<p>I hear a lot about how the top schools aren't actually recruited as heavily as some of the top publics. For instance, I heard that recruiters place Michigan Ann-Arbor more highly than Cornell for engineering (or something like that).</p>
<p>So which schools DO recruiters like, for science?</p>
<p>University of Wisconsin, Madison.
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
All are good for science & engineering.</p>
<p>I heard a lot of Cal Poly-SLO engineers get hired at graduation.</p>
<p>I think that it's true that the top schools are not as heavily recruited. I got a master's at Rennselaer Polytechnic and it had a very active recruiter interviewing program. Before that, I went to two higher ranked schools that did not have much recruiting at all. I suspect that any Polytech will have great recruiting.</p>
<p>That's strange. Then what's the point of going to such an expensive school?</p>
<p>A large portion of the engineering students at "top" schools either go directly to graduate school or take a job in finance. Many engineering firms to not heavily recruit at these schools because they are not very successful at attracting students.</p>