<p>I'm considering RHIT but also was accepted to Case Western Reserve.
Any thoughts? How do they compare? (Intended major: Chemical Engineering)</p>
<p>If this helps your decision:</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman has been number 1 for the last 9 years for undergraduate engineering in the US.</p>
<p>USNews.com:</a> America's Best Colleges 2008: Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs</p>
<p>While that's a great achievement certainly, it's not some tell-all that Rose is the best school for you.</p>
<p>I think the best way to get an idea and make a decision is to do a campus visit if at all possible.</p>
<p>The true criteria that you should look at when you're comparing Rose and a school like Case Western which has similar caliber academics from what I understand is whether or not you fit in and would feel comfortable there. That's going to be the key to your success in college and in life.</p>
<p>I agree--fit is important.</p>
<p>That said, be careful with Case Western if financial support or scholarship money is involved. I've heard that it is easy to lose financial support at Case. But check with them. Ask what GPA you need to maintain to keep your financial package and how many of their engineering students keep their scholarships for 4 years. </p>
<p>Engineering is a very difficult program. Rose has policies which reflect an understanding of that.</p>
<p>The thing I like most about Rose is that they always support you in your academic endeavors here, and they can do that because the focus is on our small, undergraduate engineering student body. Also, there's a huge emphasis on creating an active community environment in the dorms and on campus in general. My impression when I was looking at school's is that Rose had the friendliest, most open environment, and that led me to select it. </p>
<p>Like I said, it's an individual choice though, so you should not be convinced one way or the other by words posted on an internet forum.</p>
<p>I was in the same situation, deciding between Rose and Case. For me, the decision came down to two main factors. First, Case has many majors, and while they have dorms for engineering students, you won't necessarily be surrounded by other engineering students, which can be a good thing. On the other hand, at Rose you know that anyone you see is taking the same classes you and going through the same things. The second factor is the size of the schools. At Rose I know about half of my freshman class (and I'm still only part way through freshman year). All my classes are taught by PhD faculty and all my professors know me by name. With a small school there is a strong sense of community and even if you don't know someone, you can feel comfortable approaching them. That said, not everyone would like a small school, but for me it was the right choice.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, guys. I did visit Rose, but not Case. Case is still relatively small sized and I think there are pluses and minuses. Even the location can be a plus or minus. All in all, I think the two are roughly equivalent. But I did like Rose and the financial aid package from Case looks kind of shaky. I don't have much confidence that I would get it all four (certainly not five) years. I do like the 5-year MS/BS program Case has and the abundance of other majors/classes. I'm leaning to Rose though.</p>
<p>Well, unless you are not 100% sure that you are interested in engineering, I would pick Rose, where the faculty members and students have great passions about science, maths, and sciences, and more over, the prospect of the students at Rose going to industry or academia looks pretty good.</p>
<p>Btw, I am planning on attending Rose this fall, after some struggling choosing among the UK and US universities I am accepted to.</p>
<p>On my part, I am accepted by Oxford and Imperial universities in UK too, both quite famous in terms of general worldwide reputation, but again, it's mainly due to the research done there, and I doubt that professors there have such incentive/interest in helping you to excel. In overall, I wanna be at a place where I can reach my potential and opportunities are more than I could ever think of.</p>
<p>And in terms of reputation, although the general public probably doesn't know RHIT, or even school like Harvey Mudd, which is also a number 1 engineering school, the deans of the grad schools know them, so do the the professionals in the industry. They have the long experience to say which school actually performs well, and to them, RHIT is a pretty good one. Otherwise it can't be ranked no.1 for 9 years in the first place.</p>
<p>My 3 cents</p>