<p>Ive been to several schools including top 100 and a top 10 engineering school. Some recommendations are:</p>
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<li><p>Get the job fair attendance lists from the engineering school at the university youre considering for the last couple semesters. You’ll probably find they vary a great deal between schools. Some will have a few hundred employers competing for students … others will have students competing for less than 50 available employers. You can also get a sense of the quality of employers by looking at the lists. If they dont have attendance lists for review at all…run.</p></li>
<li><p>Get the employment salary survey results for the last few years. You’ll probably find these vary a great deal as well. A low response rate is concerning but could be caused by less of a focus on surveys. Look at salaries as those vary a ton (look at both internship pay and after grad pay).</p></li>
<li><p>Check to see if the school has basic facilities for students general use like a decent engineering library. Check that people use it. If they have one library for everyone then I would take that as a possible warning.</p></li>
<li><p>Take a look at the student population… do they seem likable and at least semi serious?..a good portion should look busy :)</p></li>
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