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Don't listen to whitey. PSU is ------ awesome. I'm a mechanical engineering major in my sophomore year. Yes, your intro classes have 200 people, but you will take many classes with 30 or less. Of course, if you say you're not a math kid, engineering may not be for you. You just have to get through the first few classes... math 140, math 141, and chem 12 are all classes they use to separate the engineers from the engineering hopefuls that will end up in the business school. And we know how to drink our faces off here, too.

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ever think of Cal-Tech ?

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If you want to go into engineering, RPI is about as good as you can get. Thats where I'm at now. I'd def say its atleast worth checking out on the internet or something.

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Utah State University, very great engineering department. Well, USU has been listed on some of great inventions for the country. Research the school and see if you like.

For some advice, I would recommand you look into more of the standard of living for the location of the College. For instance, those big and famous universities, some are over rated. When they are over rated, your tuition is higher so you'll have to work harder. And since highly rated schools are very very urban, the cost of living is gonna be a pain too.

If I were you, seek for a paid job in the state that you are going into for the first year so you get instate tuition. Tuition is going to raise around 20 to 30 percent in 3 years, so instate will definately help you a lot.

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Go to CU Boulder its the party school

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I went to St. Joes in philly, it was expensive and hard (bio). My boy went to Widener for mechanical engineering, and he got a decent job with tha Navy. Drexel is also a good engineering school. I am currently at U of IL Urbana Champaign, and I heard their program is one of the top in the country. I dont think I could have done my undergrad here through, it is too easy to stop going to class when there are 400 other kids in the class.

Good Luck.

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Private therefore very expensive

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I wouldnt let cost defer you too much innitially. If your rich then you can afford the high costs and if your poor some of the higher costing schools are able to give you quite a financial package. For example: I applied to only one high cost school(RPI-42k a year). It ended up that I pay less to go here then I would have to go to UVM wich is my state university.

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It helps if your black

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BOSTON UNIVERSITY... its a great all around school with excellent engineering and business programs plus the ability to study at harvard, tufts, babson, bentley, BC, emerson, etc.

check it out... boston is sweet.