<p>Is peer assessment of NATIONAL (schools that offer doctoral degrees) has equivalent weight as peer assessment of MASTER (schools that offer bachelors and master)?</p>
<p>Per US NEWS, PEER ASSESSMENT are based on judgements of deans and senior faculty who rated their peer school each program (such as Eng'g) they are familiar with on a scale from 1 to 5. Same criteria for both I assumed except that they are in separate group - one group that offer doctoral degrees in engineering and the other group schools whose terminal degree in engineering is bachelors or master.</p>
<p>Is CALPOLY SAN LUIS OBISPO WITH 3.9 peer assessmt in Eng'g is as good as John Hopkins, Northwestern Univ, PennState (3.9 NATIONAL)?</p>
<p>or is CALPOLY ENG'G better than the NATIONAL school with peer assessment.</p>
<p>3.8 - Texas A&M, Virginia Tech,
3.7 - RENSELLAER, UCLA, Univ of Minnesota, Univ of Washington
3.6 - USC, Duke Univ, Univ of Maryland</p>
<p>Which is more realistic in analyzing peer assessment?</p>
<p>Master 3.9 = National 3.8
Master 3.9 = National 3.7
Master 3.9 = National 3.6</p>
<p>Forget all of this US News nonsense. RPI's competitors are more like MIT, Cornell, CMU. Calpoly is good but doesn't have the research facilities/resources of a true national university like RPI. By the way, it is spelled Rensselaer.</p>
<p>MIT? Don't think so... Cornell and (for some majors) CM are both better schools. RPI would be a safety school compared to them. But that's OK, a safety school for MIT is still impressive...
RPI is a heavy research school (more than any other with "Polytech" in it) so if that's your gig, great. By the way, companies don't really care about a really high GPA, or what an article rates your school as. They care about your experience, your motivation/enthusiasm, and your ability to apply what you learned in school to their products and positions. One reason I like RPI is that it gave me that chance to get some experience in my field.</p>
<p>Just because RPI is "easier to get into" does not mean it's not a competitor with the top schools like MIT, Cornell, and CMU. Admissions have very little to do with anything but getting people in the door.</p>
<p>Virginia Tech teaches math through online courses in their Math Emporium. I found this out in one of their forums here on CC. I didn't see this mentioned on their Math dept website, although there is a photo of their Math Emporium.</p>