<p>I'm an international student looking to pursue majors in ie from purdue or gatech which among them is good from an international student point of view?
how are the job opportunities for international students?
which is easier to enter?</p>
<p>International students at Purdue IE are plentiful. In my days at least (mid 90’s) we did not have as many as other departments. GA Tech supposedly is better rankings wise, but not by much. There’s something to be said about having top notch faculty. </p>
<p>Do you have an area within IE you’re interested in focusing, or perhaps a double major? what do your stats look like? can you handle the weather? athletics with two games a year (the Purdue IU games :D). Is your math supremely good? </p>
<p>Job opportunities, hard to tell. IE’s land in all kinds of jobs and some are the traditional ones while some are off the wall (a friend IE is working for an insurance company improving their paperwork process). Depends on specialty. If you’re a plant rat (the manufacturing side of industrial engineering) opportunities are different than if you’re into user computer interaction (like me).</p>
<p>so you say Purdue is easier and better place to go as an international student
Any more views people?</p>
<p>Well, I’m saying it may be a bit easier to get in but not by much, and if you’re interested in some strange double major or minor since it’s a bigger school it may be more convenient to find what you want. For example IE+Economics or IE+Management. GA Tech is pretty much top of the line in terms of rankings and name recognition it don’t get any better for either school. </p>
<p>I don’t know about faculty at GA Tech but in my days at Purdue we had some pretty well known and regarded people. In terms of quality of life, West Lafayette is nice but it’s not Austin or Ann Arbor. Georgia Tech is easier to fly in and out of as an international student and weather is less of an issue. </p>
<p>Purdue has attracted a huge OOS/International number of students so you should have no problem fitting in. Lots of ethnic food stores etc. around, decent restaurants, and so on. Purdue grades seem to be deflating a little bit from my days (I get the feeling it was easier to get good grades in my days than what my coop students or interns are reporting these days).</p>
<p>I can’t really speak about admissions for international students. Domestically it’s my impression that Purdue is a little easier to get into but that work and difficulty at Purdue is on par with all the top public engineering schools which are harder to get into. It’s my impression that admissions to GTech are roughly similar to Michigan (which might be another school you’d consider) and that the work there is roughly similar as well.</p>
<p>You may want to state your nationality. I’m betting there’s more Chinese at Michigan than at Purdue or GTech (even though you didn’t ask about Michigan) but if you wanted to pick a school with more of any other nationality, I don’t think Michigan will be your choice.</p>
<p>Purdue also has this little thing that requires one to keep a certain gpa to stay on the program. It’s around 3.0 for several engineering majors up to 3.2 for BME I think. Vlad’s mention of Michigan is a good one, they have a very good program also. </p>
<p>For Purdue engineering I’m guessing 3.6-3.7+ unweighted and decent SAT should do it… Any recent admits?</p>
<p>Purdue also has this little thing that requires one to keep a certain gpa to stay on the program. It’s around 3.0 for several engineering majors up to 3.2 for BME I think. Vlad’s mention of Michigan is a good one, they have a very good program also. </p>
<p>For Purdue engineering I’m guessing 3.6-3.7+ unweighted and decent SAT should do it… Any recent admits?</p>
<p>thanks guys and by the way i’m looking for for a post graduation program (MS) and i’m from india</p>
<p>Just in case Georgia Tech or Purdue don’t work out, you could also look at Virginia Tech. Ranked #7 in industrial at graduate level by US News, #8 for undergraduate. Good luck.</p>
<p>You really can’t go wrong with any of the schools listed. But as a grad student, have you decided on a focus area or specialization? is your undergrad in IE? </p>
<p>Other notable schools for IE grad would include Texas A&M, NC State, and the usual Big 10 of Wisconsin, Ohio State and Illinois. These are all highly regarded programs and while there are better ones (Michigan & Northwestern) the ones listed may be easier still to get in. Virginia Tech is also an awesome school and location. </p>
<p>Look at the faculty of each school and see if there’s a prof you’d like to take classes with, or do some work for, etc.</p>