Duke vs UMich vs Cornell vs JHU (BME)

DarkIce
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:16:33 +0000

JHU and Duke are tops for BME, but Cornell and Michigan rank higher than both for overall undergraduate engineering. At this point though, all four are on the highest playing field for your major, so the differences here are marginalized. Never pick a school based on rankings, it’s a superficial system that has very little application in the real world outside of bragging rights (and even then, only people in the field would know that one school is ranked higher than the other in engineering). If you do well, you’ll be a stand out applicant whether your app says JHU, Duke, or Cornell - it simply doesn’t matter at this point, as all of your choices are highly respect for your field. What matters is choosing a school you will enjoy for the next four years of your life, creating lasting memories that you’ll reflect on for the rest of your life. in addition - look at recruitment. That’s where you’ll likely find your career anyway.

People just have to stop basing major life decisions on a flawed ranking system. It leads to a lot of regret.