<p>had posted here sometime ago about the rankings of the colleges i had applied to. now that i have received all my offors heres the final list i have to pick from:</p>
<p>for engineeing (either mechanical or electrical - yet to decide)
Georgia Tech
Rice University (offered a 50% scholarship)
Carnegie Institute of Tech (for Mech Eng)
Tufts Uni
Uni Michigan - Ann Arbor</p>
<p>right now i am very much inclined to attend Rice, cause it seems to be the most highly ranked uni nationally.</p>
<p>please decide based on the following factors:
- cost
- reputition for an engineering school as well as overall
- weather
- quaility of life</p>
<p>This is my opinion:
1. Rice (quality of life is good, cost is less than other private schools, weather is hot as it is in Houston; and the university real focuses on undergraduates, it is probably the Princeton of the south)
2. Michigan (weather is cold, expensive for out of state, top notch engineering porgram, good undergraduate experience, big school)
3. Carnegie Mellon (quality of life is not that good, very well known for its engineering program specially for electrical engineering, expensive)
4. Georgia Tech (quality of life sucks, not a good undergrad experience, cheap for a public school, good for engineering)
5. Tufts (unknown for engineering, cold weather)</p>
<p>I think you should visit the schools and base your decision on your own impressions and the opinions of people who have attended those schools rather than the opinions of people who have probably attended less than 20% of those schools.</p>
<p>Can answer definitively for Tufts, not for any others.</p>
<p>Cost is high, but you might be getting aid - only you know that.</p>
<p>Engineering reputation: nil on College Confidential, very well regarded in Massachusetts.</p>
<p>Weather: freakin' cold in the winter, broiling in the summer. Wait, there are two other seasons in other parts of the country?</p>
<p>Quality of life: great. The engineers really like each other - no one is competitive with anyone else. Very integrated with liberal arts, so you're not isolated as an engineer and you can take the full array of liberal arts courses. (I double-majored, which is not uncommon.)</p>
<p>I know several faculty and friends at Georgia Tech and I wouldn't say the quaility of life sucks. If you like being in a city then Atlanta will be pretty decent for you. Overall I think Rice would be your best choice.</p>
<p>thanks for all the help!
i've have sort of narrowed down the abobe universities to Rice and Georgia Tech now after checking around.
was wondering if anyone knew what the job prospects are when graduating from either one of these unversities?
thanks, any other comments?</p>
<p>My guess is that one isn't going to give you much an advantage over the other...it's more about where you want to work and perhaps the particular field you want to work in.</p>