<p>My son's guidance counselor was nervous about his chances at the engineering schools he applied to, so as a safety school, he applied to Temple University and received a full scholarship. He had minimal interest in Temple until he visited, and loved it for a lot of reasons. However, Temple is by no means known for Engineering (it's ranked 109 for Engineering.) Meanwhile, he was admitted to Purdue, VTech, Clemson, and GTech. We're OOS for all of the colleges (with a little merit aid at Purdue and Clemson).</p>
<p>How much would attending a school like Temple really diminish his post-graduation opportunities?</p>
<p>Congrats on your acceptance to those schools! What does your family’s financial situation look like? (What schools can you realistically afford?) If Purdue and Clemson or any other school are reasonable costs, it may definitely be worth the investment to go there. However if you will have to take out significant loans to attend Purdue, VT, Clemson or GT, Temple wouldn’t be a bad option either. I don’t think engineering is a degree where you have to attend a specific school to get a solid degree and start to a career. Study really hard in your classes, be on the lookout for research, internship and co-op opportunities and you should be fine coming out of college if you have a solid resume. That being said, there are some opportunities at Purdue/VT/Clemson/Purdue that you might not get at Temple (some companies probably wouldn’t recruit at Temple) BUT it’s not worth all the loans if you have a full scholarship at Temple. (I mean who doesn’t like a free education?)</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any questions about Clemson!!</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. I’ll pass it along to my son. We’re visiting Clemson next week.</p>