<p>Let’s list the pros and cons between SMU and TCU:</p>
<p>SMU
Beautiful Campus
More Prestigious School - Ranked 52 Overall
Much harder to get into than TCU
Has community housing (engineering dorm, honors dorm, etc.)
Better Food than TCU
Friendly - same as TCU (not better)
Campus is prettier than TCU
Has an eng school and more eng majors to choose from
Bush school - Presidential Library (very republican and conservative)
Has more diversity than TCU
Excellent alumni connections for job placement
Almost 100% of the 2010 engineer grads found jobs immediately
Has a 5 year undergrad and masters program (engineering)
Has 6,172 students - smaller class sizes - smaller and better than TCU
2010 stats - SAT Reading 560-660
2010 stats - SAT Math 590-680
2010 stats - SAT Writing 560-660
2010 stats - ACT 25-30
% Graduated in top 25% - 73%
Male/Female ratio 47/53
Frat/Sorority - Do not have to be a part of to fit in
School is very hard academically.</p>
<p>TCU
Nicer facilities/dorms than SMU
Ranked overall - 99
Friendly campus - same as SMU
Has only two eng majors and doesn’t have an eng school like SMU
Most of the students are from Texas (very friendly!)
Does this have community housing?
Larger campus
Has over 7K students - bigger than SMU which is a con. Larger school means larger class sizes.
Cheaper than SMU (about $10K less per year)
2010 stats - SAT Reading 520-630
2010 stats - SAT Math 540-640
2010 stats - SAT Writing 530-640
2010 stats - ACT 23-28
% Graduated in top 25% - 63%
Male/Female ratio 41/59
Frat or Sorority - if you aren’t in one it is hard to fit in</p>