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How to Select a 3-2 Engineering Program

"I am a mother of a 16 year old. I am so bewildered by the amount of information we are getting. All of the colleges seem great for one reason or another. I have been getting information from other people that I talk to telling me to find out how many kids get jobs in their field of study when they graduate and that will tell you what industry and business thinks of that college and the kids that come out of it. What I want to know is: If this is correct how do you find out how many kids get jobs and is this really a way to look for colleges? My son is interested in Computer Engineering and Chemistry fields. He wants to take a 3 and 2 program where you go to one lower priced college for 3 years and then finish at the University that they are affiliated with and in the end you get 2 degrees. Have you heard of these and how do you find the right one of them? Do you look at the college at the end of the program or the one at the beginning? SOOO confusing. Thank you for any help and suggestions that you can give me."

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Whitman College is associated with the California Institute of Technology, the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis, Duke University School of Engineering, and the University of Washington in combined programs for liberal education in engineering and computer science. The plans require five years of study. The first three years are spent at Whitman College and the last two years at the engineering school, where the student completes courses in engineering or computer science. Students who transfer to Whitman College as candidates for the combined plan must complete a minimum of two years in residence at Whitman College and complete appropriate modifications of the requirements outlined below. In the combined plan, two degrees are awarded upon the successful completion of the program: the degree of Bachelor of Arts by Whitman College and the degree of Bachelor of Science by the engineering school. For admission consideration, the five schools require a recommendation by Whitman College at the end of the student's three years here. For more information on our combined degree programs, please visit our website at www.whitman.edu

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