<p>I mean stand a shot at,not come there because they can.
Exclude ultra prestigious places like MIT,Cal-Tech,Harvard,Ucal..etc.</p>
<p>1.Government agency such as NASA(especially JPL), DoE(LANL,LLNL…etc),DoD and the NSA/CIA. </p>
<p>2.Companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Microsoft, HP or Intel</p>
<p>I mean at the undergrad and even graduate level.</p>
<p>Practically all engineering schools in the Wash DC metropolitan area, so that means:</p>
<p>UMD: CP, UVA (lesser extent), Georgetown, George Washington, and VTech.</p>
<p>Georgetown has engineering?</p>
<p>I know droves of people that have worked for Intel that came from UFlorida. They recruit somewhat heavily from there.</p>
<p>I saw pretty much all of those guys at UIUC recruitment fairs.</p>
<p>From your list, Boeing & Lockheed are listed as companies that hire the most undergrads at my college, Missouri S&T. I think I saw mostly all of the companies you mentioned at our career fair last year.</p>
<p>Huge companies like those tend to recruit all across the country.</p>
<p>Boeing, HP and Intel have all had a presence at my little private engineering school in Milwaukee. </p>
<p>You don't have to go to a certain school to land a job at a big company.</p>
<p>I mean serious recruitment,I mean I know I saw a topic saying that sure big ibanking firms recruit everywhere,but that doesn't mean you have a shot.</p>
<p>What about the government jobs?</p>
<p>May specify where do the R&D departments of the companies recruit at?</p>
<p>Yes, engineering isn't like ibanking, though. Most of the big engineering firms will recruit locally, or they'll recruit everywhere that they consider to be worth hiring from. Illinois is a safe bet. MIT is, Stanford is, Cornell is, Texas is, Georgia Tech is... there are plenty of large, well-known engineering powerhouses where companies and government agencies actively recruit from. Too many to name.</p>
<p>A lot of places like Sandia or JPL recruit PhD students from specific professors, so those spots are a little more restrictive.</p>
<p>Still, that's not <em>everybody</em>. Plenty of heavy research places will actively recruit people from weird fields with solid academic backgrounds, even though they don't have PhDs. I've previously cited my interview with the Aerospace Corporation as being kind of off the beaten path-- I have a masters in structural engineering from Illinois and typically deal with steel and concrete, but they still really went after me and gave me a full day interview. (Might've hired me if I'd pursued it, but I decided I didn't want to stay in LA, so I'll never know...)</p>
<p>Do what you're interested in, and be persistent. If you see an opportunity that might help you develop your skills, take advantage of it. Actively market yourself to the people you want to work for, and if you're right for the job, the offers will eventually follow, pretty much regardless of what school you go to.</p>
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<p>Graduates from my school work for those companies I listed. Also graduates here have gone to Motorola, Nvidia, Yahoo, just to name a few. Just because its not a brand name school doesn't mean that you "don't have a shot" at big companies.</p>
<p>Seriously, engineering is not like a lot of other majors. You don't have to go somewhere like Stanford to get recruited to these companies. I would go so far as to say that a graduate of Stanford has no real advantage against an applicant from Podunc State University, provided both candidates are basically the same person. Almost every state university or tech college is going to give you a good shot. Ultimately it comes down to you, NOT where you went. This goes doubly for any job after your first one.</p>
<p>So, just for emphasis: these guys do serious recruitment almost everywhere. Where you go does not matter. just make sure it is accredited and that YOU like it.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure for general engineering jobs, any reasonably known school will be recruited. These include the UCs, and state schools. I would think that going to a Ivy league school and doing engineering sometimes doesn't help. Ivy league students seem to have a "don't want to get my hands dirty" mentality, which would be opposite of what engineering is all about.</p>
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<p>I think that applies more towards Harvard and Yale rather than Columbia and Cornell. At Columbia, the most popular engineering major is civil engineering, which is the major where you "get your hands dirty" the most. The most popular concentration within civil engineering was construction engineering and management, which is the concentration where you "get your hands dirty" the most. </p>
<p>I believe a former Harvard engineering dean (or some other university official at that level) was quoted as saying they don't get their hands dirty. I don't have the link off hand, but it was posted earlier in this forum.</p>
<p>Cornell is probably the only Ivy league school I'd go to for engineering or science related majors.</p>
<p>dont forget Purdue and UMich</p>
<p>I don't think it really depends on the school that much. I think it depends on the individual. If you have amazing communication skills, some related work-experience (internship or co-op during your years), and present yourself professionally, I'm sure you'll get into some of those companies you listed no matter what school you went to. Heck, you most likely have a better chance than someone graduating from a top school with no communication skills and/or work experience whatsoever.</p>
<p>^ I second that.</p>
<p>"Heck, you most likely have a better chance than someone graduating from a top school with no communication skills and/or work experience whatsoever."</p>
<p>I would go so far as to say that they would have no chance against you. Really, for engineering anyway, it is all about you. NOT where you went.</p>
<p>I have seen them all at UT-Austin.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure any top-tier research/engineering school will be recruited by these companies.</p>
<p>I also agree. This is not investment banking or law school. Engineering employment in industry is all about the skillset of an individual, not their alma mater.</p>