<p>I would love to go to school in one of the nation's big cities, its where I thrive, where I love to be. If anyone has any experience with any engineering programs in some of the big cities, I would love to hear about it.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech is in Atlanta and is top 10 school.</p>
<p>MIT is in Boston (well Cambridge, but it’s right across the river)</p>
<p>moving down a few notches on the engineering ladder, Columbia SEAS is in NYC and Penn SEAS is in Philly, and I think University of Illinois in Chicago is supposed to be good at engineering too.</p>
<p>carnegie mellon in pittsburgh.</p>
<p>USC in Los Angeles
Rice in Houston
Northwestern near Chicago
Caltech near Los Angeles</p>
<p>i second carnegie mellon</p>
<p>Case Western in Cleveland. Olin’s outside of Boston, and the kids spend some of their free time in Boston, but it’s kind of a hassle to get there…</p>
<p>If we make the criteria 1) top engineering school by US News rankings and 2) in or immediately adjacent to (i.e., a subway ride from) a major city, then it’s (in order of engineering program ranking):</p>
<p>1) MIT (Cambridge/Boston): #1 USNews
2) UC Berkeley (Berkeley/San Francisco/Oakland): #2 USNews
3) Georgia Tech (Atlanta): #5 US News
4) Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh): #7 US News
5) (tie) Johns Hopkins (Baltimore), Northwestern (Evanston/Chicago): #14 US News
7) (tie) Rice (Houston), UCLA (Los Angeles), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul): #19 US News
10) (tie) University of Maryland-College Park (College Park/DC), University of Washington (Seattle): #23 US News
12) (tie) Columbia (New York), Harvard (Cambridge/Boston), Penn (Philadelphia), Southern Cal (Los Angeles): #26 US News</p>
<p>Obviously, there’s quite a range in engineering programs from the #1 US News spot (MIT) to #26 (Columbia, Harvard, Penn, Southern Cal). There are also huge differences in the kinds of urban amenities you’ll find in these cities. Bottom line, if you’re looking for an urban environment and strong engineering program, there are lots of choices if you’re a strong candidate.</p>
<p>Northeastern and Drexel are worth a look as potential safeties, if you have the stats to get into the above colleges.</p>
<p>Cooper Union in NYC</p>
<p>Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Brown University</p>
<p>^ LOL. (10 char) wow.</p>