<p>"The reason I say that Tufts isn't highly regarded locally is due to the fact that there are several other engineering schools in the Boston area that have better reputations for engineering than Tufts -- MIT, Northeastern, Boston University, WPI, UMass-Amherst all come to mind."</p>
<p>Simply is not true. MIT, yes. All the others - no way. I worked in engineering for several years and, kiddies, know a bit more about the field than you do.</p>
<p>I had a friend whose dad was an engineer. He [my friend] got in a bunch of engineering schools, Berklely, Tufts, Penn, Columbia, and chose Berklely b/c it has the best engineering school out of tbe bunch.</p>
<p>^^Ariesathena -- I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree then. You've got your ancecdotal experiences and I've got mine. Neither of us can prove anything. I suggest that anyone considering Tufts engineering does exactly what I did when researching engineering schools -- check out where companies do their on campus recruiting. Unless you just want to stay in academia for the rest of your career. You'll not find too many engineering focused companies recruiting at Tufts. They do recruit more frequently at the other Boston area schools I've mentioned, though. Doesn't mean you'll be unemployable by any means should you choose to study engineering at Tufts. You'll just have to work a little bit harder by attending a school that is pretty much an unknown for engineering, particularly in a region where there are many other schools that have more resources and better reputations. Resources and reputation are directly correlated to on campus recruiting. US News rankings aside, companies know where to look for talent, and the relative omission of Tufts as a fertile recruiting ground for engineers sends a pretty clear message. OTOH, You seem to have a great deal of pride in Tufts, so your education at Tufts must have been a worthwhile experience!</p>
<p>Rich - I did Tufts engineering AND worked as an engineer for several years. I don't see how that qualifies as "anecdotal." I'm not saying "My cousin's friend's husband went there and said...." I went there. Then I worked as an engineer. Economy stank when I graduated, and the engineers all got jobs or got into great grad schools. That's not "anecdotal." The experiences of a handful of people are anecdotes. The experiences at a highly-regarded engin. firm, working with professionals in the field, and the experiences of dozens of classmates qualifies as knowledge.</p>
<p>What you claim is anecdotal because you don't offer any verifiable information. You can't try and pass off something as knowledge just because you say so. Your use of absolutes when you claim that "engineering graduates ALL got jobs or went to GREAT graduate schools" is quite bold. Geez, I'd expect a little more substance from a college graduate.</p>
<p>I don't see why this thread exists, and I dont think it should. The only thing this thread does is reinforce the stereotype of Tufts as a ivy-reject school. If people just stopped paying attention then maybe tufts would just be a school. Everyone should just chill out, I'm probably going to tufts next year, and if people are still talking about the ivies then I might leave.</p>
<p>(Rolls eyes.)</p>
<p>If you, yourself, want to find out how Tufts grads fare, call up the different departments and ask. It is not my job to give you statistics, sources, and footnotes. While you are at it, call up Boston engin. firms and ask how highly they regard Tufts. The answer will surprise you.</p>
<p>Yes, I am a college graduate, which makes me a little more qualified to discuss these matters than an 18-year-old whose work experience is probably limited to restaurants.</p>
<p>LOL at this "rich" guy</p>
<p>"Tufts isn't a good engineering program"...OMG, the Engineering program is more highly regarded than the COAS isn't it?</p>
<p>Very interesting suggestion, dude. Although I didn't want to have to bring this up, your snarky comment about knowing nothing and having work experience confined to restaraunts hit me the wrong way. I'm an engineering student working part time with a very large, well known company in the Boston area, working on a human resources software project. Although its ancecdotal (hey, at least I recognize and admit it!), I know of only six Tfts EE/ME grads (out of several hundred EEs, MEs and CS majors) hired in the past two years. 2 of them didn't make it past the 3 month probationary period because of performance issues and a third has been fired within this time frame. Not a very good showing now, is it?</p>
<p>GO RICH, you da man!! :)</p>
<p>hahaha its fun watching you argue</p>
<p>My comment wasn't met to hit you the right way. If you are going to trash my education, don't be a pansy and get the vapors when someone points out that you don't have life experience.</p>
<p>I am quite impressed that you know the educational backgrounds of over two hundred people. Gee, after working for five years at a Boston engineering firm, I don't know the educational backgrounds of all few hundred engineers there. (Sarcasm should be apparent.) If you don't know the educational backgrounds of all two hundred engineers, then you should not include them in your sample. </p>
<p>I had NEVER heard anything bad about Tufts Engineering until I saw these boards. I still haven't heard anything negative (need I reiterate my credentials?) outside of these boards. I have heard grads of many of the schools on your list (all except MIT) say that they have a higher regard for the Tufts degree than for their own. So pardon the lack of patience with some snotty kids who probably couldn't get into Tufts in the first place.</p>
<p>I think you are doing a fine job of trashing your education all by yourself. Demonstrated quite nicely in the following thread, for example:</p>
<p>And nope, I don't directly know by memory the background of the hundreds of engineers at the company I work for. As I stated, however, we are working on some human resources software that stores resumes in a database that can be easily searched by common fields like educational institution. </p>
<p>I suggest you think twice before jumping to conclusions.</p>
<p>How does that relate to an engineering education? Missed that one entirely. Oh, wait - I got it. The political views of a few students CLEARLY demonstrates that I didn't learn mass transfer well.</p>
<p>You've apparently never had a single Tufts class, but you slam the school (for no reason - why are you on the Tufts board?) constantly. Then, you tell ME to not jump to conclusions? Right. How about this one: try going to the school, meeting the students, taking a class - AND THEN tell me what the education is like. I know what the education is like, by the very definition - having been educated at Tufts. You don't. Somehow, though, I'm jumping to conclusions (when I ask a question - so missed that one) and only know, anecdotally, about the education. Use your head, kid. For some reason, you have a grudge against the school. That is YOUR problem, and that does not mean that my education is anything less than phenomenal. Unless you want to back off of your little crusade or explain your problems with Tufts, can it.</p>
<p>Have you actually searched that database for educational institution of all the employees? If you have, does your employer know this? Last time I checked, at some places, that could get you fired.</p>
<p>Aries, don't waste one more keystroke on these people. If they don't want to hire Tufts engineering graduates, so be it. Many other employers do.
In other words, don't feel the trolls. :)</p>
<p>Amen. This thread needs to be closed.</p>
<p>I agree. Mods? I can't seem to recall how it is that one can contact the mods so if someone knows how to do it, please do it.</p>
<p>Thanks JJsmom. </p>
<p>How is JJ doing? (Send a PM or email? School email is <a href="mailto:lastnamefirstinitial@abbreviationu.edu">lastnamefirstinitial@abbreviationu.edu</a>)</p>