<p>impatientone, if you decide to consider venturing away from the east coast, you could look into schools such as Wash U. St. Louis or Vanderbilt Univ. In both cases, the engineering college is separate from the arts and science college, but students take humanities/liberal arts classes in a/s. Both also allow transfer out of engineering fairly easily if the student changes her/his mind about pursuing engineering. Both are mid-size universities and have a strong focus on undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Neither is an easy admit. Neither is Cornell, by the way.</p>