<p>I’m currently attending the CC and doing pretty well. For transferring locally there’s only really the Univeristy of Washington; but I don’t want to go there. I wanted to know people’s opinions on what schools would fit me best (given the criteria) for a degree in Mechanical Engineering.</p>
<p><b>1.</b> I want a school with a reputation for being extremely challenging (like MIT but without all the geniuses). I want to go to school not to party.</p>
<li><p>I don’t drink or use drugs so I don’t want to head off to a school with a reputation for that (WSU?)</p></li>
<li><p>Somewhere not too liberal (i.e. Berkeley from what I’ve heard)</p></li>
<li><p>Female/Male ratio MUST be greater than 45%… (Cal-Tech?? 
)</p></li>
<li><p>As I’m from a very rural area in WA I’m not really looking for a bustling urban setting, but this isn’t too big of a criteria.</p></li>
<li><p>Somewhere with open land to be found within 1-2 hrs.</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t really care about a school’s research program.</p></li>
<li><p>Huge class size is also a negative.</p></li>
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<p>Either coast will work. While my research up to this point has been brief, I should say from what I’ve read I think this epitomize’s Stanford but they seem to be a reach. Also don’t factor out expensive/competitive schools, just put a note by them. </p>
<p>To weight these criteria I’d say #1 is about 50% , #2 and #3 are about 20% each and #4 is the last 10%. </p>
<p>I mentioned #5 and #6 because I know that somewhere like downtown LA would NOT ever work for me. I’d be the sheltered washington kid who stares at everyone. #7 and #8 were after-thoughts. Thanks.</p>
<p>-Justin
(3.9 GPA, average 20 credits/quarter, ASB, engineering club)</p>