<p>Which would be your choice and why? </p>
<p>It appears by the websites that as an undergrad at GA Tech I would have a good chance to do research, get internships, etc. I can't say the same about UTA after visiting their website, in Fall '03 they had 100+ undergraduates in research, which seems VERY low with compare to the amount of students they have. </p>
<p>thx.
-A</p>
<p>I've visited UTA several times and the campus is awesome. Some say it's on the ugly side, but it has a real energy- it's a cool environment. Also, it has one of the best engineering programs in the united states. Check US news reports.</p>
<p>I checked the US News site, but they only list the top 3 Chem E programs, and tell you you need to pay to see the rest. </p>
<p>Anyone else? It'd be great to hear from a current or past undergrad at UT Austin, especially from ChE. Maybe hear about their research opps for undergrads. It'd also be great to hear from people who know of both programs and their differences. </p>
<p>Thanks.
-A</p>
<p>US News ranks UT Austin #5 in ChemE and Georgia Tech is #12. I would pick UT Austin because of the better social life (GTech is about 3:1 male).</p>
<p>i personally think it would be more about what kinda compus, where you want to be, money, residency, and so on. I think both are awesome choices you wont go wrong with either.</p>
<p>Well, i'm not looking for a social life, i'm looking to study Chem E. Also, i'm a female, and I could care less if there is a lack of females or not, unless the guys are all creepy. A good vibe on campus is nice, but the strength of the program is my main concern. </p>
<p>I am going to check out the GA Tech campus this weekend since I got my admissions letter. And, if I get into Austin i'll check them out, too. Guess I was just wondering what strengths one program has over the other. I don't have any financial aid info yet, but it looks like it'd be all loans since I am a transfer so no hs scholarships, and I won't qualify for pell. I will be living off campus with my boyfriend, so dorms are not a concern, either. </p>
<p>In light of these things, any other info would be great. It is nice to know I can't go wrong with either program, tho. Also, Austin seems to be less expensive, actually, so if I get in and the program is ranked higher, I might just be leaning in that direction. </p>
<p>Thanks!
Angela.</p>
<p>i am not trying to make you leaning to one or another.
but one thing to consider is Ga Tech is the Tech school, most of their resource, if not all, is toward the engineering and some of science majors. (and of course profs and students are all techs as well.) other hand, UT is a huge school with lots of stuffs going on (of course their engineering program is one of their strength). in general, you'd get into big classes with TAs.</p>
<p>of course the academic strength is very important, but the rankings arent everything. i think social life and all will indirectly relate with the academic atmosphere and strength. you know what i am.</p>
<p>i just dont want you to pick one school based on US NEWS, but look more into both school.</p>
<p>Thanks for your take on that. I will definitely be checking out both schools, and if you are from GA Tech feel free to send me a message about what to look at while i'm there on Monday. :) </p>
<p>As a side note, I am transferring as a Junior, so have most lower level classes done. Hopefully not so many upper level engineering courses would be taught by TAs. The only really large class i'm expecting would be Biology, since i've not taken that. But, i'll be done with Organic by the time I transfer, and i'm already done with Diff Eq and Matrix Theory. </p>
<p>I don't want to pick a school just based on US News, either. But, I wonder how highly regarded the list is by graduate schools. If I graduate from Austin, will that look better than if I graduate from Tech? Likewise, if I graduate from Berkeley, will that give me more opportunities than having graduated from Austin or Tech? It's all so fuzzy. Especially since I will be taking loans for all of this, so Austin certainly has appeal because it is so much less expensive and still ranked so highly. </p>
<p>thx!
Angela.</p>
<p>chemeng1: GaTech is one of the few colleges that goes out of its way to encourage and facilitate paid internships and co-op work programs with companies in and around Atlanta. Get the details on that for sure. It could significantly reduce your need for loans.</p>
<p>I thought the campus was pretty nice. If you look strictly at the Engineering program, they are very highly respected.</p>
<p>Yes, I have checked their website, and they do seem to promote undergrad internships, research and coops. I am not sure if I qualify for coops, though, because you have to have so many semesters left in order to sign up for the program, and you have to have been there for one semester prior to. So, looks to me like after one semester there, i'll not have enough left to qualify for the program. But, research opps look good, and so do internship opportunities. :) </p>
<p>Yes, I know their engineering program is highly respected. But, I think they are rated higher in the other engineering programs than in chem E. I don't want to go to a school that has a good EE program, but whose Chem E program is lacking because i'm not studying EE. </p>
<p>Were you checking the school out for yourself, or child? What program did you look into? Did you get the chance to check out Austin as well? I know you've looked at Berkeley, right? </p>
<p>thx.
-A</p>
<p>My brother checked GATech out a few years ago when he was choosing a college. We toured it while on a family vacation. Brother was looking at EE.</p>
<p>Here's some rankings I found that I think were lifted from US News but no source was listed. If I find others, I'll put them up, but maybe someone has the latest US News rankings. </p>
<p>I can see why you're interested in Berkeley.</p>
<p>Chem Eng Grad School Ranking in 2001</p>
<p>Chemical Engineering
Top
U.S. News Rank University</p>
<p>1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 University of CaliforniaBerkeley
3 University of MinnesotaTwin Cities
4 California Institute of Technology
5 University of WisconsinMadison
6 Stanford University (CA)
7 University of TexasAustin
8 University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign</p>
<p>9 University of Delaware
10 Princeton University (NJ)
11 University of MichiganAnn Arbor
12 University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara
13 Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette (IN)
13 Georgia Institute of Technology
15 Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
16 Penn State UniversityUniversity Park
17 Northwestern University (IL)
18 Johns Hopkins University (MD)</p>
<p>19 University of Washington
19 Cornell University (NY)
19 Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station</p>
<p>22 University of Pennsylvania
22 University of CaliforniaLos Angeles
24 Ohio State University</p>
<p>24 University of Florida</p>
<p>Another for Undergraduate 2003</p>
<p>Rankings of the top CHEMICAL ENGINEERING schools in the world.
*
1. MIT</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Minnesota</p></li>
<li><p>UC Berkeley</p></li>
<li><p>Caltech</p></li>
<li><p>Wisconsin</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford</p></li>
<li><p>Texas</p></li>
<li><p>Delaware</p></li>
<li><p>Illinois</p></li>
<li><p>Princeton</p></li>
<li><p>Michigan</p></li>
<li><p>UC Santa Barbara</p></li>
<li><p>Georgia Tech</p></li>
<li><p>Purdue</p></li>
<li><p>Carnegie Mellon</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell</p></li>
<li><p>Pennsylvania</p></li>
<li><p>Northwestern</p></li>
<li><p>Penn Slale</p></li>
<li><p>Texas A&M</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks, Joemama. </p>
<p>Yeah, Berkeley is my top choice, but i'm not counting on getting in so i've decided to try to narrow it down between Austin and Tech. I still don't even have word from Austin yet, though. And, Berkeley doesn't let me know until 4-29, so if I happen to get in, i'd not even have time to visit before I was forced to say yes or not since the others want an answer by 5-1. </p>
<p>More stats are always welcome. :) thx
-A</p>
<p>chemeng1: Someone on College Confidential listed these in August 2004. . Here's how they were described: "These are from the online US News rankings, which show the top 25 or so of each Engineering specialty".</p>
<p>Top Chemical Engineering:
MIT, Minnesota, Berkeley, Wisconsin, Caltech, Stanford / Texas, Delaware, Illinois, Princeton / Michigan, Georgia Tech / Purdue, Carnegie Mellon / Cornell, UCSB, Penn State, Northwestern / Penn, Iowa State, Johns Hopkins / North Carolina State / Rice / Virginia Tech </p>
<p>Right next door to GATech is The Varsity, a famous hamburger place because it's supposed to be the biggest in the US.</p>
<p>I would choose UTA.
Houston is a capital of energy.<br>
UTA, A&M, RICE, LSU, even OU are all benefited from it.
It will be much easier to find a good job or pick up a good company from Texas.
Unless you want to do something as research engineer or stay in school.</p>
<p>I will likely go to grad school, and would rather gear my undergraduate education toward research and grad school, really. </p>
<p>I checked out GA Tech this past weekend. I felt the campus to be OK, nothing spectacular. It was entirely dead on Sunday, but there were people walking around on (the cold) Monday morning. I loved Atlanta, though, and could definitely see myself living there. </p>
<p>I am still waiting to hear from Austin. I will absolutely be giving the school & area a look if I get in. Where we move depends heavily on where my SO can find a job (he's IT, unix, Sun, and stuff), it seems like Atlanta would probably be the easiest place for that, but we'll see. </p>
<p>Any other opinions are welcome:)
:)
-A</p>
<p>Can you really go wrong with either of the choices ? Providing you have the stuff to make it through, either school would be good for EE. I went to UT Austin, but would have probably liked Georgia Tech more because of my personality. I would have liked a technical school more, but went to UT Austin primarily because it was the cheap local school for me.</p>