Hi wise CC members! Open to any and all input. My daughter is getting down to the wire and having trouble deciding between these two. She loves Rochester’s campus and smaller student body. She also sees Rochester as having a better overall academic reputation.
On the other hand, she far prefers Pittsburgh to Rochester, likes Pitt’s First Year Engineering program, likes Pitt’s more hands-on focus, has come to understand that Pitt engineering’s class sizes may actually be smaller than Rochester, thinks Pitt might have an easier entree to post graduation jobs in her field, and likes the idea of the Engineering LLC.
Oddly enough, what’s a huge plus for me – our sense that Pitt engineering is a more humane program than some of its counterparts at other universities – feels like a cop-out to her. Not that she wants rigor for rigor’s sake, but she somehow feels that she might be falling short if she chooses a school in part because it might be less grueling and more fun. (I know – it’s weird, but it also plays into her idea of Rochester being more prestigious).
Anyone have any thoughts between the two? Personal experience to share about the BME program at Rochester or the Bioengineering at Pitt? Thanks!