<p>Any thoughts as to which of these two schools has the best engineering department and which one better prepares its students for success in life after college.</p>
<p>Any insight is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>yea i would really want to know which is better, and why? can some one please help us :D</p>
<p>First, I’m sorry that this post is somewhat irrelevant (though it does have to do with Purdue engineering, and hopefully you too can benefit from any answers to my questions). I just registered for this site because I have some concerns after my visit to Purdue today, and I can’t even figure out how to make a new thread. </p>
<p>My biggest concern after going to the engineering department’s information session and tour today is how much group work was stressed. It seems like a large portion of engineering students are foreign and have a different first language. I fear that I might have difficulty communicating with foreign students. Do the majority of foreign students speak good English? On a related note, I’ve never been a fan of group work because I seem to be the one doing all the work. I’m sure it wouldn’t be as bad at Purdue where the majority of students are driven to do well, but it still seems like there would be more capable and less capable (or less motivated) students stuck in the same group, since students aren’t allowed to pick groups for themselves. I guess these questions aren’t just directed at Purdue students but at students of prestigious engineering colleges everywhere. I think the group work situation would be different at less competitive schools. Any feedback is appreciated, and, once again, I’m sorry for posting somewhat unrelated questions in this thread.</p>