Anyone here familiar with Michigan Tech?

[Ellen Forradalom]

Are there any MTU alumni here? Tell me about it. Would it make a good choice for graduate school in computer science?

[XNASA]

1. Our elder son gets literature from there all the time.

From what I can glean....it's in the middle of nowhere. Seriously, in a very remote part of the UP. It would take around 10 hours to drive there, at least....and get this........about 8 hours to fly there at a cost of around $400.

Subzero temps, 8 feet of snow.......eeks. I like Winter as much as the next Midwesterner...but it's pretty extreme up there.

I have no idea about studying there. Our son is interested in Mechanical Eng and his grades aren't quite up to snuff. I'm not sure why they keep sending him stuff.

:shrug:

How ya doin'? :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

2. Drive or fly there from where?

[XNASA]

3. Sorry. I should have been clearer for everyone else.

I know that "Ellen", like me, is from Chicago.

[fujiyama]

4. It's a good school

and I'm not familiar with it's computer science program, but I know it has a good reputation in most engineering fields.

It's located in Houghton, MI, which as the other poster said, is a bit out of the way. It snows a lot and the town and student body is probably somewhat conservative (Houghton went for Bush by 56%).