<p>So here is the situation:
I need to decide where to apply for the Fall. I am a rising senior (Class of 2013) and early applications will be available soon.</p>
<p>I want to be a mechanical engineer and work in marketing, but I also want to attend a college with a social experience. I am leaning towards UPenn because I love the school, but I want to attend a school with a great engineering program.</p>
<p>I am looking for a school with 65% academics and 35% social life with attractive women as well haha.</p>
<p>Any suggestions for the best college for me would be great! Thanks:)</p>
<p>University of Illinois. A guy on my dorm floor majored in ME, and he ended up getting a PhD in the field from Cal-Berkeley.</p>
<p>Cost constraints and home state of residency?</p>
<p>You have two Ivy League schools in your subject, but they are not the two which have the strongest reputations in engineering.</p>
<p>Berkeley is expensive for out of state students, but there exists a very competitive full ride Drake Scholarship for mechanical engineering majors.</p>
<p>I live in california, and although Berkeley is a very appealing school for engineering, I’ve heard horrendous things about girls there</p>
<p>Oh come on, don’t go to a school because of how attractive the girls are… I’d suggest a school like Cornell but you’ll do more than fine going to Berkeley at an in-state tuition.</p>
<p>Look at Berkeley, other UCs, Minnesota, Virginia Tech, and Texas A&M (if you get scholarships with the waiver of non-resident tuition) as lower cost options. Georgia Tech is another option to try for a full tuition or full ride scholarship. Among privates, what about Stanford?</p>
<p>Berkeley girls are disappointing to say the least.</p>
<p>“I want to be a mechanical engineer and work in marketing”</p>
<p>Why do you want to kill yourself for 4 years if you want to work in an unrelated field?</p>
<p>Do you realize how hard it is to get a 3.5 GPA in engineering? Getting a 3.5 in marketing is a cakewalk.</p>
<p>Well I want to get a job right out of college, then go back in a few years to do post grad for business/marketing</p>
<p>Penn should be a no brainer then. Study engineering, and take some wharton/marketing classes on the side.</p>