<p>Also agree with Banjo. I’m no engineer but I gather that in the profession, particularly in Mechanical Engineering, their are many public universities that have stronger reputations than Ivy League engineering schools. It is generally believed that Cornell has the best engineering school in the Ivy League, but I don’t think anyone would say that the department at Cornell has greater assets than the engineering schools at UMichigan, UIllinois, Purdue, Georgia Tech or Virginia Tech.</p>
<p>Also, as has been stated many times before, 3/2 programs can be problematic, hard to complete and not for everyone. My advice is to give considerable thought to an engineering university that has a fine Arts & Sciences component so that a backup plan will be easily available. Yes, the Ivy engineering programs…Cornell, Columbia and Penn and Princeton… may suit that purpose.</p>