Colleges

UVM

colorado school of mines

don't know that much about it but itd be really hard to get into

university of british colombia.. thats where im planning to go afer i graduate.. place is illlllllll

i want to go there so bad, it is sick

Any idea what kind of engineering?

jeaaaa going to ubc next fall.  Vancouver is an awesome place to live dude consider it if you wont get homesick.

They also have a great engineering program, from what i hear.. I have 2 buddies in their 4 year right now. The workload is alot, but its like that with any engineering school.

uvms going down the tubes fyi

Colorado School of Mines

jea im going to ubc okanagen next fall sooo stoked!

St joes college of maine, is fun!!!!

This or MSU

yeah UBC is supposed to have an amazing engineering program, their students a few years ago made a car that would drive over 3000 miles on a single gallon of gas, pretty crazy

i'm a civil engineer at Virginia Tech, we were just ranked 10 in the nation for our program

Being from Colorado I don't really think Mines is the best choice. Obviously you have to decide for yourself but a big part of the reason I decided on MSU was because it's a got a pretty sick mountain vibe. It not the same as living in Summit County but it's pretty legit. Golden is a cool town and all, but it's going not going to be as diverse as a state school. As for the education quality Mines is a little better but MSU is ranked pretty high. You just gotta decide if the extra prestiege is worth living in a town that's not quite as sick (in my opinion).

I believe U of U has a decent engineering program.

University of Utah has a good engineering program. message BRINSON or Calrin they are engineer majors there

Tons of threads on this already so I will be brief. I went to Mines, great school and you make your own social life which can be pretty bleak. I have actually talked a couple NSers into going to Mines and I would have to say not very many of them stayed, although after talking to them now some of them wish they had.

It is not easy, I went from a 4.0 in HS to a 2.0 my first semester and pretty much had to relearn how to go to school. I averaged about 40 days of skiing I would say my 5 years there and loved it. All my friends that went there have high paying jobs and lots of toys. I think that a lot of my friends who went to CU, CSU, DU and out of state schools are jealous of my job now and a lot of them made fun of me when I chose Mines.

In my opinion it is one of the worst run schools, the public safety officers are on a constant power kick and everything is like pulling teeth with the administration but I have never gone anywhere else so it might be like that everywhere. The professors, for the most part, are pretty good if not arrogant. Golden is awesome but there are a total of 4 maybe 5 bars so it is pretty quiet but Denver and Boulder are close.

If you don't really want to be an engineer don't go there because you will hate it and not stay there. Also be willing to put up with a lot of really shitty nerds and kids that argue with the professors.

Overall very good school and you will be rewarded for suffering through Physics 2, Ochem, Calc 3 and so on.

please explain sir

First of all *** miss.... but anyways.... Burlington is a great place to live and UVM overall has a great reputation. However, its administration treats education as one would work on Wall Street which is absolutely insane and completely inappropriate. This means huge bonuses to an overstaffed administrative level while massive layoffs occur in the educational and lower levels. The dean of my school was fired for example and he was one of the most progressive, amazing people I've ever met. Tons of classes were cut as well and more and more courses are being taught by TA's. Also to cover financial costs, they're increasing the number of students they let in but not adding any more dorms, so this results in commonly forced triples and quadruples (how is a college student supposed to get work done in a room with 3 other kids? who knows).

what a bunch of nerds.  who cares about coefficients for eccentrically loaded bolt groups?

i understand what your saying but this is my first semester so i guess i dont have anything to base it on.  but its so true that there are lots of triples... practically everyroom around mine is a triple

I go to Mines and this pretty much sums the school up, even though ive only been here for a month. but you can make a pretty good social life if you try at it. if your not sure you want to be an engineer then dont go here but if u do then this is the best school for it.

It hasn't affected many college students. Only the baseball team, a few majors who's classes were cut, and forced quad kids. It's mainly the administration and employment aspect.... it just bothers me a lot that our educational funds are being cut instead of their 6 figure salaries.