College Stuff

[Ryan Foley]

This thread may help you get a good list of engineering colleges and universities.

List of colleges where people from the Class of 2006 applied

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

There are so many excellent engineering universities, it might be more productive to ask if there are any that should be avoided?

the list would be shorter :^)

Haha, Ken makes a good point. Also, keep in mind that a "good engineering college" to one person, might not be for someone else.

Also, from my experience, keep an eye out for what engineering teams the school may have for various engineering competitions. These organizations are very useful, as they will give you a chance to apply what you are learning, which can really help you understand things better if you find yourself having a difficult time with a certain class.

Also, going off of what Anne said, take a look at the classes each college requires you to take for a particular major. For example. UMAINE's Mechanical Engineering program requires that we take 2 design electives. Almost all of our choices for these electives relate to thermodynamics and heat transfer, whereas at another college, they may have more electives that relate to machine design. So that is something else to watch out for.

[sanddrag]

You'd be very wise to read some reviews of the math department and math professors while looking at schools. For example, while Cal Poly Pomona is a pretty good engineering school, I find some of their math professors to be sub-par. And we all know, math is very important in engineering.

Also, many students have a difficult time getting the engineering classes they need because there are so many students wanting to take them and due to budget cuts or whatever, few classes being offered. You should take a look into how easy or hard it will be to get the classes you need.