re: Erin’s Dad’s quote: “All are ABET accredited which is what counts in my mind. SLU grades will get paid the same for the same job as GT grads.”
This appears to be a repeated mantra but I don’t think it is true. Of course, when I say why, someone is bound to say “well when I recruit…” or “well I know someone who…” so right off the bat I’ll say that yes, it is possible to attend any school and end up successful but it will be harder at some schools than others. Some schools have reputations that draw more recruiters and provide more in-roads to top notch internships and some provide access to pretty remarkable opportunities during the 4 years of training compared to others. Further, some schools have more distractions and fewer top notch engineering students then others-so synergistic possibilities are lower. In some schools you find that there is a greater chance that strong engineering students end up with non-engineering degrees than at other schools. All told, two equally strong students, one beginning at SLU and another at GT will (very likely) end up looking very different 4 years later. Then of course you can argue that two students with similar credentials at graduation will be equally competitive for any particular job. That may be true but the chances of looking similar at graduation are low.