<p>Which would you say has the best engineering programs?</p>
<p>I would go with Northeastern University because of the cooperative education program and the emphasis on practical applications of engineering.</p>
<p>I was looking at the same schools a few years ago for ME and ended up at Northeastern. For me, the co-op program really gave NEU the edge over BU and Tufts. I’m finishing up my 1st co-op now at an R&D company and its been an awesome experience.</p>
<p>NEU is better than tufts and BU in engineering…plus the CO-OP will go a long way!!!</p>
<p>Tufts is a tier 1 private university nationwide for undergraduate education in general. I would say they probably offer more opportunities for you than the other two.</p>
<p>You really have to visit the school yourself though.</p>
<p>Tufts…not like it’s very prestigious but it’s far more prestigious than the other two schools and prestige is king.</p>
<p>If we are talking about rankings…Tufts engineering ranking isn’ that far from NEU or BU…matter of fact NEU is probably higher. Plus NEU offers CO-OP, which give you REAL WORK EXPERIENCE even before you graduate with your degree. And Work Experience is weighed more than what school you went to in the workforce.</p>
<p>“f we are talking about rankings…Tufts engineering ranking isn’ that far from NEU or BU…”
Prestige is based on the overall school, not a specific program. Tuft is a way more prestigious school than any of the other two. Prestige is king. There is a reason why the elite jobs, be it ibank, strat consulting, or the engineering equivalent, i.e Google and the likes are comprised of 95% prestigious school grads. Give me Harvard Engineering and Michigan Engineering and I would go to Harvard Engineering any day just to get the Harvard pedigree. It open doors. I am not saying in anyway that Tufts is Harvard. It’s just an analogy.
I personally made a mistake attending Michigan over Penn because I was one of those clueless high school kid who bought into the “engineering rankings” hype instead of following the prestige. I now realize how stupid I was.</p>
<p>"Plus NEU offers CO-OP, which give you REAL WORK EXPERIENCE even before you graduate with your degree. "</p>
<p>One of their BS marketing schemes. You can get Co-Op anywhere. Fact is, someone who knows how to plan his future would do internships and co-ops anyway. The only difference between NEU and any other universities is that they make it mandatory and force you to do it. This on the other hand hurts people who want to get into research or academia because it makes no sense for them.</p>
<p>“Work Experience is weighed more than what school you went to in the workforce.”</p>
<p>Funny. I was just networking with a Michigan alum. He made top bucket (top 10%) at Goldman Sachs TMT last year. The headhunter told him that KKR and blackstone both wont interview him because they specifically told the headhunter to compile a list of GS or MS TMT, and ivy league or MIT/Stanford pedigree. The middle buckets and low buckets got interviews at the elite PEs whlie he didnt because of the undergrad backgrounds.</p>
<p>Also, where you went to school has a huge effect on the quality of your first job, which leads to the quality of your second job and so on. So you are more likely to be in a prestigious job in any given field from a more prestigious school than a less prestigious school. Sure there are exceptions, but it’s all about probabilities. Why should you hinder your chance when you have the opportunity to go to school that maximizes your chance?</p>
<p>bearcats, that is probably the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, you don’t go to Tufts for engineering over a school like say Texas, Purdue, Georgia Tech because it has a better overall reputation, the reputation of the program is more important.</p>
<p>As I said, give me Harvard engineering and Michigan engineering, and I would choose Harvard engineering any day of the week. I am sure I’ll have a easier time finding an elite job too (of course, without the help of family or relatives who I refuse to get help from) .</p>
<p>haha ok bearcats, you are entitled to your own opinion but you’re in the minority here</p>
<p>“Prestige is based on the overall school, not a specific program. Tuft is a way more prestigious school than any of the other two. Prestige is king. There is a reason why the elite jobs, be it ibank, strat consulting, or the engineering equivalent, i.e Google and the likes are comprised of 95% prestigious school grads. Give me Harvard Engineering and Michigan Engineering and I would go to Harvard Engineering any day just to get the Harvard pedigree. It open doors. I am not saying in anyway that Tufts is Harvard. It’s just an analogy.
I personally made a mistake attending Michigan over Penn because I was one of those clueless high school kid who bought into the “engineering rankings” hype instead of following the prestige. I now realize how stupid I was.”</p>
<p>I am 100% with Pierre, thats a dumb argument. So Im just leaving it with that.</p>
<p>“The only difference between NEU and any other universities is that they make it mandatory and force you to do it. This on the other hand hurts people who want to get into research or academia because it makes no sense for them.”</p>
<p>The REAL big difference is that NEU is known to have a STRONG CO-OP program. This means that they put kids with barely a college education into some top notch companies such as GE or whatever. And I dont understand how a Co-Op experience can hurt someone who wants to do research. They can do research at another company and that looks pretty darn good to grad schools. </p>
<p>"Funny. I was just networking with a Michigan alum. He made top bucket (top 10%) at Goldman Sachs TMT last year. The headhunter told him that KKR and blackstone both wont interview him because they specifically told the headhunter to compile a list of GS or MS TMT, and ivy league or MIT/Stanford pedigree. The middle buckets and low buckets got interviews at the elite PEs whlie he didnt because of the undergrad backgrounds.</p>
<p>Also, where you went to school has a huge effect on the quality of your first job, which leads to the quality of your second job and so on. So you are more likely to be in a prestigious job in any given field from a more prestigious school than a less prestigious school. Sure there are exceptions, but it’s all about probabilities. Why should you hinder your chance when you have the opportunity to go to school that maximizes your chance?"</p>
<p>Okay, let me rephrase want I meant to say. Work Experience is weighed more than what school you went to in the ENGINEERING workforce. IB is known to only what people from IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS OR MIT/STANFORD PEDIGREE. Engineering is a lot different in the fact that every school teaches the same thing (however the top notch schools teach at a higher pace and its more rigorous). Therefore, companies will almost hire you form anywhere as long as your grades are good.</p>
<p>NEU probably has the better engineering program overall, but I would determine which engineering program you want to go into…</p>
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<p>since that’s the case, why won’t you goto Harvard Engineering (or Tufts for that matter) instead of Purdue, NEU, or whatever if you have a choice? at least go for prestige. Harvard could actually be cheaper for some ppl too (lower-income families)</p>
<p>So, would going to NEU Industrial Engineering provide you with the similar job opportunities as that of Michigan?</p>
<p>tufts is so ridiculously obvious here if you are paying for each school.</p>