I see many people who aspire to go to Harvard, Yale, etc. These schools are very hard for yanks to get into. You might have a slight advantage as a foreign student, but there are many other very good unis in the US which would be worth a look. Every state has at least one state university that has a decent program in engineering diciplines. University of Virginia and Ohio State University are both high quality, as are schools in California and Colorado. I live near D.C., and there are 14 or 15 unis within commuting distance of me that offer high quality programs. When you consider that the entire Uk, including the channel islands, Shetland, Scotland, Wales, Ireland(both of them), and everything else - total land area - is about 10% smaller than Nevada, and the Uk has about 1.8 times the population of California (which is located mostly along the coast), it's obvious that we must have many more unis than the Uk does. Any state uni is fully accredited. Many others are too. There used to be an organisation called the "College Admissions Assistance Service" - which specialised in matching students with unis seeking students. I used them myself in the past & they teamed me up with a nice little uni where i spent a year (and got myself off academic probation). I'm sure you can find a suitable uni with a little looking that would be not as nearly as hard to get into as the big "name" unis. In addition, you will not find yourself (for the first 3 years at least) in a lecture hall with 300 other students, trying to hear a TA (teaching assistant) who is reading the professor's lecture notes. At a smaller school, you'll even get to talk to the professor after class. Best of luck!!