Engineering - schools with the weedout ideaolgy at the graduate level?

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<p>I am trying to decide between which school to attend for Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering.</p>

<p>During my undergrad in Mechanical Engineering the first two years had quite a few classes that were unreasonably difficult, then the final two years i felt were less about trying to weed the students out but more about trying to teach the material, a much more enjoyable experience.</p>

<p>Now i was wondering are any schools on my list known at the Master's level to have low graduate rates? Where can i find such data? I have been looking to no avail.</p>

<p>Purdue University
Virginia Tech
University of Florida
Penn State
North Carolina State University</p>

<p>**I am not talking about ease, engineering is difficult no matter where you go, but more about the general feeling of the program. </p>

<p>Any input would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>I think in general, the focus at the graduate level is much more along the lines of what you experienced during your junior and senior years. If you’re in grad school, they’ve stopped trying to weed you out. </p>

<p>(They’re just trying to kill you instead…! Kidding, kidding. But really, start reading phdcomics.com to get a better idea of what grad school is like…)</p>

<p>Pretty much no matter where you go (and to my knowledge, the schools you listed are no exception), you’ll have to work hard for A’s and B’s, but you’ll almost certainly get A’s and B’s in all your classes.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input! That’s a relief! </p>

<p>I was worried i would have to second guess going to a school like Purdue which is known to weed-out a ton of their undergraduate students (high acceptance rate?).</p>

<p>I know at where i currently attend, it is extremely rare to fail a graduate class, since i have no experience with other programs i thought this was an isolated experience. Seems like this is the atmosphere at engineering graduate schools. Sounds good :)</p>

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<p>basically getting a B is considered failing a graduate level class. Median from what I experienced and heard is at A-.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t say a B is failing a grad class, but it is more like a C as an undergrad. I think I made one B in 4 semesters of grad school.</p>

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<p>It really depends on the school. I know here an A is certainly not the average grade since I’d say slightly more than half of us get Bs. Generally it’s all the Chinese kids that are insanely smart at math getting all the As.</p>