BU vs. NEU vs. Tufts Engineering

bearcats
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:17:08 +0000

“f we are talking about rankings…Tufts engineering ranking isn’ that far from NEU or BU…”
Prestige is based on the overall school, not a specific program. Tuft is a way more prestigious school than any of the other two. Prestige is king. There is a reason why the elite jobs, be it ibank, strat consulting, or the engineering equivalent, i.e Google and the likes are comprised of 95% prestigious school grads. Give me Harvard Engineering and Michigan Engineering and I would go to Harvard Engineering any day just to get the Harvard pedigree. It open doors. I am not saying in anyway that Tufts is Harvard. It’s just an analogy.
I personally made a mistake attending Michigan over Penn because I was one of those clueless high school kid who bought into the “engineering rankings” hype instead of following the prestige. I now realize how stupid I was.

"Plus NEU offers CO-OP, which give you REAL WORK EXPERIENCE even before you graduate with your degree. "

One of their BS marketing schemes. You can get Co-Op anywhere. Fact is, someone who knows how to plan his future would do internships and co-ops anyway. The only difference between NEU and any other universities is that they make it mandatory and force you to do it. This on the other hand hurts people who want to get into research or academia because it makes no sense for them.

“Work Experience is weighed more than what school you went to in the workforce.”

Funny. I was just networking with a Michigan alum. He made top bucket (top 10%) at Goldman Sachs TMT last year. The headhunter told him that KKR and blackstone both wont interview him because they specifically told the headhunter to compile a list of GS or MS TMT, and ivy league or MIT/Stanford pedigree. The middle buckets and low buckets got interviews at the elite PEs whlie he didnt because of the undergrad backgrounds.

Also, where you went to school has a huge effect on the quality of your first job, which leads to the quality of your second job and so on. So you are more likely to be in a prestigious job in any given field from a more prestigious school than a less prestigious school. Sure there are exceptions, but it’s all about probabilities. Why should you hinder your chance when you have the opportunity to go to school that maximizes your chance?