<p>Hey guys!
I'm international student who applied for 2014 fall and I've been received the admission for M.S degree from Northeastern and Umich, both in Structural Engineering program. Each of these two have its owen strength and I really torn between them. The ideal locatio may help Northeastern's student find an intern or job easier than Umich, but I think Umich is a traditional engineering school and has a better reputation for engineeing all over the contry. If I want to find a structural designing job or intern in USA (as an international student), is Northeastern better than Umich for me?
I appreciate your suggestion and feedback on helping me make the choice!</p>
<p>Are you talking about NorthWestern or NorthEastern? You use both schools.</p>
<p>it’s NorthWestern,my mistake</p>
<p>Go with the program you like the best. They are both prestigious.</p>
<p>@terrycbarney, congrats on your acceptances! I’m a structural engineer, and I agree with rjkovni - either school is fine. Do you have better funding from one of the two?</p>
<p>Michigan. Northwestern is more known for their transportation program, as opposed to structural.</p>
<p>Michigan is also “better” based on professor research if you are into seismic analysis/design</p>
<p>@MaineLonghorn,thx! I don’t have funding from neither and the tuition for completing the MS degree at both schools is 60k. What I’m considering now is the job oppotunity. Do you think Northwestern’s location will make it easier finding an internship or job? </p>
<p>@Blah2009, thx for your reply. </p>
<p>Northwestern Engineering can help you get business jobs if you change your mind about an engineering career but if you stay the course, both will do just fine.</p>
<p>^^Michigan can get you the same jobs. We’re talking graduate school here, where Michigan has a stellar national and international reputation. Some of the posters here are so infatuated with US News UNDERGRADUATE rankings that they seem to forget that a school like U-M is better known/respected than all but a few schools in this country. </p>
<p>^Here we have two posters commenting on structural engineering, a field they both have extremely limited (perhaps zero) experience with. </p>
<p>In this case, not all schools are created equal. MIT for instance (ranked #3 for civil engineering) is not great for structural engineering given the <em>extremely limited</em> structural engineering faculty there. Did either of you guys know that?</p>
<p>This is why CC for the most part is unreliable</p>