Tech School Engineering vs Small Private School Engineering

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<p>Regarding the comment: “Atlanta has less than half a million people and is truly isolated.”</p>

<p>Seriously? Atlanta metropolitan area has nearly six million people, and the world’s busiest airport, with hourly flights to NY and DC 24/7 and daily flights all around the world. We are neither small nor isolated. We also have one of the most diverse populations in the U.S., loads of corporate headquarters, world’s top news source with CNN, etc. Regarding to topic of schools, Ga Tech is consistently in the top 50 world rankings, not just national rankings.</p>

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<p>As an NYU graduate, and having a son thinking about engineering, I can comment on much of this I think. 1) NYU is internaltionally reknowned in almost everything except engineering. It’s business school, on a graduate level, ranks with the Ivy League. Its graduate math school is ranked second in the United States, after Stanford, and makes a mockery of the Ivy League schools. Its undergraduate and graduate math, economics, business and computer science programs are ranked similar to the Ivy Leagues. It is also the largest private university in the U.S. So, to suggest people out west do not know it, would mean that people out west are still living in caves, which I know is not true. As for PINY (now NYU engineering), that school has been around a very long time, but does not rank with Stevens, RPI, etc. Its acceptance standards appear to be lower than NYU overall, so it will be interesting how that merger works out. </p>

<p>The interesting thing about both Stevens and RPI, is that general businesses outside the area do not know the schools very well. However, after speaking to some graduates, it appears that nationally, both schools’ graduates are highly sought after as engineers. A firm that is in California will rank Stanford and other elite schools ahead of Stevens and RPI, but they both remain strongly in the discussion, to the degree that either of those schools have students that want to move out west. Are they as well known as Stanford of Cal Tech? Of course not, and their programs rank lower, but speaking to graduates, in general, both schools are more highly sought after than some of the large programs at non-STEM schools, even if those schools have better name recognition. They may not have better recognition in the engineering world.</p>

<p>That said, I am using a limited sampling and may be wrong here. Just an observation as I am still learning. I would be interested to hear from others’ opinions.</p>

<p>However, I have a question for all: For biomedical engineering (or bio-engineering), can I get some thoughts on the relative pros and cons for:</p>

<p>RPI
Stevens
Union
Binghamton
Stony Brook</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Can’t fathom why you bothered to reply to a 8-month old thread.</p>

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<p>Can’t fathom why adding info on something that is searchable and adds info would lead you to question it. Senior member moment?</p>