[JeremyLansing]

I'm currently a Junior studying Software Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in Platteville WI. Platteville is home to Team 171, and the team meets in the University's new (2008) Engineering Hall. Team 171 is run by an elected board of 8 college students. In my opinion, the experience we get as college students in leadership and organization is just as valuable as the experience you got in high school.

In addition to the more common engineering disciplines, Platteville offers degrees in Software Engineering, basically a more rigorous Computer Science degree with more emphasis in math and system design, as well as degrees in Environmental Engineering and Engineering Physics, which is sort of a cross between Mechanical and Electrical Engineering that expands to include a lot of really interesting fields like acoustics or nanomaterials.

Platteville has a total enrollment of around 8000 students. The class sizes are very reasonable, the largest class I ever had was my first year chemistry class, with around 60 kids. All classes are taught by professors, most have fewer than 30 students

Platteville also has a program called the Tri-State Initiative that offers near in-state tuition prices to students from Iowa and Illinois, as well as a similar agreement with Minnesota. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions, and good luck!