<p>Hi all, i got in MIT and Stanford and waiting for Y. if I like engineering why should I consider Y over S or M. Appreciate your thoughts. Also, what if I just like sciences, will there be other reasons?</p>
<p>Why is Yale the best?</p>
<p>Hmm.. When in doubt I think the handbook told me to go with Residential Colleges..</p>
<p>Yeah! Yale's got residential colleges! In your face MIT and Stanford!</p>
<p>Well, are you looking to be a pure engineer or are you looking to become a doctor or something?</p>
<p>It depends on your future ambitions for medical school, law school, or even a PhD Yale might be better.</p>
<p>I'm interested in this too. (Although I don't have as many options as itsme123) I wanted to major in Enviromental engineering, but really love Yale. Yet, I got into Cornell which has better Environmental engineering overall.</p>
<p>How much does the strength of the engineering program matter?</p>
<p>MIT and Stanford pretty much crush Yale in the sciences and engineering. MIT especially so for engineering.</p>
<p>I would never go to Yale for Sciences (except some biological/cognitive/neurological base) or engineering... It's just not a good fit. </p>
<p>Yale has an excellent mathematics department.</p>
<p>"Yale's engineering program boasts a 1:1 faculty to student ratio!"</p>
<p>A Yale tour guide's response when asked about how the engineering program ranked.</p>
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<p>Nope. Check out this 2008 National Science Foundation report. It looked at the undergraduate origins of students who earned doctorates in science and engineering over a 9-year period. The report lists the schools that sent the highest percentages of their undergrads on to doctoral programs. Yale turned out a greater percentage of undergrads who went on for science/engineering PHDs than Stanford. In terms of percentages and absolute numbers, it was MIT 16.6% (1867), Yale 8.4% (1087), and Stanford 8.2% 1351). nsf.gov</a> - SRS Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients - US National Science Foundation (NSF)</p>
<p>In any event, no crushing.</p>
<p>I got into Yale early, and I pretty much want to become an engineer. When I was in the initial stages of shortlisting schools, I did not expect Yale to be on the top of my list. Yet, after a few months, I applied there early.</p>
<p>In my opinion, Yale Engineering is highly underrated. Yale's prominence in engineering is not limited not by any flaw in its programs, but by the size of the school and the novelty of its engineering departments (the BME deptt was established in 2003). I think Yale is as good as any other highly ranked engg school.</p>
<p>Yale Engineering offers several dergree options. It offers a BA, a BS, and an ABET BS. The ABET BS prepares you to enter the industry directly and is similar to the programs at Harvard and Princeton. Aside from that Yale's classes are small so there is a high level of coordination/interaction between the faculty and the students. Yale also offers special industrial experiences and is eager to fund your research (It is spending a billion dollar on its science and engg depts), so no problem there.</p>
<p>I chose Yale because most high-level engineering positions demand grad school engg education, along with strong sense of business/economics/social sciences and well-honed interpersonal skills. Yale's well-rounded engineering program can help me develop all that for grad school and give me the space to explore my interests in the arts and social sciences. I suggest you guys visit Engineering</a> School | Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science| New Haven CT and check out the student profiles sprinkled here and there to get a better feel of Yale Engg.</p>
<p>Bow-wow-wow...</p>