A Look at all the Different Engineering Schools

My best friend Allison wants to be an engineer. Currently, we are juniors in high school and she is constantly, all the time, obsessively, researching engineering schools. I want her to be happy wherever she goes but it does make me sad to see her so excited about engineering schools; it kind of makes me feel like she is not going to be sad to leave me when she does find that perfect school.

I think I’m also a little jealous. All of these different engineering schools look pretty cool and she has such a wide selection to choose from! I know that I am probably just going to be going to our state university because I am going into education and there is a good program for education there. Plus, it is so much cheaper to stay in state. But, not only does Allison’s family have money, she is also some sort of genius who will probably get into any school she decides to apply to. Not to mention the fact that she is a girl so she will probably have an even higher chance of getting in since engineering schools like having girls.

Allison says there are so many different factors to think about when looking at all of the different engineering schools. She first wants to see how well the school is ranked and how good its engineering program is. Then, she looks at the cost of tuition and the requirements to get in. If the school offers scholarships, she tries to see if she is eligible to apply for any of them. Then, she goes to look at the locations of the different engineering schools. She knows she would like to be somewhere close to the ocean where it is warm so that narrows down her search quite a bit. Finally, she looks at each of the engineering schools she likes as a whole. She researches what the campus life is like, how housing is set up, whether the campus looks pretty, and tons of other things. She has so many different things to think about as she researches all these different engineering schools!

For me, all the work Allison is putting into looking at these engineering schools would make my head spin! She is writing essay after essay for applications to the schools she is interested in. I don’t know how she does it with all the work they are giving us at school. Junior year in high school has been the hardest so far! But, Allison is so smart I guess it’s a piece of cake for her. She is throwing around names of schools like Harvard and Princeton and it is overwhelming for me just to listen to her!

Although the thought of Allison going off to one of these amazing, select, and prestigious engineering schools makes me sad (and a little jealous) I am also happy and excited for her. I know it is what she wants to do and I know it is going to make her happy. Although I will miss her when she is far away, most likely close to the ocean somewhere, I know that she will stay in touch with me and we will continue being best friends even though I am a big homebody and went to my state university. I just hope she eventually figures out which of these engineering schools she likes so she will stop being so busy now and hang out with me a little more!

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