<p>to: ClassicRockerDad - i was interested to see you mention Cornell and Northeastern as I have a son at each university for Engineering! The one at Northeastern did not choose the school for its ranking in Engineering - I don’t even know what it is. He chose it mainly for the COOP program. Is Northeastern’s Engineering highly respected??? Of course, having two sons in different schools in the same major - makes me compare the two. Cornell is extremely difficult to get A’s - and the one at Northeastern is only a freshman, so I don’t know yet. The one at Cornell had a 3.5 last year, but it will probably go down this semester. He might even get a C (gasp!) or two - and is working his but off! Do you think GPA is extremely important? What are chances of employment out of college with only a 3.0 (or God forbid even lower?)</p>