I was just wondering…all of them are mainly business oriented schools (I guess) …but which one of the 8 would come out on top in aerospace engineering or engineering in general?
Considering the research opportunities,internships etc
You’re being a pathetic ivy-ho. For engineers, job recruiters favor big State U.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703376504575491704156387646
Sorry :p…I’ve already decided which schools I’m going to be applying to and none of them are part of the Ivy League…so this was just a last gasp question for a school to which I might apply SCEA…not an ivy-ho
@GMTplus7 I’m not sure if the link you provided is reliable…it ranks Purdue and umd above MIT and stanford…not plausible at all
It’s not strength of research, but the polling results of company recruiters of where they prefer to hire graduates. If u read the related WSJ article, the recruiters remark that these are the schools where they get the biggest bang for their recruiting budget buck for new hires. It’s not a poll about which school has the most nobel prizes. The recruiters aren’t hiring nobel laureates.
Actually it wouldn’t surprise me that employers would recruit more heavily at Purdue than MIT. MIT has around 4500 undergraduates, Purdue has around 6800 undergrads studying engineering most for the purpose of being engineers. MITs engineering students are more likely to go into grad school or go into fields other than engineering so investing the time and resources to interviewing for jobs that many of the students really aren’t looking for does not provide the best use of their resources. There is little doubt that getting a degree from MIT is desirable but it does depend on ones goals. If you are looking to be an engineer vs. a researcher or work for a wall street firm then anyone of the large flagship state schools will likely be a better choice.
@Heisenberg98 Standford doesn’t have aero
Purdue is known for Aerospace engineering. Which Ivy, I would think Cornell maybe. It’s the only Ivy that has excellent engineering.
Princeton appears to be the only Ivy League school that has an ABET accredited aerospace engineering major. For the others, you may want to look at their mechanical engineering offerings to see if they offer aerospace electives in that department.
Of course, as noted above, aerospace industry recruiters may not visit Ivy League schools as often, since the numbers are small and many of the graduates take the fast track to Wall Street.
CU- boulder has a great areo space engineer. And what are your stats?
I know two people who went to graduate school in aerospace/aeronautical engineering at Cornell. One is there now, after completing undergraduate degree at Columbia SEAS. The other went to Tufts as an undergraduate, and his employer (Lockheed?) sent him to graduate school. He now works on projects he can’t discuss in California.
@NASA2014 I am from Mumbai(India). 2230 SAT1…giving SAT2 in oct(all the testing centers were full for july)…
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Ton of EC’s in school(i know this is a vague answer but they are a lot)
Leadership:Team capt., Editor etc.
And the biggest plus i think is that i dont need Aid.
also,school doesnt rank but in the top 1%.
I plan to go to grad school and many people told me that ivies will provide more research oppurtunities and internships…
plus their courseload will seem better on the grad school app.
I am just planning to apply to one of the ivy school as a long shot option.
Ill apply early,and if i get in,nothing like it…if i dont…well i have a more realistic list too 
Plus…im really worried about applying early to cornell as its ED…but if it will be better for my future than i surely will apply.
Purdue grants PhD too. I’m sure it has research too. Cornell is more prestigious but for internationals, it maybe hard. Purdue has rolling admission.
Cornell’s aero program is very strong.
Technically there is no Aero major at Cornell. The OP would have to take their Mech major with an Aero emphasis. Not that that’s a bad choice. Aero companies hire more than just Aero majors.
@“Erin’s Dad” So if i go to cornell, and maybe decide to change to Physics and leave engg…will that be good??or will uchicago be better than cornell with this^^ aspect in mind?
@theglowingone please start your own thread instead of hijacking another.
If you go to Cornell engineering and decide to change to Physics you will have at least three ways to do it:
- Stay put and major in Applied and Engineering Physics within the engineering college (an outstanding program there BTW);
- Stay at Cornell but transfer to CAS and major in Physics there
- transfer to any other college or university in the world, including U Chicago, you can gain admission to, and major in Physics there.
Since you will already be at Cornell,living, taking Physics courses and talking to grad students and professors, you will have a better vantage point then than you have now to decide what course of action you want to take at that point.