<p>Oh, Good Lord. I went to USC, and the area around the school isn’t that bad. If it was, they wouldn’t have put one of the retired space shuttles on display right across the street.</p>
<p>Also, when I was working at Boeing 25 years ago, they had a list of universities they would hire new graduates from. If your school wasn’t on that list, you wouldn’t be interviewed until you had at least two years of experience. I don’t know if they still do that, but I thought I should mention it.</p>
<p>My current list is far too long, any advice on reducing it?</p>
<p>Univ of Washington
Purdue Univ
Univ of Michigan
Univ of Illinois
Ohio State
Univ of Virginia
Univ of Maryland
Univ of Alabama
Georgia Tech
Penn State
Texas A&M</p>
<p>MIT
Princeton
Case Western
Embry Riddle
Univ of Southern California- USC</p>
<p>You said you wanted a school with more than just engineering, so I would drop Embry Riddle. Also, where are you located? Some of those out of state public schools can get very pricey and offer almost no aid.</p>
<p>Also, when I toured Case Western I wasn’t that impressed with their aerospace program. It’s very small and doesn’t seem to offer a lot of opportunities.</p>
<p>I think the OP should go through the schools himself and figure out whats important to him/her. </p>
<p>And technically, Embry Riddle offers more than just engineering. Granted, their programs are very science/math focused, so if the OP has any desire on switching to a liberal arts major at some point (or wishes to be surrounded by liberal arts students), he/she should probably take Embry-Riddle off the list. Some of the other programs they offer aside from their traditional engineering programs though are: Meteorology, Math, Space Physics, Engineering Physics, Astronomy, and Business.</p>