International transfer student seeking advice

greennblue
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:49:58 +0000

If you pay full tuition, you probably won’t be at a disadvantage compared to domestic applicants.
MIT and Caltech are the top engineering schools in the country, and take very few transfers. I don’t recommend trying for them without nearly perfect grades and spectacular accomplishments.
Carnegie Mellon might be more reachable, and is strong outside of engineering, too. Check the transfer statistics at collegeboard.
Other well-regarded engineering schools are Case Western, RPI, WPI. A lot of state universities have excellent engineering schools, too. The University of Wisconsin, for instance, has a top-rated engineering school and everything else you could want. .