<p>I have a very high GPA and SAT score. I'm just debating whether it's worth giving up a really good engineering education for a christian school. How are these schools for engineering?</p>
<p>Calvin College
Grove City College
Texas Christian University
University Of San Diego</p>
<p>I wouldn’t give up going to a top school, but I’m not religious either :)</p>
<p>haha good point, well religion aside, how are these schools viewed for engineering? I know the top schools and I’ve seen the engineering rankings but can I get a good job with a degree from these schools?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t give up going to a top school either. Maybe try and find a good engineering school that has a high percentage of religious people. I cant really think of any off the top of my head though. Maybe Texas A&M?</p>
<p>Is pierre0913 the same poster as colleges19?</p>
<p>My son looked at Grove City. He liked it - NSA was conducting interviews while he was there - which tells me it’s not a bad program. My son also did well on his SAT’s however he was only 8th in line for their “big” scholarship of $5,000. (He had a 770 in math, 720 in CR, and 650 in writing.) We took this that he most likely would get NO scholarship. All things considered, he had several in-state (Maryland) schools offer him anywhere from full rides to $5,000. He ended up choosing University of MD for computer engineering. He said they had LOTS more to offer than the smaller schools regarding technology, research, and internships. In a nutshell, his opinion was that Grove City was nice, but not as good as some other schools. Good Luck to you!</p>
<p>haha that’s my friend, I helped him create an account and then he posted and logged off, but then I logged back on and he wanted to reply to hauschObe’s post and did it on my account lol</p>
<p>I doubt he’ll check this at all but I’ll forward all this information to him! So thanks!</p>
<p>They’re all ABET accredited, for what it’s worth.</p>
<p>My son just finished his junior year in mechanical engineering at Grove City. He was well prepared from a good HS calculus and physics program, which turns out to be necessary… it is not an easy college to get good grades in. Lots of excellent competition from the other students, pushing you along. </p>
<p>I earned a BSME from the University of Washington and an MSME from Stanford 20-30 years ago. Grove City’s undergraduate program is clearly better than what I had at the UW in terms of really learning the essentials; the teachers are better, the equipment is better, the opportunities to participate in cross discipline projects is better. As a senior his options for particular specialist ME classes is more limited (no detailed bearing design class, for instance), but in exchange he’s emerging with a more solid grasp of the fundamental elements of machine design, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer than I had. </p>
<p>As to research. GCC is a “teaching college”… which is good for those learning. Stanford was a major research institution, but the self important professors were difficult to work with, presented the class with half written texts rather than standard textbooks (because most of them were writing their own textbooks, and needed the students for guinea pigs), and were too concerned with airy-fairy details of obscure theory to bother teaching the main thrust of the class. For undergrad work, staying away from cutting edge research is a good idea.</p>
<p>My son is now looking into grad schools (for nuclear engineering) and finding that he’s generally getting good feedback from schools east of the Mississippi. Those on the west coast are not as familiar with GCC, and he has to sell harder. We’ll see how it goes.</p>
<p>There’s Baylor in Waco,
TX that’s kinda the religious and engineering deal.</p>
<p>But really just look at a university you like and see about the churches near by and if there’s a bible club or something. Like at Carnegie it seems like there’s a good amount of christians and other religions just going off of all the churches near by and the active bible club and all that. I’m not religious myself but I thought “huh, if I was it’d be cool”.</p>
<p>I can say 100% for sure that at Texas A&M, while the school itself is secular, there is a ton or religious fervor among the student body. Quality engineering programs as well.</p>
<p>Boneh3ed, I noticed you and I agree a lot haha</p>
<p>Yeah you mentioned it earlier, I figured I would confirm considering I have first-hand experiences at A&M.</p>
<p>I was actually wondering if GTech would fit the same mold as Texas AM</p>
<p>Not really. GT isn’t nearly as conservative based on my own visits there and the people I know from there. It isn’t going to be like Berkeley, but it isn’t nearly as conservative as TAMU either.</p>
<p>No, I’ve visited both and GT seemed very “middle” of the road, moderate-ish, rather than A&M, which seemed to be strongly conservative (not saying that there is anything wrong with either of those environment.)</p>
<p>I guess it really depends on what you are looking for in peers.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, I think I’m just going to go with engineering at a regular school. I think I’ll be able to find a good strong christian community at any large school. Texas A&M sounds really interesting, I’ll definitely be applying there!</p>
<p>What about Notre Dame?</p>
<p>Notre Dame is a decent choice, though it is specifically Catholic, so if this guy is protestant there may be some ideological clashes. TAMU is the better engineering school as well.</p>
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<p>GT leans conservative, but generally is pretty quiet about politics and people are respectful of different views. TAMU is much more openly conservative.</p>
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<p>Notre Dame is a very Catholic school, so you’d have to be able to be accepting, but the students and faculty are more diverse than you’d think. Faculty are right at 50% Catholic and it seems like the students are around that percentage as well. </p>
<p>I’d question whether TAMU or ND has a better engineering school for undergraduates. ND has an excellent program and a top overall national ranking (it’s a Top 20 school while TAMU is a second tier school).</p>