Mechanical Engineering-- GW vs Stevens Institute of Technology

davh01
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:31:15 +0000

Stevens for education. GW for campus life.

Stevens has a more rigorous engineering program and will prepare you better for an engineering career. Not sure what is the campus life today. But when I attended Stevens many years ago, campus gets deserted by mid-Friday afternoon till Sunday night. Not very much happens on weekend (except for the frats). It is close to NY and you can experience the big apple on a short ride on the path train.

There are more going on at GW and campus is more active. Many view it as a safety party school for rich kids. Students are friendly and more social (vs the “nerds” at Stevens). I worked with GW graduates and attended classes there. Definitely not on par with Stevens.

Stevens allowed you to choose major as an entering freshman? Used to be you take core course the first two years and declare you major at the 3rd semester. Why can you not major in Biomed at Stevens? Department of Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering established in 2003.