RIT as a grad school?

[selinski]

<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I'm a senior industrial engineering from Turkey and recently have been accepted by RIT / Sustainable Engineering MS program with scholarship. I was kinda excited at first, but now I have doubts because of the university's low rankings. I know sometimes rankings should not matter that much, but after my master's degree I want to continue with a Phd program in Industrial/Manufacturing engineering in one of the top universities in US. I applied to only RIT because sustainability is my career and research goal; the Sustainable Engineering program in RIT seemed kinda perfect for my career goal. My current university in Turkey has higher rankings than RIT but it has no programs related to sustainability. I know RIT is a career focused university, so does that mean I lower my chances for being accepted to a Phd program in universities such as Rutgers, Georgia Tech., UC Berkley? Would it be better to stay in my school in Turkey which is focused on research and academics and has a higher ranking than RIT, or the fact that I will have US experience as an international student will be better for me to be accepted to other US universities? </p>

<p>I will be waiting for your opinions. Thanks!</p>

[Network]

<p>A friend of mine who did his undergrad at RIT recently had the opportunity to choose between graduate programs at Harvard and Johns Hopkins because of his success at here. While I’m not trying to say it is typical for students here to move on to schools like Harvard, it is far from unheard of. If the program here appeals to you and you believe you have the potential to be taken in by those universities, I’d say go for it. </p>

<p>All that said, I don’t know anything about the sustainability program here, nor about other programs that might be out there. To address your concerns about research, you should know that RIT is becoming a more research oriented institution and is pulling in grant money like crazy.</p>