<p>Hi
I am graduating in 2 weeks with a AS in Engineering degree from Suny Orange in Middletown NY.
I was accepted to many schools for my BS in Electrical Engineering:
Suny New Paltz
Suny Stonybrook
Suny Binghamton
Clarkson University
RPI
RIT never visited, 6 hrs away...
NYU POLY
Syracuse University
Manhattan College
NYIT,
I narrowed it down to 3-4 schools:
Binghamton (least expensive I have not visited the EE dept here, they had Student accepted day when the school was closed...)
RPI Troy
NYU Poly in Brooklyn near Brooklyn Heights
Maybe Clarkson altho its VERY cold and VERY far from my home</p>
<p>HELP ME!!!!! Binghamton, RPI or NYU Poly? Please write if you know about or go to these schools! </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You may want to rank these last four schools based on your perceived quality of life, were you to attend each of these schools. Also, consider financial aid packages that these schools may be offering.</p>
<p>If you’re worried about cold and distance from home, maybe you should scratch Clarkson?</p>
<p>Binghamton. Cost is lowest, location is OK, academics will be good, and you will be taking 4 4-credit courses instead of 5 3-credit courses, so the transition from CC to 4-year will be more manageable. The engineering school has good support and its reputation is growing. It is not widely recognized since it started in the 1980s.</p>
<p>RPI - no, but a solid 2nd choice. Cost is higher, location is Troy, academics will be a meat grinder compared to Orange and the likelihood of keeping up your GPA will be low.</p>
<p>NYU Poly - Brooklyn, not as respected academically.</p>
<p>Clarkson and RIT- no, compared to the other choices.</p>
<p>Thanks Hesdjjim, Thanks Magnetron, Yes I looked at all the rankings. Yes I Cancelled out Clarkson altho its a great engineering school winters go 50 below 0…way too cold!<br>
The Chairman of Engineering at SUNY ORANGE told me RPI is the best Engineering school in NY State, Yes alot of hard work! also added Binghamton was a good school and NYU Poly is great too. ( His Words.)
Im leaning toward RPI and NYU Poly. RPI offers many different concentrations for electrical engineering and have state of the art design labs all team oriented. They have a great career services center and many internship and coop opportunities. So Does NYU. I already know that I have to plug myself in right away at these schools with teams and study groups as one student in Stonybrook told me , if I dont my life will go down the toilet Quickly! There is no thing as working alone in Engineering! As a transfer student with 3.2 GPA I received 10-11,0000 from RPI, same from NYU Poly. 3.5 and over, get the big bucks. In RPI I have the choice of living in Apartments ,or in Off campus Housing walking distance to campus.<br>
NYU poly is in the middle of a merger to become New York Universities Engineering School.
NYU Poly has a courtyard campus in Brooklyn with restaurants surrounding it. I would be Living in Clarks Resience which once was The Famous St. George Hotel, and a full gym next door is included and is Free to Clarks residence. This is located in Brooklyn Heights near the water a Beautiful Neighborhood. Also going to NYU Poly I have access to NYC campus. They also have modern labs with many resources.
At both these schools the faculty are famous!
Today is the deadline for Binghamton and I have cancelled it out.
Anyone else know anyone in elelctrical engineering at NYU or RPI? After my BS, i want to get my Masters in 2 Semesters, both available at these schools.
Now that Im choosing between these two, any more helpful comments? PLEASE!!!
and Thanks again.</p>
<p>You may just want to go with your gut instinct from here. If the schools are going to cost roughly the same, just pick the school where you think you’ll enjoy life better.</p>
<p>Perhaps I’m commenting on this too late to help the OP, but RPI is clearly the stronger school between the two. If the costs are similar, I would recommend RPI. However, Poly’s program is also respected, so if feel the fit is better there, it is not a bad choice.</p>
<p>For perspective, I’m an electrical engineering manager in NJ, and have hired people from both of these schools, as well as many of the other engineering schools in the area.</p>