<p>Ohhhhh, I'm sorry-- you're absolutely right. I can see what you might have thought I was implying, and I never meant my first post to mean that the majority of people who go to MIT/Stanford/Caltech do so merely or mainly for prestige. I just meant that while some applicants may not have heard of Olin (where as the aforementioned schools have made quite a name for themselves over the years with the general public), most, if not all, I imagine, engineering grad school admissions committees regard Olin as a better-than-average engineering undergrad. And by no means did I mean that most current MIT/CalTech/Stanford students made their decisions based mainly on the prestige or to imply that if they did, it's a bad thing, I just meant to warn against thinking that grad school committees only look favorably (as opposed to neutrally or negatively) upon MIT/Stanford/CalTech/InsertSchoolWithNameWellKnownToGeneralPublic educations. I also don't mean to take any value away from these schools' prestige-- they've earned it, and are all amazing schools from what I know.</p>
<p>whoops, I meant that in reference to my second post, not my first.</p>
<p>if u can go to those schools (MIT, Stanford, Caltech ....)
I've never heard of Olin</p>
<p>Is continuing onto PSU grad school for engineering a fine choice after I get a bachelors in engineering from PSU undergrad?</p>
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if u can go to those schools (MIT, Stanford, Caltech ....)
I've never heard of Olin
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<p>Then you really shouldn't be giving advice in this thread.</p>
<p>it's another way of saying Olin is not well known to people than the listed schools, and it's my advice to go to those listed schools rather than Olin (in case u didn't get it)</p>