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<p>I wanted to quote your whole post, because it really resonated with me. But the important part is the end. This is such good advice. For anyone who is reading this. PLEASE pick a school that really speaks to you. Don’t go somewhere just because of the rank or title, you’ll learn soon enough that that isn’t what’s important. And honestly, years from now, which would you rather be:</p>
<p>A- graduated long ago from XYZ school, no one really cares, but you have loans to pay back, or
B- graduated long ago from ABC school, no one really cares, but you’re loan-free and have loads of good memories from it</p>
<p>In Pennsylvania, an engineering degree from Virginia Tech will not carry more weight than one from Pitt. The reverse is true in Virginia. None of these schools are looked at like MIT or Cal Tech, so the benefit of one over the other in the real world, as far as finding your first job, is regional and marginal. After you land your first job, it won’t matter at all where your degree is from. Instead of looking at just rankings, look at what each program offers their students as far as outside the class room experiences like research, internships and job placements. Go where you’ll be happiest and most productive for four years, because if you are miserable somewhere and it impacts your GPA, that is likely to impact your resume more than the line where you list the name of your alma mater.</p>
<p>THANK YOU @wgmcp101 for succintly saying what took me multiple posts :)</p>
<p>thanks i think this helped a lot</p>