debate_addict

where did u go to school posterX?

chicagoboy12

I think he stalks yale. How could one know so much about rankings, employment of graduate students, as well as everything about every department and housing/campus life? Not to mention the funding for every department.

posterX

Well, if that's the case, then I guess I "stalk" every school.

gradschoolguru

PosterX:

I am guessing from your posts that you are a Yale undergraduate engineering student who is very delusional and insecure.

If you live on planet earth, you would know Yale engineering is far, far, far from #1. Their admission standards are also far below the other top engineering schools (MIT, CalTech, Stanford, Berkeley, etc.) I think the peer reputation rankings that USNews utilizes really says it all.

svalbardlutefisk

gradschoolguru, as far as anyone knows, posterX has no Yale affiliation. He does, however, like to exaggerate Yale's advantages, even though they can stand on their own.

That said, you clearly know nothing about undergrad admissions. Yale's undergrad engineering majors compete in the same admissions pool with every other Yale student, which means they are just as good. They are certainly (on average, at least) better than Berkeley's, because Yale's admissions standards are much higher than Berkeley's. They are roughly equal to Caltech, MIT, and Stanford. Yale's engineering program is weaker than those other schools, but it's not because the undergrads who major in engineering at Yale are weaker.

kyledavid80

In general, yes, but for engineering, no. Berkeley has a very high standard for engineering.

Here's an interesting related article (cached, because original page wasn't working):

Is Stanford invading Harvard-Yale turf? | Nov 16, 2000

svalbardlutefisk

Getting into Berkeley in-state for engineering remains far less competitive than getting into Yale - I came from a school that sent enough people to Berkeley (including a lot of engineers) to know this.

geologistsrock

All of the above schools have high standards for engineering, lol
It is fairly agreed upon that schools like MIT, Stanford, and Berkely have some of the top engineering programs in the nation, but you'd still get an amazing experience/vastly rewarding engineering experience at Yale, in my opinion.