Tufts, Penn State or Illinois for engineering?

ucbalumnus
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 17:19:33 +0000

JarJarBonks:

I personally think he would do better in a place that was more hands-on early on.

What you may want to do is look at the recommended four year schedule plans for his major at each school.

Pay attention to when engineering design type of courses are placed in the curriculum. The more traditional organization starts with math and natural science, then engineering science, with engineering design course coming last, due to having prerequisites in math, natural science, and engineering science. While this is arguably an “efficient” way to organize the curriculum, it may be not be as effective at keeping students most interested in the design aspect engaged. Some schools introduce engineering design earlier, despite the prerequisite limitations; this type of organization may help keep some students more engaged. However, overall workload may be higher, since engineering design projects tend to increase the workload in the courses.