<p>what say? and why?</p>
<p>Princeton USA factor still rules the world..</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>ditto... :)</p>
<p>yeah princeton!</p>
<p>what if the choice was more skewed toward the UK.. say Imperial vs University of Wisconsin- Madison for Engineering..</p>
<p>welll then ur choice.. go in imperial...ok.. but well.. its like being in the best of 2 worlds..
ultimately what decides is the course u take,, the effort u giv and the work u do.. </p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>and what if factors like rac<em>al discri</em>ination and cost are taken into consideration?</p>
<p>well for cost .. net in USA is more than UK.. for private while less for state universities..</p>
<p>racial stuff is a little more in UK yes but well i choose to say that is still bearbly worthwhile.. coz in USA also its there.. the only thing to consider is to avoid absolute new places where the level of differention is high... or so to say limit urself to semi-urban setttings on the least..</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>Oxford is not known for engineering at all. Imperial College is the best in the UK for engineering followed by Manchester and Cambridge</p>
<p>oxford = fish and chips ... hehe</p>
<p>ok, seriosuly now, any financial aid, anything like that?
if so, go where the $$$ is better, both are good</p>
<p>Oxford and Princeton have an exchange program for engineers, so wherever you go, you can still spend a year at the other!</p>
<p>(But having said that, you will not want to leave Princeton if you go there. ;))</p>
<p>More seriously, Princeton will give you a broader education background -- a chance to work with the best of the best in whatever fields you're interested in, as well as specialization in your concentration. Oxford can't give you the same. Princeton will give you a fuller college experience -- more interaction with professors and other students. It is also a closer-knit community, and is home to the best mathematicians and physicists in the country. Racial discrimination is mostly a non-issue at Princeton.</p>
<p>Thanks... :)</p>
<p>OXFORD. Oxford is...OXFORD! How can you say no to OXFORD?!</p>
<p>well PRINCETON IS PRINCETON is well!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Princeton is not as PRINCETON as Oxford is OXFORD though. Oxford is considered the best university in the world by many. Princeton may have name recognition, but not so much as Harvard and people don't usually know much about it except for the fact that it exists.</p>
<p>well yes it may be a bit owershadowed by Harvard and Yale to an extent but its HUGE all the same...and as SM says the USA factor still and will for the forseeable future rule the world......</p>
<p>
[quote]
future rule the world......
[/quote]
Nah, I don't think so. USA is an empire now, it's true, but it won't be for long. It's days are coming to an end. Their invasion of the middle east is gonna have major consequences for the 'future'.</p>
<p>Politics in the middle east will have major consequences, but the vast majority of people in the US are going about as if it is not happening, since it doesn't have much of an impact on most of our daily lives. Certainly, our economy, our banks, and markets are all stable and running business as usual.</p>
<p>But as an engineer, where else in the world will you have the opportunity to learn to write poetry and prose from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners such as Paul Muldoon, Joyce Carol Oates, and Toni Morrison? Learn philosophy from such world class philosophers as Peter Singer? Learn another foreign language? Interact with many students concentrating in a variety of subjects? Certainly not at Oxford.</p>
<p>At Oxford, when your course is engineering, you study engineering. That's it. At Princeton, you study engineering as well as the liberal arts, so that when you graduate, you will have a broad range of skills as well as concentration in one area. You want an engineering degree? You can get a finance certificate from Princeton as well, so that you may become a business-savvy engineer -- a cut above and beyond your peers. Or get a Russian and Eurasian Studies certificate, so that you'll have opportunities as an engineer to work abroad. Or even in Musical or Theatre Performance -- just for fun. Or any combination of certificates. That is what we mean by "quintessentially Princeton."</p>
<p>
[quote]
Interact with many students concentrating in a variety of subjects? Certainly not at Oxford.
[/quote]
Actually when you live, work and socialise in a college made up of 250-400 undergraduates who are reading a whole range of subjects, that interaction is exactly what you do get at Oxford, rather than existing in departmental silos.</p>
<p>Remember, for the umpteenth time :rolleyes:, that just because US universities follow a liberal arts format it doesn't automatically follow that other ways of conducting undergraduate education are inferior.</p>
<p>I really would love to try out the Oxbridge tutorial style of teaching, since it seems so much more engaging and personal, but having said that, the idea of being locked into one course of study, and being exclusively focused on that subject, seems daunting and potentially very restrictive. A little variety would be nice, and that's what the US liberal arts system offers.</p>
<p>Especially because we're talking about engineering... woohoo Princeton! :D</p>