Heya guys! Pretty sure someone out there should know something about this.

I'm from Lisbon, Portugal, and I'm planning on going to college in the US, starting on the Fall Season of 2014. I want to get a degree in Automotive Engineering, and I'd like to know if there are any colleges out there you guys recommend, based on the education quality, job offer after I'm done, and, of course, amount of local S2KI member

Any help on this issue is greatly appreciated, since I do need to turn in my applications by December or such

 

1. Stanford
2. Princeton
3. Yale
4. Cornell
5. University of Michigan
6. Michigan State
7. Texas A&M
8. Clemson

In that order, though I'm sure there are others.

 

Edmunds' list of top Auto Engineering Schools

I'd avoid Stanford, Yale, or Princeton, unless you need the first four years of university to get you into a Master's or PhD. program. Stanford's auto program, such as it is, is pretty tightly wound with Google's self-driven car and alternative fuel research.

Two that missed Merlin's list that you should definitely look at though are: Kettering (right in Michigan) and University of California Davis.

Past that there are several good Engineering schools in the U.S. that are not as prominent as others: dig deep, and apply early and often.

 

Stanford, Yale, and Princeton's names alone will get your foot in the door at a lot of places, regardless of what you end up majoring in. That goes for all of the Ivy League schools in general, however those three have pretty decent automotive programs to boot. I agree with Kettering and UCal Davis being somewhere on the list though.

 

I don't doubt that just majoring in an Ivy League college would be of great help, but somehow, I got feeling those will be way above what I can pay, and I don't feel like getting into student loans already.

I'm quite aware US colleges are a lot more expensive than ours, but still, I'd like to go somewhere where I don't need to sell my beloved S2000, both kidneys and my parents', my liver, lung, eyes, and donate my body to science


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if you are out of state (well... out of country), public school is generally no cheaper than private. You get to pay the full cost of public school b/c your parents didn't pay state tax.
might as well go to best private school.

 

UC Davis is not too bad for foreign students. Check it out, it has an excellent reputation. Navy recruits engineering officers for nuke programs heavily from UCD.

 

I might suggest a community college for the first couple of years to get the basic requirements out of the way. about 1/4 the price of a traditional state school, with the same end result. then just transfer all those credits to harvard and tell everyone you are a harvard graduate. or whatever college of your choice. 10 years from now no one will care where you went to school. they will care that you are honest, intelligent, affable, affordable, and able.

 

http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/t...in-the-us.html

There she blows

Agreed