There are several advertisements in the back of magazines for mail order degrees. This seems it would be right down your alley, except for the bother of having to search thru a few magazines.
I did it for you.
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Also, I saw on the television on PBS-U some of these programs:
SAT Math and
SAT Verbal
I only watched about 45 mins of the verbal and 1/2 hour of the math while they were airing on Satalite Dish Network, and they outline the two in detail and give specific techniques for approaching the sections of the tests…Here may be a lazy way to help prepare for the tests(maybe not, there’s a lot of info on the programs)
40 to 50 bucks may be a bit pricy, however. They might even be available at some libraries, though.
University of Texas!
UT and its engineering departments are all very well respected. I am im the mechanical program and looking forward to working for an aerospace company. Recruiters from the best companies across the nation come here to hire. Don’t forget our great athletic program. Sports Illustrated named us the best sports school in the nation. There’s nothing like getting excited for a Horns football game on a nice autumn Saturday.
Hook 'em!
I was only in Engineering for a year and a quarter…enough to get through the Freshman Physics, Chemistry, and most of the Calculus.
After failing Calc IV, I dropped out. I was involved in a lot of partying(not on Campus…in suburbs), and this led to my demise.
I strongly discommend this type of activity now, especially during school.
Here is where I went. I still recommend the school…The tuition isn’t bad and there is Co-op(UC is where Co-op Engineering was founded) to help pay for it. It’s different from some other Engineering schools because it is still on the quarter system, and it’s a five year program. You school a quarter, then you work(in the field) a quarter(after the freshman year). UC has a great Engineering school reputation too, and they attract great companies as well. I was interviewed for co-op by Goodyear(for Materials) and others. It wasn’t the top choice for co-op though.
generally, if the name is a state name followed by “Tech,” it’s a pretty good school. And here in california, there are also the polytechnic institues in Pomona and San Luis Obisbo (calpoly whereas caltech is in Pasadena).
All of them are quite good. The more well known public universities are often quite good as well. I’m a student at UCSB and while I’m here for the physical sciences, I’ve heard the engineering school here is right alongside UCLA and UCSD.
Mostly, I’d say choose schools based on being somewhere that you like. Your own personal will is what will get you through college and your success is far more dependant on that than on the name printed your degree. It’s much easier to thrive when you’re in comfortable surroundings.
This is a matter of opinion, so I’ll move this thread to IMHO.
bibliophage
moderator GQ
You can’t be serious???!!! Everyone knows that for engineering, Texas A&M is the place to go.
if you’re more reading-oriented, the act is probably a better bet. it has 1 section of pure math, 2 in english, and 1 in science. the sat has 2 sections, one math and one verbal. taking a practice test of each and seeing from there is probably a good bet. many east-coast schools will accept both but convert the act scores into their sat ‘equivalents’ (i dont have a cite, it’s what my college guidance counselor told me)
the princeton review website has this thing called counselor-o-matic where you answer all these questions about yourself and it’ll give you good matches. http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp
mit, carnegie mellon, cornell, tufts, cooper union, cal tech, stanford, harvey mudd, berkeley, u illinois urbana champaign, and johns hopkins
are the schools that come to mind for me. although im not in engineering. but two of my best friends are going to school for that so i’ve heard quite a bit on the subject.
it all depends on what kind of education you want outside of the engineering realm, what kind of a student body you want, where you want to be living, etc etc
good luck! im a senior this year so i have college information spilling out of my nose. it’s crazy. 