College Choice for Computer Science/ Mechanical Engineering

Emm266
Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:43:42 +0000

I’m trying to help my son select a college for the fall 2015. He is our oldest child so we are a bit overwhelmed with this process! We live in western New York State. He is trying to decide between University of Maryland College Park, Purdue, and possibly Vanderbilt, or Georgia Tech. He is hoping to double major in computer science and mechanical engineering. (I’m not sure if that is good idea?) He worked at a local university on a research project during his junior year in high school and hopes to pursue further research/internship opportunities throughout college. He was heavily involved in the FIRST Robotics program at his high school and would love to continue on a college team. He is a serious student with an unweighted GPA of 95 and ACT of 34 and SAT 2150 and is a National Merit Scholar Finalist. He has completed 6 AP classes so far and will complete 6 more in May. We visited UMD last week and he is visiting Purdue next week. Unfortunately we won’t be able to visit Georgia Tech or Vanderbilt. Do any of these schools stand out as better than the others for his interest areas? Thanks and any insight would be appreciated!