Genesis, Chicago, Illinois AddedTuesday, September 1, 2015 at 3:12 PM is it hard to get into good engineering programs? Hello! Just wondering, is it hard to get into good engineering programs? I am a sophomore in high school and my dream is to go to MIT, but I would also enjoy going to University of Michigan. Either way, thank you!! hope my question gets answered :DD -Genesis Related to Choosing a School, Preparation for College Reset Sort By Default Missy Cummings , George Mason University Answered Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 3:12 PM It takes a lot of hard work to get into any engineering program but hard work is not the same as hard! My advice is to take as much math, physics, and programming as possible in high school, and then take a SAT/ACT preparation course. The top engineering schools require relatively high SATs (but not perfect), but there are many other really good engineering schools that are not as competitive. My best students are not necessarily the ones with the highest test scores, my best students are the ones that work the hardest. Prof. Cummings