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Which is all fine and good right up until the individual needs to get a job and the two perspectives collide.</p>
<p>Since this thread is still going in circles, I’ll restate my question from a few pages ago and see if anyone has thought a bit about it:</p>
<p>I think a more interesting comparison is between MIT and a very strong but not quite as tip-top school such as U Minnesota (not ChE, where it’s top dog anyway). Both of these are top 20 (if you trust USNWR…) programs, but MIT is light-years more competetive for admission and about twice as expensive. In a closer comparison such as this, how much impact would the MIT name have? Would the UMN degree get the job applicant “in the door” for individual review?</p>