<p>I'm currently a senior in high school who's considering to attend Case Western Reserve for college to get an engineering degree (most likely something in the ECE area). I was wondering if the companies that recruit here do so for their offices all over the country or just more locally in the Midwest? I lived my whole life in the Cleveland area and would like to live on the West Coast after college. My other top choice for college is Carnegie Mellon which does excellent in job placement for West Coast especially with the technology sector in Silicon Valley. However since Case will likely be much cheaper, I'd prefer to attend Case but I don't want to be held back in the national job market with a Case engineering degree. And if Case doesn't necessarily place too well nationally, does the school at least place well into to top engineering graduate schools like Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, etc. that would give me a degree that is highly regarded on the West Coast?</p>
<p>I think if you do your part and look for internships that are in the regions you would like to work, then I don’t think attending CASE would be a problem. I have looked at the companies that attend their job fairs and yes, the majority are from the midwest. However, there were a few from CA too. But no matter where you attend…you can’t expect companies to find you…you need to be actively involved in networking and marketing yourself. You have to keep in mind too that CASE in increasing each year in OOS students. I believe that the majority are still in state but that is quickly changing. Why? Because CASE is being recognized beyond the midwest.</p>
<p>My son is finishing up the 5-year BS/MS program at Case this semester, with a BS in EE and an MS in Systems/Control Engineering, He is also job-hunting. In the last 2 weeks, he has been flown to Boston, Washington DC, and San Antonio for interviews. At all 3 places, there are Case graduates that he knows. He did his internship after jr. year in Austin. Because we are on the east coast, he is not especially interested in west coast jobs, but he knows several people who now work at Yelp, as well as someone now working on a graduate degree at Stanford. He also does know a number of graduates who are working in Cleveland/Pittsburgh. While overall I would guess that the majority of grads end up in the midwest, there are clearly opportunities and Case connections all over the country.</p>