2015/16 College Help Thread

[Ben Martin]

I am a Purdue Industrial Engineering alumnus and a 4-year alumni of Purdue FIRST Programs, their FIRST mentoring organization, as referenced earlier in this thread. Feel free to PM me if you would like information about either the university or my experiences in Purdue FIRST. I'm a Purdue college recruiter for my company in addition to my regular engineering job, so I have stayed relatively up-to-date with current events at the university.

[Kevin Leonard]

I'm a second year Mechanical Engineering student at Rochester Institute of Technology, a member of RIT's Ultimate Frisbee team, and a mentor for FRC Teams 20 and 5254.

RIT is a great school with a great culture and a top-tier coop program. Very good engineering education, computer science, and game design programs, as well as decent liberal arts and business colleges for those who are so-inclined, but want to study where your studies are heavily integrated with technology and engineering.

Message me if you have any questions about RIT!

[Cody Burd]

I'm Currently a student at York College of PA, and would love to answer any questions anybody has about this school. Unfortunately I do not have that much information on the engineering program here, but would be willing to answer any other questions anybody might have!

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

I'm a senior (computer engineering) at Iowa State. I'm not very good at rattling off information but if you have questions feel free to PM me.

Katie is being modest. Please message her!

[smurfgirl]

Since no one from MIT has spoken up in this thread yet, I will chime in. I am an alumna of MIT (Class of 2012, Materials Science & Engineering). I had a great experience there and I would love to go back again at some point. Feel free to PM me with your MIT questions.

I also did an MS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Connecticut while working, so if you have questions about full-time vs. part-time grad school, mechanical vs. materials engineering, etc., I can help with those too.

[Jessi Kaestle]

I am a Drexel University Mechanical Engineering alumnus (Class of 2009). I went through the 5 year Co-Op program and loved the experience and insight it gave me. As Mechanical Engineering is quite broad the co-op’s not only allowed me to find the industry that I love it also gave me insight into fields of work that I was not as excited about. Please feel free to PM me any of your Drexel, Co-Op, or Drexel Co-Op questions.

[Electronica1]

If you are interested in Virginia Tech, feel free to message me with any questions. I am a Junior in Aerospace Engineering, but I should be able to find someone that can answer your question for the other majors.

[Abhishek R]

I'm a freshman in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin! I'll edit this post later with some general information when I have time but feel free to PM me questions when you have them. It's an awesome place and I'm glad to be here.

[pshin]

Freshman at MIT here! Currently missing my team back at home.

PM me any questions about anything ever like admissions or life because it's still pretty fresh for me hahaha