What schools are trying to expand their Engineering programs?

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<p>I was wondering what schools were attempting to improve their Engineering programs, more specifically Chemical Engineering.</p>

<p>Also would an xyz major have an advantage if the school they applied to was trying to improve or expand their xyz program?</p>

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<p>What schools don’t try to improve their engineering programs?</p>

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<p>Of course all schools are always trying to improve their programs, but I suspect what milki is actually asking is what schools are providing incentives to attract more top students to their engineering programs. Look at the schools that are offering lucrative merit scholarships. There are others, but they include Vanderbilt Univ, Rice and Washington Univ. in St. Louis. You can assume that your record has to be Ivy-worthy or nearly so to land one of the full merit awards.</p>

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<p>Oregon State University…</p>

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<p>harvard. if you have scores or show any interest in that region whatsoever they’ll send you more letters than you can possibly mock.</p>

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<p>Ya I meant what schools are trying to attract more engineering students (<em>cough</em>easier to get in<em>cough</em>)</p>

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<p>hahaha yessss i am in the same boat as you are, milki :P</p>

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<p>Small world laura :)</p>

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<p>Columbia</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/spring07/feature3.php[/url]”>http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/spring07/feature3.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also would an xyz major have an advantage if the school they applied to was trying to improve or expand their xyz program?</p>

<p>Yes, if they were underrepresented. If a school is trying to get more impressive art history program, but everyone and their mother applies for art history, then it gets competitive. The key is to find your niche, something that you can be somewhat interested in doing, and have something of a resume to back it up. Let’s say you want to study biology, but you don’t really have a lot of Biology ECs, and haven’t taken a lot of Biology classes, but you have taken some Japanese classes in high school. If you put down International Relation, it may look better depending on the school. A place like tufts and Georgetown gets a ton of International Relations applicants, because that is what those schools are known for.</p>

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<p>Liberty U.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=13208&NewsID=188[/url]”>http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=13208&NewsID=188&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Based on the amount of info they’ve been trying to put out about their program - Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>Don’t you have to have a BA to apply to Dartmouth’s Engineering school?</p>

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<p>^^ Hmm, they have BA and BS options for their undergraduate program. Is that what you’re talking about?</p>

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<p>Ya I remember reading on their website that you have to have a BA in order to “apply” to their Engineering program.</p>

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<p>Yale Yale Yale Yale Yale Yale Yale. They’re sick of being typed as a humanities school and are trying to get more engineering types on campus. This info comes from my mother, who is an alumna of Yale engineering.</p>

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<p>UTD (University of Texas at Dallas) is getting some major research money and is investing heavily in top students in the engineering and science areas. Also has one of the top chess teams in the nation if you’re into that. The physical campus isn’t all that great.</p>

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<p>OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY…fo reals…you should really check out this site <a href=“http://engr.oregonstate.edu/prosperity/[/url]”>http://engr.oregonstate.edu/prosperity/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science just announced a $20 million gift from an alum for the 100,000-square-foot Center for Nanotechnology to be built:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1192[/url]”>http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1192&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i don’t believe --(<em>cough</em>easier to get in<em>cough</em>)-- means ivies people.</p>

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<p>I didn’t mean “easier to get in” to imply I was looking for “lesser schools”. It was just meant to reflect the Engineering programs at these schools that are willing to “expand” are probably easier to get in than the overall school itself!</p>