<p>Hey guys....I was wondering..if anyone could tell me where I would get the most respectable Engineering degree. I've applied to more schools than this, but I am only putting the ones that I have a better chance at getting into. I'm worried because there seems to be a balance between overall respect and respect for the engineering program. Any help would rock. THANKS</p>
<p>North Carolina State Univ.
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
UVA
Case Western Reserve
Stevens Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Embry Riddle Aero. Univ.</p>
<p>chance schools
Duke
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>All very good schools. Out of your list, Georgia Tech and Cornell are your two most respected engineering schools. I also really Rose-Hulman, you will get an excellent education there b/c their focus in completely on undergraduates. The common person probably never heard of RHIT, but you better believe employers do. </p>
<p>NC State, VT, CMU are all also very good. Depending on your program, if you are CS then you should definitely consider CMU. Don't go to ERAU if you do not intend to be an aerospace engineer.</p>
<p>I agree with Gator Rose-Hulman is a great school. It is one of the colleges I am thinking about. I asked companies in the engineering field and they know Rose and it is respected. </p>
<p>You should go for a visit and see how Rose works for you.</p>
<p>I think my parents would slaughter me if I applied to another college. Ooh..and that is incredibly far to visit. I don't really mind going far away for school (rose-9.5 hrs, stevens-10, cornell-13, cmu-7.5, case-9) but austin is REALLY far if I wanted to visit to see if I liked it or not. but for other people applying ... good idea.
so, you wouldn't put the overall prestige of duke over the engineering at gt/rose?</p>
<p>seuferk, understand that GT is very prestigious in the engineering field. You will attract employers with your GT degree. However, don't think that Duke does not have a good program, they're still good.</p>
<p>If you're going for undergrad go for the most well rounded school -- which would be Duke, Cornell, CMU and UVA. The other schools are only strong in engineering, and you really don't want to be caught up in a subject that you might not like. </p>
<p>If you like engineering in undergrad, go for the other technical schools you listed there.</p>
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I think my parents would slaughter me if I applied to another college. Ooh..and that is incredibly far to visit. I don't really mind going far away for school (rose-9.5 hrs, stevens-10, cornell-13, cmu-7.5, case-9) but austin is REALLY far if I wanted to visit to see if I liked it or not. but for other people applying ... good idea.
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<p>Well, in all of those cases, it's basically a plane ride. And if you're going to get on a plane anyway, then, frankly, distances don't really matter that much anymore, as there is little difference between spending 5 hours on a plane and spending 6 hours on a plane.</p>
Not so much. They care about what your relevant experiences are and what you are capable of. However, going a well known program does present better career opportunities as top companies tend to recruit at those campuses.</p>
<p>Yeah...a lot of people seem to be going by that when you get up to a certain group of schools.
Do you, by any chance, know who it was that hated Stevens so much? It would be nice to ask him what it was he hated...if it would be something that would bother me.<br>
I think I'm going to wait until I get my financial aid packets and see what the better schools offer me (if I get in). I'm pretty sure i'm in GT, and VT sent me an application for their honors program today...so I think that's a positive sign.<br>
sakky--you're right about the distance thing.
frankie38 - I'm shooting for Mechanical Engineering.
jovenes132 - Hmm...yes, what happens if I hate engineering? I think I'll like it...whatever I do will have to be something technical or mathematical, I think. </p>
<p>so...is overall consensus VT/GT/Cornell? maybe rose or cmu?</p>
<p>To the OP, before applying to any school, go to <a href="http://www.abet.org/accrediteac.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.abet.org/accrediteac.asp</a> to make sure the schools and programs you're interested in are accredited by ABET. Going to an unaccredited or underaccredited college can really make things difficult for you upon graduation (difficulty finding a job and/or applying to grad school).</p>
<p>Seuferk, I only said that because my guidance counselor told me this:</p>
<p>When applying to college, this student knew everything there was to engineering, which school was the best, what kind of programs/curriculum they had, and why this was good and bad. He was obsessed over engineering, and chose colleges only based on engineering. A big mistake. </p>
<p>Turns out, he hated engineering in college, and had to transfer to another college because the other programs in the school were bad. </p>
<p>Remember that Undergrad is for the overall experience. It's good to have a well rounded base as a safety net. I am also leaning toward the technical and mathematical side, but I don't have a problem with the humanities either. It seems like Cornell is the best well rounded school there is, so I would suggest that, but only if it fits you. College is about fitting in as well.</p>
<p>You're right--and thank you. If I were to go to a school like Cornell, it would be very well recognized for engineering..but I could also shoot for something else if I changed my mind. and don't worry, I wasn't upset that you'd said that...it's just that I'm pretty positive that that is what I am going to do. I know that it could change..but as a general rule, I'm pretty terrible at the ol' humanities.<br>
hmm....goodness...so many decisions. But hey, thanks everyone, I think that I'm going to give GT more of a chance now, too, since I had previously kind of shrugged it off ...for a few different reasons.</p>