<p>I am a resident in Tennessee. My gpa, standardized tests, and extra curriculars are enough to get me into fairly selective schools. I am interested in chemical engineering. Money is not much of an issue. I'm currently looking at virginia tech, georgia tech, and rose-hulman and am trying to see if there is a school with a mix of qualities from each. </p>
<p>Virginia tech
Pros: Beautiful area, has the big school sports program (and lots of spirit/community), good engineering program, happy students, and isn't very fratty.
Cons: Is to large for my liking, and potentially not selective enough (not a huge deal to me).</p>
<p>Georgia tech
Pros: Amazing name recognition, phenomenal engineering program, and a more middle of the road number of students.
Cons: miserable students, poor ratio (not a huge deal to me), and nerdy student body.</p>
<p>Rose Hulman
Pros: Small school community, dedicated teachers (only there to teach).
Cons: potentially too small (which results in there being less to do on campus), and a majority of nerdy students (i'm nerdy myself, but am still a very social person). </p>
<p>Can anyone find me some match schools on the eastern half of the us that finds a mix between these 3 schools.
I want it to have:
Fairly competitive admissions (avg act of about a 30-31 max)
Happy students
Beautiful campus/area
Great engineering
Doesn't require students to be in frats for any kind of social life
Not to large, or small (3k-20k students)
Good teachers
School spirit
Good community
Lots of food options on campus ( i like to eat!)
(and least importantly) A good ratio</p>
<p>Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thank you!</p>
<p>*** I understand that there is a lot of things I listed there so even if you have a suggestion of a university that only fits a few of those feel free to suggest it***</p>
<p>You seem to have ruled out Trinty University, but I think you should look at it again. Look at the page of the course sequence, and look at the electives helping to specialize in ChemE.</p>
<p>The problem with it is, is that its a specialization course, not exclusively a bachelors in chemical engineering. Out of everything on my criteria list, the one thing that I am positive on, and definitely require is chemE. Besides that fact, Trinity really did look like an amazing place.</p>
<p>Judging from your criteria list, Virginia Tech seems to be perfect for you. It has a great reputation for engineering, and the (slightly) lesser selectivity could help you to rise to the top of the class more easily.</p>
<p>Other schools to look at might be Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, Duke, Rensellaer, Lehigh, Villanova, and Drexel.</p>
<p>thanks manarius… iv always liked va tech, but I’m worried about how its engineering is viewed by employers. I know employers view ga tech in extremely high regards and don’t know if va tech can come close to it…</p>
<p>I would like to say that from what I have seen at Rose there is always something happening on campus. You would find if you went here it is the surrounding “city” rather than Rose itself that sucks (Terre Haute is the worst city I have ever lived in and I have lived quite a few places). That said take a look at University of Utah, RIT if you don’t mind the winter, Colorado School of Mines, and all those listed above. If you are the outdoors type University of Utah and Colorado School of Mines may be the best choices here. Some of the schools listed in the above post may be just a little bit of a reach so those I listed I tried to make closer to the match/saftey range.</p>
<p>USNews has Georgia Tech ranked at 4th, with Virginia Tech at 13th. That’s very respectable, and no employer will look down on you for attending VT.</p>
<p>I agree with Alexandre, I’ve heard that U Delaware and U Michigan have amazing ChemE programs. I would also suggest U Minnesota - Twin Cities for its great ChemE program, though the student body is large (50k).</p>
<p>mnchnk, Wisconsin is better than Delaware or Michigan in ChemE, albeit but a small margin. Minnesota as good as Wisconsin…arguably a little better. Those four universities should all be considered, regardless of their size. I say this because ChemE is always small and intimate, regardless of the college.</p>
<p>one thing I failed to mention also is that I’m also considering the ROTC. I know VT has a very strong group of cadets… But at VT they also require the cadets to live in the same building. Do you think living with other cadets would A.) Hurt my grades (from making me too busy), and B.) Make it difficult to meet other non military bound students.</p>
<p>Clemson absolutely rips the not fratty rule to shreds, which is one of the most important ones up there. Way to much of the campus is into the greek system for me.</p>
<p>First of all…NO SCHOOL is a PERFECT fit. Every school will have some negatives. And, there isn’t just one school where a person can be happy.</p>
<p>Are you certain that your parents will pay $55k+ per year for wherever you want to go to school? Have they specifically said so? The reason that I ask is that every year we have kids post that money isn’t “much of an issue”, but then later on, they find out that their parents won’t pay as much as the students thought. If you have not gotten a specific amount from your parents, please speak to them.</p>
<p>Are you a junior or senior?</p>
<p>What about any of the Jesuit schools that are strong in engineering…like Santa Clara or Gonzaga?</p>
<p>To a reasonable extent, yes they have said money is no issue. Nothing over 50k of course, but I’m not look for somewhere over that. Both of my older brothers support themselves entirely. My parents make a good income and could pay 30k-40k a year… not that I plan on them needing to pay that much, I have had a job and will be able to supply 5k for my first year. Will work summers to make money to help them pay for future years. Mostly though, money is not much of an issue. Hopefully between fin. aid, scholarships, and potentially ROTC scholarships a few bucks will be dropped off the cost (: I’m a 17 year old junior… Not too interested in schools with a religious affiliation, I guess catholic high school wore me out!</p>
<p>Gadad, I know you are right, thats why the online private on my list is rose hulman. My parents and i discussed that when it comes down to the final choices money will count. I plan on applying and seeing what kind of aid they can offer me and then my parents and I will decide if it is a reasonable amount. Va tech has always been appealing, and since it has the lowest COA it has been looking good. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any input on my dilemma about ROTC?
Will the ROTC make me too busy to get good grades? I have also always kind of seen myself going to graduate school, but I’m committed to the army for 4 years after I graduate… and I may stay in it even longer, which kind of kills the going to grad school plan.</p>