<p>I'm planning on majoring in Electrical Engineering next year but I'm having a real hard time choosing which university to go to. Thankfully price won't be a factor due to a full paid government scholarship. I don't really mind factors like the weather and how fun or boring the city is, I just care about the program and the university. I prefer to have small classroom sizes but if the other university is a lot better then I guess it's worth studying in huge classes. If it makes any difference, I am planning on continuing my education afterwards (Master and PhD).</p>
<p>The universities I got accepted in are:
Northeastern University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Stevens Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology</p>
<p>I still haven't gotten a reply from these universities but I would like you to add them to the equation:
Pennsylvania State University
Ohio State University
University of Connecticut </p>
<p>May you please tell my which of these universities is the best for me. I would also appreciate it if you put them in order from best to worst and give me their pros and cons or anything that would help me make a final decision.</p>
<p>sorry I have not noticed that you are going to do MS or PHD later ,so do your undergraduate in OSU or Penn because they have the best ranking ,I guess you will go back to Saudi once you get your degree ,right?? if yes then as I told you ,the employers in Saudi will care a lot about the ranking .</p>
<p>If its free then why settle for cheap ? I think you should choose Northeastern or WPI. OSU, PSU, UConn are very big Universities and won’t have small classes like you mentioned.</p>
<p>damn, I wish the Syrian Government give us full-scholarships to the US.
they just keep sending students to Russia </p>
<p>Ghassan , look and listen to me carefully:
you have the chance to go to any college you want for free , so if I were you I would go to US to study English and while doing that do the SAT exam and get high scores which allows you to go to stronger program like UC Berkley or Stanford >>yea dude it’s possible ,I am not kidding
because once you start the classes in the college the “Mol7akia” won’t let you change your university and you know that.
or if you prefer to choose 1 of the colleges you sorted then as Xtremepower said:</p>
<p>I go to OSU and every EE and CE I meet is very happy with their program and get good internships and jobs (NASA, Lockheed Martin, Ford, Honda, Caterpillar, etc.) as well as good undergraduate research.</p>
<p>I don’t understand first you said I should go to OSU or PSU then you say I should go to Northeastern or WPI. </p>
<p>And about going to the US and studying English for a year, that’s just not a chose for me. I already study in an international school and I’ve lived in the US for 7 years when I was a kid so my English is fine. If I do really good in the university I’ll hopefully be able to transfer into a better one and even if I don’t transfer I’ll still be able to go there for my Masters/PhD. That is if they accept me of course.</p>
<p>As an international student look for a large student body in a diverse city and all the usual blah blahs. Don’t do it like my friend’s kid (Indian 2nd gen) that went to Iowa State from a huge metropolis and promptly freaked out a week later…</p>
<p>From the first list Northeastern is a large school and the other three are more specialty /focused schools. All very good. From the top list I’d say WPI if you’re the geek type, Stevens if you like the culture of nearby NYC or Northeastern (Boston) or RIT if you want a small quiet place to spend a few years :).</p>
<p>IF you want to do the co-op then Northeastern. Northeastern has 50-50% male to female ratio whereas WPI is 70% male. </p>
<p>Land area for NEU: 73 acres
WPI: 80 acres </p>
<p>Even though NEU has a small campus it has 13k undergrads whereas WPI has only 4k undergrads. Both are pretty good for engineering. </p>
<p>I would probably choose Northeastern since its well rounded and offers more majors. Its also more diverse and somewhat more urban than WPI. Decision is up to you.</p>
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