Private school version of UW

beastman
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:07:23 +0000

escuela, just an fyi: BC has no engineering program, biomedical or otherwise. It’s also wicked tough to get into but that’s another story.

montegut, here I am again, piggybacking on your threads! It’s great because you’ve got me thinking about things I’d never considered! What’s a GC, by the way?

I am inclined to agree with Pea on this business of fit, even though I’ve never been to UWashington. It’s certainly a question that’s applicable anywhere. From my experience, big schools are, as Pea suggests, far more diverse and accepting of a wide array of political/religious/lifestyle views than the smaller schools. So it’s easy to find like-minded friends, you just have to be willing to accept those pesky peace signs and the like. If your son is quite adamant about his beliefs, this may be difficult (cue the Marquette rowser, please…)

At the risk of muddying your waters further, your son could possibly achieve his BME goals by studying ME with a couple tweaks to the program. At a college fair I asked a rep from Northeastern about BME, and he said, no, we don’t have it but we could work with your son on a program which mimics it. A possibly complex solution, but maybe opens you and him up to a Gonzaga or whatever IF such an arrangement is possible.

Univ of Washington gives about 3 dollars merit aid to OOS students, from what I can tell. It’s what, 80% WA residents? For this reason alone it’s a non-starter for us.