<p>I know that Yale has an excellent reputation for the humanities, but how are the sciences? I'm thinking about majoring in econ or physics...how is Yale in these?</p>
<p>Yale sciences are strong- many physics majors have became prominent professors at large universities worldwide. Econ is excellent. Just avoid engineering</p>
<p>Avoid engineering? Is it that bad? How about biomedical engineering?</p>
<p>the hell you on?</p>
<p>nothing at yale is bad.</p>
<p>except yale engineering</p>
<p>didn't they just build a 500 mil engineering building?</p>
<p>yale engineering is still a long ways from measuring up to stanford, mit, berkeley, etc</p>
<p>I love how loosely the word "bad" is used on CC. </p>
<p>If you go to Yale and major in engineering, you won't die poor and lonely. Stanford and MIT might have better programs, but going to Yale will not condemn you to a life of misery. Unless you hate engineering and major in it anyway. Then you'll probably be miserable.</p>
<p>Going to Yale for engineering is like going to Caltech for English</p>
<p>It has nothing to do with diciton. Yale Engineering is just plain bad.</p>
<p>isnt yale investing heavily into the biotech sector? and does it honestly matter at an undergraduate level?</p>
<p>yes Yale invested 500 million on a biomedical engineering research facility. I know that for most disciplines, the differences at the undergraduate level are trivial, but I'm not quite familiar with engineering.</p>
<p>"Econ is excellent. Just avoid engineering"</p>
<p>Yale's engineering is ranked #39 (US News, graduate ranking overall) and is not top 10 in any subcategory, including biomed, so in comparison with Yale's economics (#6 overall, top 10 in 6 of 8 subcategories), Yale's engineering is definitely not as good.</p>
<p>Still, if you are not a hard-core engineering major, Yale is worth considering for undergradudate studies. Many engineers do not become professional engineers. If you just want an engineering education and do not necessarily want to become a professional engineer, Yale is one of the few schools with BA in engineering (Harvard, ranked #20, is another). You can learn to think and solve problems like an engineer, but have enough flexibility in your program to pursue other interests academic or extracurricular. So go by your needs.</p>
<p>I know a Yale engineering undergrad who went on to Stanford engineering for graduate school -- not a shoddy place even for hard-core engineering -- and then made a fortune from hedge-fund trading.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is that in the real world, it really doesn't matter where you majored in what, as long as you really took advantage of the opportunities in front of you.</p>
<p>If Yale Engineering is your preference, go for it despite the rank-mongerers and their crap.</p>
<p>Which college is better for bioengineering: Harvard or Yale?</p>
<p>Harvard only offers a major in engineering sciences.</p>