| We've had many students ask us what colleges are | | | | Some key specialties: Engineering Physics, |
| the best engineering and computer science schools. | | | | Nanotechnology, Biomedical Sciences |
| Using a weighted average of faculty resources, | | | | Famous alumni: Steven Squyres, principal science |
| technology grants, class size, and student ratings, we | | | | investigator for the Mars rovers; William F. Friedman, |
| have developed the following list to help guide students | | | | founder of the study of cybernetics; |
| and parents in the admissions process. The list | | | | SAT range for incoming students: 1940-2240 |
| provides a concise summary of these top engineering | | | | Acceptance rate: 24% |
| and tech programs. | | | | (4) Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
| (1) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA | | | | Founded originally as "Carnegie Technical Schools" in |
| "Cal Tech" is the top ranked tech savvy college. The | | | | 1900 by industrialist Andrew Carnegie, the school is |
| school is packed with great professors and has a | | | | primarily known for its science and research. Carnegie |
| niche in the California technology industry, including | | | | Mellon hosts the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a |
| Google and Yahoo. Cal Tech is highly recommended if | | | | federally funded research and development center |
| you're interested in entering Silicon Valley and have a | | | | sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and |
| knack for inventing new technologies. Their | | | | operated by Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, they |
| undergraduate program is one of the best for students | | | | host the Robotics Institute (RI), a division of the School |
| interested in individual research projects with | | | | of Computer Science. Overall, its solid reputation |
| professors and Cal Tech is a key part of NASA's Jet | | | | amongst scholars and education journals is a reason |
| Propulsion Laboratory. | | | | why students should look to this school. |
| Some key specialties: Natural Sciences, Biotechnology, | | | | Some key specialties: Computer Science, Software |
| Space Sciences | | | | Engineering |
| Famous alumni: Gordon E. Moore, co-founder of Intel | | | | Famous alumni: James Gosling, creator of the Java |
| Corporation; Charles Francis Richter, creator of the | | | | programming language; Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder |
| Richter Magnitude Scale; | | | | of Sun Microsystems; Vinod Khosla, billionaire venture |
| SAT range for incoming students: 2200-2350 | | | | capitalist and co-founder of Sun Microsystems; |
| Acceptance rate: 17% | | | | SAT range for incoming students: 1940-2235 |
| (2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, | | | | Acceptance rate: 34% |
| MA | | | | (5) University of Texas, Austin, TX |
| MIT is a great school with unique resources for its | | | | Considered to be one of the "Public Ivies" in America, |
| students. If you're interested in graduating with the | | | | the University of Texas has fantastic resources for |
| famed "MIT" degree, and want to be immersed in high | | | | their students. As a public university, it spends almost |
| quality education, every day, then this is a great place | | | | 50 percent of their engineering budget on sponsored |
| to be. With more Nobel prizes than one could count in | | | | research. UT's Cockrell School of Engineering enrolled |
| an hour, they define excellence in engineering. Their | | | | 67 new National Merit Scholars in 2006-2007, the |
| high alumni giving suggest generations of families are | | | | university's largest proportion of new National Merit |
| happy with their educational choice. MIT probably has | | | | Scholars. UT Austin enrolls the third highest National |
| the highest name recognition worldwide amongst | | | | merit scholars nationally. Plus, Texas is a great state |
| scholars and students. | | | | with awesome weather and friendly people. Definitely |
| Some key specialties: Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace | | | | keep UT-Austin in mind when applying to college. |
| Engineering | | | | Some key specialties: Petroleum Engineering, |
| Famous alumni: Col. Buzz Aldrin, NASA Astronaut; IM | | | | Computer Engineering |
| Pei, world-renowned designer and architect; Robert | | | | Famous alumni: Michael Dell, Founder and CEO of Dell |
| Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet and founder, 3COM; | | | | Computers; Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil Corp. chairman |
| SAT range for incoming students: 2070-2340 | | | | and CEO. |
| Acceptance rate: 13% | | | | SAT range for incoming students: 1680-2055 |
| (3) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | | | | Acceptance rate: 49%* |
| Cornell is one of the few colleges with engineering | | | | *Note that this admissions rate will be affected by |
| research programs that allow students to work directly | | | | Texas' top ten percent law, which guarantees |
| under renowned professors. With faculty like Bill Nye | | | | graduating Texas high school seniors in the top 10% of |
| (the science guy) and Steven Squyres of the NASA | | | | their class admission to any public Texas university |
| Mars Rover program, you will have the opportunity to | | | | Overall, when applying to these colleges, it will help to |
| learn from the best. Be prepared to work harder at | | | | have someone with admissions counseling experience. |
| Cornell than you would at most colleges. Cornell's | | | | College counseling is an important part of getting into |
| unique engineering science facilities include newly built | | | | these top schools. We hope this information provides |
| Duffield Hall, which represents the university's next | | | | you with key data on top colleges and schools. |
| high-tech step. | | | | |