tahncol86

Why isn't Purdue well regarded? I am sure that Purdue has outstanding Professors who have very good connections with industries, labs, etc. Also, outstanding Professors means that there are good opportunity for lab work in campus (Especially for Aero. engin. that is ranked 6th according to someone in this forum)
The world is to big to say that the only elite engineering schools are MIT, CalTech, Stanford, Berkeley, CMU, and Cornell (And some other schools).
I am sure that there are plenty of opportunities in Purdue, "if you really want it and work hard for it".

keefer

yea i don't think UIUC is really part of this, they get plenty of applicants from out of state and the reputation around the world is excellent in engineering.
Purdue is the only school that sticks out for me, that consistently ranks in the top 10 in engineering, yet gets no play, as I have said before, large part of it is selectivity, another part is that outside of engineering it's not great.

karp4170

My comment about UIUC simply says that it is a university in the Midwest that has a (very) highly regarded engineering program. No 'dragging it into this'.

BTW...I AM a UIUC engineering grad.

GShine_1989

Nah, karp, I was referring to the original post which said "Purdue (UIUC as well) is usually reluctantly listed."

karp4170

GShine_1989

Oh...Sorry, I misunderstood.

im_blue

UIUC Engineering may not be as selective as the top privates, but their middle 50% ranges are 30-33 ACT and top 2-8% class rank, which are just slightly below Northwestern's stats. Their graduates are also well represented at top graduate programs like MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, etc.