<p>rank these schools from best to worst eingineering department, please. these are schools that im either considering applying to or am just curious about where they stand. so please help me out!</p>
<p>*carnegie mellon
*cornell
*virginia tech
*wvu
*upenn
*columbia
*franklin w olin college of engineering
*cooper union
*case western reserve
*washington university in st louis
*uva
*harvard
*rennselaer polytechnic
*rochester institute of technology
*johns hopkins</p>
<p>dont just rank them on level of prestige. rank them on the actual quality of their engineering department! and if u want u cud say why u ranked them the way u did. thanks!</p>
<p>wooo that’s a lot.
i really don’t want to rank them, because they are discussed numerous times in cc.
you should use google wisely.</p>
<p>Most of them are top 20.
notice that cooper union is even more competitive than Caltech and MIT. </p>
<p>Which engineering are you looking for? We can’t really say engineering department. It’s a division. There are many engineering departments in one school.
You should apply to no more than 5 colleges. Two safe school, and two reach schools, and one barely reach…
5 is already too many… essays will drive you crazy.</p>
<p>oh idk… maybe mechanical or chemical or something. i was just trying to get an idea of what were the best engineering schools in general from this list. sorry if it was a stupid question…</p>
<p>@ goldandblue92
If you do a search, most people would tell you that any top 20 schools are about the same, especially the top 10.
What matters beside doing well in school and have passion about what you study, is what the school can offer:</p>
<ol>
<li>how’s their research and internship programs? how rich are they?</li>
<li>how their program works?</li>
</ol>
<p>So the area you interested can make a difference in the decision.
For example, John Hopkins is really good for BME. It is famous for its medical education and research. So it’s obvious that BME is pretty good there.</p>
<p>Cooper Union is famous for its architecture program, so mechanical engineering and civil engineering are also pretty good.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon is very famous for its computer science and robotics program.</p>
<p>Harvard is not a traditional engineering school. I think its physics, medical and math departments make up the reputation. But funding, and connection-wise, it’s very good.</p>
<p>apart from WVU, those are all excellent schools where you will get an equivalent education.
however, RIT is a bit on the trade-school side.
Some points:</p>
<ul>
<li>Cornell, CMU, and RPI probably attract the most recruiters-- if you work hard to get a job, you will get one.</li>
<li>Cooper union, Olin and the ivies are probably the hardest to get into (and the first two are free, how cool is that).</li>
<li>VA Tech and UVA are both great but if you’re not in-state for VA they might not be worth it.
-WUSTL, jhu, and the ivies are all great schools, but they tend to be overrated for engineering because of their name (except for cornell). You’ll meet lots of pretty smart/wealthy people, but you probably won’t meet people who spend their time soldering/hacking in their basement. Hence you won’t see as many high-tech recruiters. However, in the long run. i would only turn down Harvard for MIT/caltech/cooperunion/olin.
-Case is an interesting school… they usually offer a great aid package, but a lot of people are unhappy there. You’ll get a great / difficult education but most people won’t recognize the school (it used to be a top-notch school, but something happened).</li>
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