<p>Once you're in the top tier of schools, I'd expect it doesn't matter. Do well at Stanford or Princeton, you'll have a good shot at the grad schools you want to attend.</p>
<p>it defintely does not matter, especially with the fact that engineering overall at any school is going to be a hard major. engineering material tends to be pretty standard and just hard in general, and especially at the elite engineering schools, the difference is really not going to matter. with everything being said, i would pick stanford. location/weather/california ladies</p>
<p>We had a point discussed over the princeton board, you can always go to stanford for graduation but you can never go to princeton for grad, that' because grad is never the main focus of pton, the plus point of pton is the undergrad focus, but in terms of the job opportunities or grad school, it doesn't matter which college you go for, as both of them are excellent schools, just go for the college you feel the best about :)</p>
<p>I would chose Princeton over Stanford. While it's true overall that Stanford has a better engineering reputation than Princeton, Stanford's reputation is based on its research, not for its quality of education.</p>
<p>While the research is great, it's much more graduate and doctorate-focused rather than undergrad. Princeton's engineering program is much more undergraduate-focused, which is exactly what you want.</p>
<p>Now if you were a graduate student, I'd be telling you to go to Stanford for that exact reason. You'd likely be happier at Princeton because the classes would be more directed towards you rather than taught to you as an afterthought.</p>
<p>...Seriously? This is a thread that died in 2005. The OP is like... almost a junior somewhere now. There's something to be said for better late than never, but... really? ;)</p>
<p>(Then again, I first clicked on this wondering how I'd completely missed a two-page thread, so my CC addiction is probably worse than your thread resurrecting.)</p>