Need help finding target schools to apply to (engineering)

BrianBoiler
Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:48:24 +0000

As a public school educated engineering professional and father of a state school educated Software Engineer (UMD) and father of a current student of a top private (UChicago) who is not in engineering, I think I’d advise to reconsider “not a state school.” BTW @LAS1228 , Mich Tech is also a state school.

My experience with state school engineering schools is that they are larger and have larger resources for clubs and organizations and therefore there are many more options. If you look at the top 10 engineering schools listed by USNWR (please don’t turn this into a rankings discussion, just a data point), it is really the only discipline that most of the top 10 schools (graduate, but there is a connection) are public schools.

I consistently post on CC when Indiana residents who want to be engineers ask where they should apply. Unless you hate gold and black, then Purdue is the obvious answer. I know that UofMN is a good engineering school. $ for $, there is really no argument one can make to not go there for engineering. They will have larger career fairs, more engineering organizations, a bigger diverse group of students to expose you to different ideas.