Aerospace Engineering at UMaryland

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<p>How does the AE program at UMaryland compare to programs such as Cornell,Georgia Tech, UMich, Purdue and UIllinois? UMaryland is rated higher than Cornell but below schools like Tech, Purdue and UIllinois which are easier to get into than UMaryland.</p>

<p>Also, how is the school seen by employers and places looking for internships? Does its close proximity to D.C. mean that companies turn to them for prospective employers and internees? In addition, does doing undergrad at UMaryland allow someone to go to grad school at places like MIT or Caltech, if they did well as an undergrad?</p>

<p>Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Maryland is a great program. I think your estimates of how hard it is to get into said programs are a bit off though, as GT and Illinois (at least for the engineering school) are difficult to get into.</p>

<p>Employers seem to like U. Maryland from what I can tell, and of course you could shoot for MIT/Caltech/Stanford/etc for graduate school. You can do that from pretty much any school as long as you prove you are what they would consider worthy.</p>

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<p>Just as clarification to boneh3ad’s comment “…GT…(at least for the engineering school) are difficult to get into.” As shown in the link below, your major does NOT matter for admission into GT. An AE major has just as much a chance to get in to GT as a French major. Yes, it may be hard to get into GT, but the AE program is not a more exclusive group.</p>

<p>[Factors</a> We DO NOT Consider for Freshman Admission | Admission](<a href=“Blow the Whistle! (404 error: page not found) | Undergraduate Admission”>Blow the Whistle! (404 error: page not found) | Undergraduate Admission)</p>

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<p>Thus the reason I said “at least for” since I know that is the case at Illinois but didn’t know about GT. Cheers!</p>

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<p>Thanks for all your help guys. I’ll definitely look into UMaryland more.</p>

<p>I go to a good math and science HS in NYC which is why I can get into schools like GT and U of I or UMaryland with relative ease.</p>