<p>Why does people craze about univ prestige (in top tier level) if the graduation salary income between say Harvey Mudd and MIT is about the same?</p>
<p>No one is even trying to answer this question? Disappointing!</p>
<p>Both MIT and Harvey Mudd are prestigious to anyone who knows anything about top technical schools.</p>
<p>Because prestige is made up and competency is real.</p>
<p>Once you go Mudder you never consider another.</p>
<p>How about Ross Hulman Institute of Technology?</p>
<p>Rose Hulman is actually really good. I am working at an REU in Florida this summer and there is a Rose Hulman student here with me. He is quite bright and knows his stuff. I recommend Rose Hulman highly.</p>
<p>Both S1 and S2 were impressed by Rose. For both of them, however, the location and the ratio were huge negative factors. Others have and will choose differently.</p>
<p>Stevedad, what do you mean by ratio? Girls to boys?</p>
<p>Would anyone comment on the rate of acceptance at Rose? I mean it is high but they produce highly skilled engineers and the degree from Rose is highly marketable.</p>
<p>IAYM, </p>
<p>Yes, the ratio of boys/girls was one of the negatives about Rose Hulman for my two sons. (Mudd has better ratio, and also benefits from the Consortium.) Rose's ratio as of 10/07 was 1442M to 374F.</p>
<p>Rose is indeed relatively easy to get into, both on percentage accepted and relative SAT/ACT scores, particularly given its reputation and the quality of its graduates. { My personal belief (based on S1 and S2) is that Terre Haute can be a negative when compared to Cambridge MA, Claremont, and/or Houston. OTOH, one of S2's HS classmates will be a freshman at Rose this year--unlike S2, he thought Rose/Terre Haute was a more attractive place for college than Rice/Houston} </p>
<p>The acceptance stats for the freshmen enrolled at Rose in Oct. 07 were</p>
<p>Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied <strong>2399</strong>__
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied <strong><em>689</em></strong>_
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted <strong>1660</strong>_
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted <strong><em>492</em></strong>
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled <em>_378</em>
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled <em>96</em>_</p>
<p>FYI: If you are interested in data of this type (including ACT/SAT ranges, etc.) for any college/university, just google [College Name] Common Data Set.</p>