Where would you decide to go...

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>So lets assume... that you applied and got into:
UPenn
UMich- ann arbor
UIllinois U-C
Johns Hopkins
Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>You applied for Materials science and engineering... and think/plan to do that, but is not 100% sure....</p>

<p>Rank where you would go... 1 being where you would go... and 5 being where you would least likely go.... Dont just say one place</p>

<p>("you" is technically me in this situation.... but yea... just to avoid "wherever you think fits you best" or "depends on what you like" as an answer)</p>

2

<p>Assuming you wanted to go into a field of engineering</p>

<p>1) UMich
2)UIUC
3) Carnegie Mellon
4) UPenn
5) Johns Hopkins</p>

3

<p>1)UIUC
2)UPenn
3)UMich
4)Johns Hopkins
5)CM</p>

4

<p>If you really are not sure what you will study, then I would suggest going to a more well-rounded school like Univ. of Michigan. They are highly ranked in nearly any field - so if you do have a change of heart, you will be alright. Somewhere like Carnegie Mellon, that is not so much the case. </p>

<p>If you think you might be interested at all in medical fields, I would go to JHU - if you aren’t, then probably don’t go there. </p>

<p>I really do not know much about UPenn, other than its business school is highly regarded and they are an ivy league school. </p>

<p>UIUC is equivelant to UMich, but not as well rounded imo</p>

5

<p>Are you in-state for either UIUC or Michigan? If so, I would choose your in-state university.</p>

<p>You didn’t ask, but a lot of the other choices are great if you chose a different major, that might trump UIUC or Michigan:</p>

<p>U Penn for Wharton School of Business
Johns Hopkins for Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon for Computer Engineering</p>

<p>

I agree with the above statement.</p>

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<p>Im an international student by the way…</p>

<p>Well, my list goes like this at the moment…</p>

<p>UPenn
UMich
… not sure :&lt;/p>

<p>Draw backs from JHU and CMU is that JHU (from what ive heard) is not worthed at all if I dont go for Bio and especially if im going into UG…
CMU, I just hear that the environment is just… not that great and fun…</p>

<p>UPenn is up there because my brother is there, and that it is an ivy, whereas UIUC isnt as prestigious compared to the others… and whether I like it or not, it plays a bigger role considering where Im from</p>

7

<p>^ All valid reasons, and I agree with you. However, UPenn does not have the strongest reputation in engineering. You may want to consider Cornell as an Ivy substitute.</p>

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<p>Yea… Cornell… Rejected ED >_></p>

<p>But I dont have high hopes for UPenn anyways… and if I get into UMich then thats all good…</p>

<p>But the confusion I am having is mostly in UIUC vs JHU vs CMU…</p>

9

<p>^ Ah. Sorry about that. </p>

<p>Out of UIUC vs JHU vs CMU, I would say:</p>

<p>UIUC
JHU
CMU</p>

<p>UIUC is strong in a lot of academic programs.
JHU of course for bio/biomedical etc.
CMU for computer engineering.</p>

<p>UIUC will give an environment most close to UMich.</p>

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<p>According to USNEWS 2008 ranking for Undergrad Engineering, UIUC has the highest engineering ranking among those of your list. Also, two years ago their Materials Science Engineering was ranked #1. Last year their ranking slipped a little (anyone know why?) and Stanford is now at the top of the list - with a very small undergrad class size. I’ve visited the Materials Science Engineering programs at UIUC and UM and was very impressed with both.</p>

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<p>I am currently working on a material science-related report for a professor who come from a UMich background.
I read somewhat 30 journals, and most of them were written by Michigan professors. FYI, this is nuclear material science.</p>