Engineering outside of A&M

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Hello Everyone,
My nephew is thinking about going to A&M to study engineering.

The mother(my sister) doesn't want to send him to such a big school
like t.u. or A&M. The nephew has really good grades, but I am not
sure if he can get into Rice.

Don't throw stones at me, but does Texas Tech have a decent
engineering program?
AgOutsideAustin
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Uh.......what does the nephew want to do ?
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AgOutsideAustin said:

Uh.......what does the nephew want to do ?
Like many kids these days, he wants to study robotics. Robotics can mean a lot of things.


brains of the computer
mechanical movements
computer vision
etc.
AgOutsideAustin
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SwissAgg said:

AgOutsideAustin said:

Uh.......what does the nephew want to do ?
Like many kids these days, he wants to study robotics. Robotics can mean a lot of things.


brains of the computer
mechanical movements
computer vision
etc.


I meant where does he want to go ? A&M ? Another big school ? I wouldn't limit my kid from a good Engineering school because I thought it is too big. Ask the kid.
SwissAgg
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AgOutsideAustin said:

SwissAgg said:

AgOutsideAustin said:

Uh.......what does the nephew want to do ?
Like many kids these days, he wants to study robotics. Robotics can mean a lot of things.


brains of the computer
mechanical movements
computer vision
etc.


I meant where does he want to go ? A&M ? Another big school ? I wouldn't limit my kid from a good Engineering school because I thought it is too big. Ask the kid.
Sorry, I misunderstood. Like most kids, he doesn't really know, but I want to take him on a tour at A&M.
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The big schools get small pretty fast. They aren't going to get a lot of 15 on 1 classes in engineering, but they weren't getting those at other good engineering schools either unless were talking MIT.

I would recommend staying on campus in a study oriented dorm his first year. Being on campus as a freshman helps a lot with making friends and making a school feel smaller.

Texas Tech isn't going to offer anything drastically different school size wise compared to A&M. But the education/peer quality is definitely a drop off.

Auburn is a good out of state school that is smaller, and has a respected engineering program. If he's thinking Rice, why not shoot for Georgia Tech as well.

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one MEEN Ag said:

The big schools get small pretty fast. They aren't going to get a lot of 15 on 1 classes in engineering, but they weren't getting those at other good engineering schools either unless were talking MIT.

I would recommend staying on campus in a study oriented dorm his first year. Being on campus as a freshman helps a lot with making friends and making a school feel smaller.

Texas Tech isn't going to offer anything drastically different school size wise compared to A&M. But the education/peer quality is definitely a drop off.

Auburn is a good out of state school that is smaller, and has a respected engineering program. If he's thinking Rice, why not shoot for Georgia Tech as well.


Auburn is one choice I was thinking of. Rice is a good possibility but hard to get in there.

Georgia Tech is a possibility, but Atlanta is not the greatest city. It is not my decision though.
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We visited Auburn several years ago with our son. Smaller version of A&M and top 50ish engineering program. A&Ms size will allow a wider option of choices than what tech can offer. Your nephew won't select his major at A&M until he gets half way onto his spring semester his freshman year. He will then have to apply though the ETAM process. As far as the reputation of the programs it's not even close. But he may get some $$$ from tech.
SwissAgg
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The Goo said:

We visited Auburn several years ago with our son. Smaller version of A&M and top 50ish engineering program. A&Ms size will allow a wider option of choices than what tech can offer. Your nephew won't select his major at A&M until he gets half way onto his spring semester his freshman year. He will then have to apply though the ETAM process. As far as the reputation of the programs it's not even close. But he may get some $$$ from tech.
I like Auburn quite a bit personally. A&M is ranked higher than Auburn, but personally

I didn't like over 300 people in my Chemistry classes.
Oogway
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one MEEN Ag said:

The big schools get small pretty fast. They aren't going to get a lot of 15 on 1 classes in engineering, but they weren't getting those at other good engineering schools either unless were talking MIT.

I would recommend staying on campus in a study oriented dorm his first year. Being on campus as a freshman helps a lot with making friends and making a school feel smaller.

Texas Tech isn't going to offer anything drastically different school size wise compared to A&M. But the education/peer quality is definitely a drop off.

Auburn is a good out of state school that is smaller, and has a respected engineering program. If he's thinking Rice, why not shoot for Georgia Tech as well.


I agree with your perspective and it has mirrored our experience. Our oldest has graduated, but our next oldest is currently in Engineering and doing well. Both of them were on campus their first year, and that helped get them in touch with like-minded groups and resources.
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