<p>Hello there. I've been trying to decide which concentration of engineering is best suited for my interests. My dream job has always been to be a rollercoaster designer, but I would like to be able to design almost anything... particularly bridges, airports, or anything urban. I have no idea which concentration of engineering I should go into... I've been thinking either civil or mechanical. Do you have any suggestions. I plan on going to Purdue University... if you have any other suggestions for schools (preferably public), that would also be appreciated.</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman Institute Of Technology (private)
United States Military Academy (if you want to work for the military)
Bucknell University (private)
Cooper Union (private)
California Polytechnic Institute - San Luis Obispo (public)
Harvey Mudd College (private)
University Of California - Berkeley (public)
University Of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign (public)
Georgia Institute Of Technology (public)
University Of Texas - Austin (public)
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (private)
Purdue University - West Lafayette (public)
Stanford University (private)
Cornell University (private)
University Of Michigan - Ann Arbor (public)</p>
<p>pierre, seriously, do you even read the original posts? He said public and you provided 7/14 private schools and a military academy, which is technically public but is in a class of its own really. Seriously, you always just reply with the top 15 or so schools in some random list and order and don’t even say anything else.</p>
<p>Anyway, blstrs, most likely mechanical engineering would have the most overlap with roller coasters, but there are also electrical engineers that would work on designing the control systems.</p>
<p>Exactly, he prefers public, you you should give him public schools, not half private schools. Besides, if he prefers Purdue, I seriously doubt he would have ANY interest in Cooper Union or Harvey Mudd given the VAST difference in campus atmosphere and program. You also even gave him Purdue in your suggestions, which he already said he wanted to go to, so you actually gave him more private schools than public. That isn’t what he asked for. Think before you post.</p>
<p>Wait, you don’t want to attend a better engineering school with free tuition? You’ve got to have a really good reason for going to Purdue. Being a little further away from home doesn’t cut it.</p>
<p>silence_kit, Purdue and Illinois are both really good engineering schools, if he likes it at Purdue and he is willing to pay for it, I don’t think it’s worth arguing with him over that decision.</p>
<p>I agree with pierre on this one. I am a UIUC grad and I will even say they schools are nearly even and if he likes Purdue better, he should go there as long as he can afford it.</p>
<p>30 min from Champaign, huh? My dad grew up around 30 min from Champaign.</p>
<p>Yup, good old Monticello! Assuming that I get a Trustee Scholarship, it’s about 26k a year room/board included. Add in ~8k credit/year from my tuition program then it’s about 18k/year. I dunno though, 10k/year is still pretty tempting… I could come out of college debt-free! =/</p>