Chance Me Please: 3.98 UW, 4.23 UCGPA, ACT 32 (retaking), [aerospace or mechanical] Engineering [CA resident]

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@Lemonlima128832

Do you think ABET accreditation matters more than school prestige? For example, if one school has higher prestige but isn’t ABET accredited, and another school is ABET accredited but less prestigious, would the latter actually be the better choice?

For most situations where you want to work as an aerospace or mechanical engineer (as opposed to finance or consulting or some such), choose a school that is ABET accredited for the major (schools with ABET accredited general engineering majors with mechanical or aerospace subareas may be suitable). Even the few high-prestige-in-engineering schools that have discontinued ABET accreditation for some engineering majors retain it for mechanical (and civil of course).

@tsbna44

Go look up some jobs - many of them state - ABET accreditation required. So yes, short of Stanford, that’s the very most important thing.

Stanford retains ABET accreditation in mechanical and civil engineering, even though it has discontinued ABET accreditation for some other engineering majors it still offers.