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Clarkson? Mines? Need feedback on Engineering schools.
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It really is a lovely school but it doesn't offer a lot of non-STEM classes. My daughter goes to a STEM school that does offer business, psychology and a few other majors, but she doesn't have time in her schedule to take them anyway.
Assessing a school "vibe" tends to be individual and obviously one person's experience isn't going to be another's. As a whole, Mines is not known to offer a rich social/off-campus life and that is as much true as the fact that Boulder is known to be a party school. Yet obviously, students at both schools find their niche anyway, even if they are -- or aren't -- partiers. That said, I know 2 male students who transferred from Mines to other schools because they thought the school was too small, too focused on STEM and STEM only and too populated by guys who spend all their free time sitting alone in dark rooms playing computer games. Last year, I met two young recent Mines grads - women - at a function in Denver. They did not enjoy their social life at Mines and said they spent most of their free time with students at Boulder and Denver. Both flat out said there were only two good things about Mines: its thorough technical education and the handsome job offer upon graduation.