Auburn University has one of the best engineering programs in the United States. I'll be there Fall 2008

 

That is close to what I am trying to say. It was either study my butt off (and not have a job for money outside of school) and get a 4.0 or 3.8, or not do homework at all and get a 3.5 (which should be a 3.6 by the end of my high school career)

Like this year. The AP Physics and Precalc are actually a little difficult to understand, so I am doing a LOT of homework (~3hours/night) to understand the concepts better. The courses are harder, therefore, I am putting in more effort to learn them.

Another bad thing about my high school. I am in 3 "advanced" (2 AP) classes, and our GPA is not weighted.

Honestly, I am pretty sure I would not get in to GA TECH.

This is probably what I will do (about 90% sure). I just wanted to get a feel for others opinions.

Purdue in state is ~$19k, and out of state ... I think is $39k?

Sounds good, thats why I sent an app there!

Don't really want to go west, wanna stay around the South East

Not possible 7 og my friends who are now Sophmores in Engineering at Purdue took our high schools pre-calc class, and they had no trouble transistioning. Hopefully it is not that bad.

I will keep that in mind.

 

Well I am a mechanical engineering major at Clemson so you know my vote. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

 

Again....Big 10 FTW.
Ohio State's number 26....not bad for a State school haha.

 

I was accepted into the undergrad EE program at Vanderbilt when I was applying to colleges. The campus was beautiful and they were building a brand new engineering building. I decided not to go because 1) I couldn't see myself living in Nashville, even though it's a great city with a lot to do, and 2) it was ridiculously expensive (not quite $52k back then though). I ended up getting my electrical engineering degrees from the University of Maryland. I selected UMD over Vanderbilt, Cal Poly , U Illinois UC, Virginia Tech, UConn. I wanted to be in a slightly warmer climate, and be near a big city. Sometimes though, I wish I went to somewhere like UC Santa Barbara, or San Diego.. or U Miami. All I can say is absolutely visit the schools you are thinking about applying to. I mean, what happens when you find out you'd rather move to Russia than spend four years in Alabama?

 

One of my business partners went to MIT and Berleley. He said both are great for Engineering, as well as Cal Tech in Pasadena.

 

Of course MIT is good, it is #1 haha.

MIT, Cal Tech, GA Tech, Berkley, all amazing schools, but they are for the extremely bright, those who busted ass for a 4.0 all through high school, have like 15 extra cirricular activities, and scored a near perfect on the SAT.

I am a normal kid. I am in a band, I work 20 hours a week. I am smart, but I didn't push my self to the extreme like these kids did, and never planned to. I am being realistic, none of those colleges are within my grasp.

 

I was a Mechanical Engineering major at Miami University (Ohio) and I could not be happier. I now work for Honda which was a dream of mine for a long time.

Not to toot my alma maters horn, but they just built a new building for engineering and the program is very competative.

In the end, I would honestly pick a school that you feel most comfortable at. In my opinion, it is better for you to be having fun while learning than being swamped with work and having nobody to hang out with. I honestly believe that a school name and rediculously good grades may help get you an interview, but wont help you ace the interview. You really can't go wrong with any of the schools you listed.

 

Like I said before, I work at a tier 1 supplier and business is/has been booming for years. If you go to work for a company like Boeing you get both Civil and Military aircraft which gives you plenty of opportunities.

And, by the way, why go to an out of state school for 4-5 years and end up with a $100k in student loans? You can go to a CC or a college in your state for the basics (first two years) and save a ton of money.

I went to CC for two years to get all of my physics/calc out of the way. Granted, when I went off to a university I was slightly out of place for a semester, but I was still better at calc than most of the other students. Plus, i graduated with only $15k in student loans. If the college name does matter, it's only the one who grants you the degree.

 

Totally random update:

Auburn
Alabama
Clemson
Purdue
Virginia Tech

Accepted into 1st year Engineering.

Georgia Tech
Vanderbilt

...not so much.

I do not really want to go to Clemson from what I saw.
I do like Auburn, especially since they beat UF .
Alabama is only on there because I need to look into scholarship opportunities (moms college).
Virginia Tech is beautiful. Quite possibly my favorite on the list. But damit, its colder up there! I want to go south! haha.
Purdue ... always kinda been where I have seen myself going. A lot of my friends go there, most also in engineering. Going up there friday for the Ohio St. game (which will put them in the top 20 ) and then going up there again in 3 weeks for the Iowa game and fall break.

So its kinda Purdue vs. Virginia Tech right now.

I plan on taking Calc I at University of Southern Indiana (15 mins away) and maybe something else during next summer before first semester to transfer.