Cornell vs. VT vs. Notre Dame

Pirates0301
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:00:33 +0000

I think the financial factor should be the most important as both Cornell and Notre Dame can be quite expensive.

If finance is a non-issue, I don’t agree that Notre Dame is academically inferior to V-Tech. I know that I am a little biased. I think Notre Dame gets a bad rep for engineering due to its smaller size and its undergrad focus. Even with the bad rep, its a still top 50 engineering school according to US News.

V Tech is a good school, but it is also really only known for engineering. What if you decide to change majors (A lot of people do that, I think 2/3 of my intro to engineering class switched majors). I hate to say it, but I think the overall prestige factor for Notre Dame and Cornell are both higher than V Tech’s. I am friends with some recruiters at non engineering companies, and they agree with me.

I think an engineering degree from any of the 3 schools will get you far in life, but I don’t think you should rule out Notre Dame because it is allegedly academically inferior in engineering.