<p>I really like Washington University in St. Louis: I have fallen in love with the campus, and really like the atmosphere, the neighborhood, etc.</p>
<p>There's just one problem:</p>
<p>Having lived in St. Louis all my life, I really don't want to stay here for college. I figure WashU might be on the menu for Grad School or something, but I want to go elsewhere for the next 4 years. It's not needing to get away from parents, because I know I would live on campus and such...I just want to get to learn a new part of the country.</p>
<p>I am wondering what other schools I should look at that might have a similar environment to that at WashU. I'm interested in majoing in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Well, the University of Chicago has a residential college system very much like that of WashU. BUT - U Chicago is focused more on the liberal arts than engineering. In fact, I'm not even sure if they have engineering. But the campus style and housing will be similar.</p>
<p>I'm interested in WashU, and some other colleges I'll be applying to in the fall are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Tufts</li>
<li>Cornell (I haven't visited WashU, but I did visit Cornell - and I'm guessing they might be similar. Great engineering at Cornell too!)</li>
<li>William and Mary</li>
<li>University of Michigan</li>
<li>University of Virginia</li>
<li>Bowdoin College</li>
<li>Stanford (but this doesn't have much in common with WashU)</li>
<li>Syracuse</li>
</ul>
<p>I don't know if that helps you at all, but there's some universal, subconcious link between these schools (at least for me).</p>
<p>some schools down south that come to mind are Emory and vanderbilt. Perhaps check out UNC-Chapel Hill as well. </p>
<p>If you dont mind getting out of the south in general, check out CMU, Cornell, some of the UC's.</p>
<p>I live and Chicago, and have the same problem you have with Wash U. I love Northwestern, but it's soo freaking close. </p>
<p>I'd suggest Northwestern. You'd be in a city, at a school of comprable prestige, size and opportunities to Wash U. </p>
<p>Hey, I'm checkin' out Wash U because it seems like a Northwestern away from home.</p>
<p>for Aerospace Engineering, you may want to consider the U.S. Air Force Academy or the University of Illinois.</p>
<p>Emory has no engineering (unless you do 5 years BA/BS with Gtech). Rice may be good. if you want to be in the midwest michigan, wisconsin are also strong engineering programs (but not by big cities).</p>
<p>Most similar to WashU (in terms of campus/ scene) IMO:
Rice
Northwestern
Emory
Duke
Stanford</p>
<p>Not sure how Chicago has much in common with WashU....totallly different location and student body.</p>
<p>If you want a stellar undergraduate mechanical and aerospace engineering program, you should also check out Caltech...they have arguably the best aerospace engineering department in the world, and with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory close to campus, opportunities for internships abound.</p>