<p>So as college acceptances have come in there are two schools that I am torn between. I am planning on majoring in chemical engineering and the two schools that I have to choose between are Michigan State and University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. Now minnesota is known for its superb program and is ranked very high, but michigan state is close to home. My main question is will I regret choosing Michigan State? Will there be opportunities lost? If it helps I am planning on going to grad school, hopefully at a ivy league university or berekely?</p>
<p>Just as a heads up. A lot of people hope to go to UCB or an Ivy for grad, but as things come along they, for some reason or another, don’t have that opportunity. Pick the school that will afford you the most benefits now- what you consider benefits are up to you.</p>
<p>First, when it comes time to look at graduate programs, you should choose based on the research program in your specific subset of your major, not the name of the university.</p>
<p>Second, no, going to Michigan State instead of Minnesota isn’t going to prevent you from getting into a great graduate school.</p>
<p>My benefits are basically research opportunity, recruiting, and a great faculty. Now these are all available at Minnesota but will a lesser university in this regard be a detriment to job opportunities out of college</p>
<p>Also in boneheads comment naturally a great university like MIT, Stanford, or UCB is a name brand school, but they also have excellent research in the field</p>
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<p>Not in every field and not necessarily the absolute best in a field. Sure it will likely be a quality program at such places, but for graduate school, you are more concerned with going where you will get to do the research you want to do with the advisor you want to do it with.</p>
<p>You’re getting a little ahead of yourself, Jetster. You need to go to the school where you will be happy, not get burned out, and get great grades. ChemE is a lot of work. Contrary to the references of your posts, MSU is pretty well respected in engineering circles and will not put you at a disadvantage.</p>