<p>I have been researching many colleges and I would like to know what ones would be best. My top choice right now is Cal Poly Pomona, but I'm not sure if I will be accepted.
If you can suggest any other colleges that would fit me that I might have overlooked, please do.
-Thanks.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.2
SAT: 1100 (on a 1600 scale)
SAT: 1630 (on a 2400 scale)
ACT: 24</p>
<h2>Colleges</h2>
<ol>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona</li>
<li>Cal State Fullerton</li>
<li>Washington State University</li>
<li>Oregon State University</li>
<li>University of Utah</li>
<li>University of Idaho</li>
<li>University of Colorado at Colorado Springs</li>
<li>Ohio Northern University</li>
<li>Valparaiso University</li>
</ol>
<p>Arizona State
University of Arizona
Embry-Riddle Prescott
New Mexico State
BYU-Idaho
University of Wyoming
Chico State</p>
<p>Just to name a few. These are all schools with good reputations, and I know that our company hires Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers from all of them.</p>
<p>of these, what colleges can you afford? have you run the net price calculator at each school and talked to your parents about what they can provide you?</p>
<p>Cost isn’t really a factor because I’m mainly looking at the reputation of these schools and what one would be best for mechanical engineering. I’m assuming Cal Poly Pomona is the best out of them?</p>
<p>You don’t have a list until you’ve considered affordability, OP, because you’re not going to any school you and your family cannot afford. Your borrowing is limited to $5500 the first year and 27K for four.</p>
<p>I am probably going to be applying to all of them and see what school gives me the most $ in aid. But in terms of reputation and ranking, which one has the best mechanical engineering program?</p>
<p>what if none of them is affordable, OP? happens all the time. happened to me. I could have avoided this embarrassment had I run the net price calculators before applying. </p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona: 23k with no financial aid
Cal State Fullerton: 23k with no financial aid
Washington State University: 28k
Oregon State University: 25k
University of Utah: 28k
University of Idaho: 21k
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs: 26k
Ohio Northern University: 23k
Valparaiso University: 25k</p>
<p>The prices include housing.
The Csumentor net price calc was confusing so I skipped it.</p>
<p>Here’s where we need the parents with MechE experience to speak up, since there is as far as I know no undergraduate ranking of MechE programs that will help us with this list. </p>
<p>Did you run the NPCs for “out of state”? These prices don’t look right.
Where do you want to work? Are you ready to take the “4 year pledge” at CPP? If so, it’d
probably be your best value with best ROI.</p>
<p>If a student does not require remedial course work (a fairly uncommon occurrence at most of the Cal States), and does not fail/ drop any courses, he or she can get all the classes they need to graduate in four years or fewer.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about making the four year pledge because many people do say it takes around 5 years for engineering. I wouldn’t want to rush my way through due to engineering being a tough major.</p>
<p>If I am accepted into Cal Poly Pomona, I am attending. I’m just not sure if I will be accepted, so I’m applying to out of state ones as well.</p>
<p>^^could be a problem for a 4yr graduation plan. A lot of would-be engineers, but not the majority of them, have already taken calculus in high school, and many of them will struggle to finish in 4 years. So it’s going to be tough for you, but it can be done. In your research, you will want to check to see how difficult it is at each college to get the courses you need when you need them to graduate in 4 yrs. Large publics, in particular, have this problem, but some privates also have these difficulties. You might see if you can get the school you select to allow you to take college calc over the summer at a community college. You might plan on taking gen. ed. courses, too, again with the permission of the school at which you will matriculate. Even four or five courses over the summers between school years can make it easier to graduate in four years; do this in your early years because between junior and senior year you’ll want to do an internship.</p>