I got rejected by both my home town college of GA tech and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(had my application canceled). I narrowed down the schools I did get accepted into and got Stony Brook University and Illinois Tech. I want to major in engineering and I know Illinois Tech is engineering emphasis. I also think Illinois Tech is a good tranfer piont for Urbana-Champaign. However STONY brook’s undergrad cost of attendence is cheaper( i am in need of aid) . Also I’m not sure if I want to transfer schools because i plan to go to a school like Standford or MIT for my master’s in Engineering anyway. I’m only considering transfering to Urbana-Champaign, because its one of the top 10 Engineering Schools. I want my best chance of getting enrolled into MIT or Stanford for my Master’s. Other than that I’ll simply choose Stony brook over tech and be satified.
Don’t bother transferring. Any strong ABET accredited program (and both Illinois Tech and Stony Brook are that) will provide you with a excellent engineering education. Your ability to get into the graduate programs you want is dependent only on your grades and the research experience you get as an undergraduate. The schools you mention are highly selective and it is not a sure thing to get in whether you are at Illinois Tech, Stony Brook or UIUC.
As a professor at Illinois Tech, I can tell you that we place students at all the graduate programs you list. The same can be said for Stony Brook and you are able to get a good research experience at either simply becasue they are both research-oriented schools with Ph.D. programs.
Choose your university on the basis of fit, location and cost and don’t look back. If you don’t want to be at one of your two choices, why did you apply in the first place?
Thank you so much, I’ll consider what you told me when I make my final decision today. I was too concerned of how I would get into a certain school’s graduate program, that i overlooked the other important aspects making a decision. I will instead commit myself to making the extra effort and undergoing an undergrad research program.
^Good. Don’t get too fixated on any particular master’s or graduate programs. Who knows what you’ll want to do in 4_ years?