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what are some good colleges in virginia, especially ones with strong physical science/engineering departments? help would be much appreciated.

By Anothersuitcase (Anothersuitcase) on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 11:06 pm: Edit

For engineering you should already know this one--Virginia Tech.

Others to consider:
University of Virginia
The College of William & Mary
James Madison University
University of Richmond
Mary Washington University
Washington & Lee University

In truth I don't know how their physical science/engineering departments rack up (and Washington & Lee is essentially a liberal arts college), but those are generally some of the good Virginia schools.

More and Obscure?:
Radford University
Old Dominion University
Christopher Newport University
Sweet Briar College
Virginia Commonwealth University
Randolph-Macon College
Hampden-Sydney College (all male)
Hollins University (all female)

(As for the quality of these schools, I'm not particularly sure. At this point I'm throwing out names.)

By Vadad (Vadad) on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 08:36 am: Edit

William and Mary, JMU, Richmond and Mary Washington do not have engineering programs, I'm pretty sure. Virginia Tech, UVA, and Washington & Lee all have well-regarding engineering programs. VCU has a brand new engineering school with a new state-of-the-art facility some of its own faculty and some adjunct faculty from Virginia Tech. Depending on your scores, objectives, willingness to live in Richmond, etc., it may be worth considering. ODU also has an engineering program, I believe.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 02:36 pm: Edit

Old Dominion University has an engineering program.

By Innsayneidiot (Innsayneidiot) on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 06:11 pm: Edit

thanks, everyone. i guess i have some researching to do now...

By Breeze (Breeze) on Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 02:41 am: Edit

Virginia is excellent at physical sciences and good at engineering. Virginia Tech is excellent at engineering and fair at physical sciences.

Now for the biased part: the University of Virginia is truly a unique opportunity if you live in Virginia. It accepts over half of Virginian applicants and a very small percentage of out of staters. You're very lucky to live in Virginia right now if that's the case for you!

It's sort of a "brain jock" school. There are only five schools in top 25 of both the US News and Directors Cup (standings of the best overall athletic programs). They are Virginia, Notre Dame, Michigan, Stanford, and Berkeley. In other words, at these schools you are likely to find intelligent, good-looking people to call friends.

(Oh, and over 50% of engineering majors at both UVa and VT switch to another major before the end of their college careers. Don't know why.)

By Vadad (Vadad) on Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 07:41 am: Edit

Breeze--

The "weed out" of first year engineering students at both schools is gruelling.

I share your bias. Wahoowa!

By Macsuile (Macsuile) on Monday, July 05, 2004 - 10:57 pm: Edit

Correction: William & Mary has an "Applied Science" program which is essentially a de facto engineering program.