
<li>Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)<br></li>
<li>University of MichiganAnn Arbor *<br></li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)<br></li>
<li>Texas A&M Univ.College Station *<br></li>
<li>Virginia Tech *<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)<br></li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.University Park *<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)<br></li>
<li>University of Florida *<br>
Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities *<br></li>
<li>University of Washington *<br></li>
<li>Univ. of WisconsinMadison *</li>
</ol>
<p>
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Yes it has a name, but to me thats all it had. I saw a lot more in a school just down the road, and I think Im getting a much better, more personal education. (and a lot of MIT's profs left there to come here.. .)
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</p>
<p>Even if MIT had only a big name, for many people, that's the whole point. There's nothing wrong with that - that's just good hard-nosed career development there. A lot of people choose to work for high prestige employers like Goldman Sachs or Google just because they know that doing so looks good on the resume for whatever they want to do later in their careers. I don't see anything at all wrong with wanting to gloss up your resume by inputting a big name onto it. Everybody wants that. Prestige has value.</p>
<p>Where the problem comes is when people chase prestige at the exclusion of everything else. That, I agree, is a problem. But that's a far cry from saying that prestige has no value at all. Prestige increases your chances of getting noticed by future hiring managers. Prestige increases your cachet with future investors and future clients. For example, if you are starting your own company and you need VC money, it's good to be able to say that you have an MIT background to impress the moneybags. Olin College may be just as good from a quality standpoint, but the moneybags probably don't know that.</p>
<p>Thanks Plantree.. How did you obtain the whole list?</p>
<p>PLANTREE .. is it possible for you to give me rankings chemE for schools that do not offer phd? Thanks!</p>
<p>nyu for engineering may not be a bad idea. They graduate you with a 3+2 year program I think where you get a undergrad. pure science degree and an engineering degree ( i heard stevens is a joke so the engineering addendum shouldn't be a problem there).</p>
<p>but u can't transfer in i already checked.</p>
<p>PLANTREE, do you have a list for chemE that does offer phd</p>
<p>Lancer,
I paid the $ and subscribe to US News Best Colleges Premium On-line version.
I just copy and paste info.</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Chemical
(At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's) </p>
<ol>
<li>Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)<br></li>
<li>Cooper Union (NY)<br></li>
<li>Bucknell University (PA)<br></li>
<li>Rowan University (NJ)*<br></li>
<li>Lafayette College (PA)<br>
Manhattan College (NY)<br>
University of MinnesotaDuluth *<br></li>
</ol>
<p>This is all US News lists for Chemical.</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Chemical
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>University of CaliforniaBerkeley <br></li>
<li>Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities *<br></li>
<li>Univ. of WisconsinMadison *<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br>
University of TexasAustin *<br></li>
<li>U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign *<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)<br></li>
<li>University of MichiganAnn Arbor *<br></li>
<li>University of Delaware *<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *<br></li>
<li>Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)<br></li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)<br></li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)<br></li>
<li>Univ. of CaliforniaSanta Barbara *<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.University Park *<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)<br></li>
<li>North Carolina State U.Raleigh *<br>
Texas A&M Univ.College Station *<br></li>
<li>Rice University (TX)<br>
University of Florida *<br>
University of Notre Dame (IN)<br>
University of Pennsylvania<br></li>
<li>Virginia Tech *</li>
</ol>
<p>thank u soo much PLANTREE</p>