Looking for a College - Help

[Porkchop1414]

I'm going into my senior year in high school and need to start narrowing down my college search. I am interested in pursuing Computer Science or some other related branch of engineering. Any suggestions?

In addition, I am currently valedictorian and have high test scores so no college is really out of the picture. Thanks for any help!

 

[Ducttape]

Don't rule out getting all your basics out of the way at a local college before transferring to a major university ~

 

[PureBlood]

MIT is a great school for engineering, one of the best. I plan on applying there next year

 

[Gypsy]

Don't rule out getting all your basics out of the way at a local college before transferring to a major university ~

This is a really good idea!!!

If you do this, though, be aware that sometimes classes don't transfer right across the board - for example, Comp Sci 101 at your local school might not be equivalent to Comp Sci 101 at your major university, and you'll end up having to take it over when you get there.

Also, the class might be accepted by the university, but not your specific program - I was an advisor in the dietetics program at my university for a couple years, and the university accepted a lot of classes that the program didn't, so students had to basically start over if they wanted the dietetics program, even though the classes would work perfectly well for another program at the university.

A little pre-checking (if you know where you're transferring to) can save a lot of headaches down the road.

 

[Porkchop1414]

MIT is one of the schools I am looking at but I don't want to have a huge amount of debt from college. Rose-Hulman, University of Illinois, and University of Missouri-Rolla are my other top colleges. (I live in Saint Louis, MO).

I already looked at my community college and although they do have classes, it is a good 30 minute drive which would be annoying to do almost every day. I'm taking Calculus II and III there next year but I really want to go straight to a four-year college. Get away from the family too although I would prefer not to be too far away.

 

[entens]

I would recommend Stanford over MIT actually. Also worth mentioning are Berkley (UNIX, etc), and if you want to continue in research after you finish your degree I would also look at University of Wisconsin - Madison.