<p>"Well, again, then by your logic, then why not just go to Harvard or Yale"</p>
<p>because the question first brought up focused on schools like caltech, mit, cornell, stanford, UCB, HM. </p>
<p>Also, many do go to harvard or yale engineering ... even though there are better engineering programs elsewhere, it's still harvard. </p>
<p>And i mentioned the other schools because i have parents who hire college engineering students for summer co-ops here in New York. Pretty much ever student is from Cornell or MIT with a few from schools like Rochester, Binghamton, Clarkson, Buffalo, etc. None from HM. Not saying it isn't a fantastic school (because it is) but a name like Cornell will stick out on an application in the east coast. Also, i know that HM is a way better school than a place like Bing. or Rochester - but, these schools have a much more abundant alumni network on the east coast hence why so many jobs are offered to these grads. </p>
<p>"And you would have all of the English and Psychology and poli-sci that you would ever want by going to Harvard or Yale"</p>
<p>Exactly! Now you're getting it. A student wanting to double major in something like engineering and psychology might be better off at a school like harvard. or stanford (even better choice).</p>