Proud, she majored in EE and CS. Maybe she had an illness but from her linkedin profile there was a long gap from graduation and employment. Class of 2012.
@Cheeringsection Miami has ME, EE, and Computer engineering as well. There may be others.
Miami has 4 engineering departments and at least 8 degrees
Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Two colleagues of mine at Illinois Tech left for Miami as Department Chairs in Engineering. One is now Dean of the Engineering college and the other is in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Just looking at the web site, the university seems to have a reasonably sized set of programs, including some graduate programs as well.
IMO the most important thing is actually visit the schools and d
We’ve visited all of the ones we are considering. My concern is if a school is not “known” for engineering. How important is it to be in the list of top undergrad engineering schools? Originally we were not considering any school that was not on the list - which Miami is not.
Most important is visit any schools where there is an interest, ask good questions to as many people as you can, pay attention, keep an open mind, and find the best fit for your kid.
All the schools mentioned in this thread are the best fit for someone and they all have some very smart students.
@cabeohio - You will find mixed comments about the top 10 thing. My opinion from 32 years of being a faculty member at an engineering school is that a solid ABET accredited degree will be recognized by companies inthe same geographic region but maybe less so nationwide. These “top” schools of which you speak have a more national reach. However, you don’t have to be in the “top 10” to have national recognition. The list goes much deeper than that.
All this is important only for a first job. Once an engineer has work experience, where she/he graduatedis nearly immaterial.
If applying to graduate school, the place where you get your degree is less important than your research experience, letters of reference, GPA, and test scores.
I have checked out Miami’s website and stand corrected. Yes, they do now offer these ABET accredited majors. However, having known and worked with many Miami grads, and many engineers at fortune 100s that think highly of their students I can still say I have never come across a Miami engineer. Sounds like that may change in the future but I would ask a lot of questions about the program and make sure it offered the kind of educational experience and placement assistance that my DC was looking for. Thanks for sharing the information about where the faculty came from. That is good to know. We may check it out. Miami does not really fit DS’s criteria in other ways however so it is up to him.
I agree that there are very successful engineers from schools outside the top 100. There are numerous paths to get to your ultimate destination.
From my point of view, having a solid educational foundation is paramount. Getting that first job may not be where you want to be going forward. You may end up working as a manufacturing support role such as a manufacturing automation engineer, validation/emc, or quality engineer and may want to transition into a design role. You may not want to put up with working rotating shifts or having to come to work to resolve some manufacturing issue at 2am. I’ve worked with engineers who have made a successful transition and others who did not survive the transition. Those who had a strong educational base or had an excellent mentor did well. Not all engineers are willing or capable of mentoring so I would not rely on this option.
One of my ex- bosses took a full ride to Wright State. He eventually did a PhD at RIT for engineering. He is pretty smart, despite the poor background(I’m guessing) because of the career path he took. Had he been in Silicon Valley early on he would have been wildly successful. I don’t think it’s the school, it’s just coming from Ohio area, some people are not aware of some of the opportunities outside of the Midwest. So he followed a path that his family did.
Well, at least 90% of working engineers went to other than top 10% schools. (Given some large state programs and small elite programs, it may be closer to 95%)
A point of clarification, an accredited engineering program is not “poor” but may be modest, humble, or just unpretentious. It can still be quite good.
One of the worst outcomes is a so-so grad from a big name school. Sometimes when pressed in a peer review they drop the school’s name. Hilarity ensues.
Post #30, my brother had to remind me that one person actually went to UCLA either for engineering or software because she was having so much problem at work.
It seems like it would be hard to go wrong with Ohio State if he likes it. (For some students the size could be overwhelming). With his stats, it’s likely that he could do well in college and have opportunities for some of the top co-ops/internships.
OSU seems likely to be a fine choice.
It’s different from the 80’s when it was open admissions. The rep came to our high school and spent the whole hour telling us how to fill out the application. When he started talking I was going to go to OSU for aero or mechanical eng. - I had a filled out app on my person, I think. An hour later and I was so disappointed I may have left it in the trash on my way out.
Never did apply.
All that’s different now, and it appears to be a very good school indeed. Good luck!
OSU is a good choice.