| Son attended the Intro to Engineering program. He loved it! I think ND's program offered more of a college experience, esp since profs from the eng dept were speakers at some of the "classes". If you can attend, I would say go for it! The only drawback son mentioned was no A/C in dorms and the dorm he was housed in had the smallest rooms on campus. But, that did not deter him from applying and I think the program further strengthened his decision to major in engineering. As to whether his attendance ultimately helped in his acceptance, maybe. He did apply EA however and was accepted. He applied and was accepted to a few other EA schools as well. He tried to keep his bases covered in that regard. I do seem to remember however, that he mentioned that they were told to keep up with the assignments as it could be looked at favorably should they apply. But, then again, perhaps they were told this to insure complete participation. Who knows how admissions thinks--that has been hashed out on another thread!! If you can attend, do so-as I think it is valuable in that you can become familiar with the campus and perhaps help you make decisions regarding a major. Good Luck! |