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<p>I am applying to about 7 schools right now for a BSEE. I was wondering what engineers believe to be the best overall out of the ones I am applying to. I am applying to Alfred U, BU, Christian Brothers, Northeastern, RIT, RHIT, and Wofford. Some of those probably need explanation. Christian Brothers, so far, no one has heard of but they have an engineering department and it seems to the only small school with engineering in the south. RIT seems like my first choice but no one seems to ever mention it. Its rankings suck kinda bad mainly because of its 5 years programs. Wofford has a dual-degree program with Columbia so I could go Ivy League. I was just wondering an engineer’s thoughts on each of these schools. My guidance counselor is useless in this matter.</p>

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<p>I believe RHIT to be the best of that group.</p>

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<p>It depends on your definition of “best”. CBU has a very good reputation in Memphis area and many graduates find themselves in Fortune 500 companies, particularly FedEx and Autozone. Boston probably has the best brand recognition among recruiters. Wofford-Columbia 3-2 program would give you the best of two worlds if you desire liberal arts + solid engineering training.</p>

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<p>I like RIT from your list.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the help. The one I was most worried was CBU but now I am much more comfortable. I guess its just the regular college worries. Thanks again.</p>

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<p>lukeaa,</p>

<p>Dunno if you’re gonna wander back into this thread, but I figured I would offer my rather limited 2 cents.</p>

<p>By RHIT, if you mean Rose-Hulman, I would think that that would have the best national exposure to recruitment out of all the schools youve mentioned. I know of quite a few of EEs at work (big semiconductor co.) from Rose, and so I’d imagine it’d be similar at other brand name companies.</p>

<p>BU might have recruitment advantages from being in Boston; there’s at least an Intel and AMD site near there, (possibly also an Analog Devices site?) and I believe there are other tech companies out there due to MITs local sphere of influence. (However, as a disclaimer, I don’t personally know anyone who goes to BU; I just know of people who work at some of the companies near Boston) </p>

<p>As an aside, with schools like Rose, you’ll certainly benefit from smaller class sizes as opposed to schools such as BU or Northeastern, where I’d imagine eng’g class sizes are certainly larger.</p>

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<p>I know people who go to RHIT from all around the country and they love it… maybe not exactly the traditional college experience(it’s small) but still a good school. Has a good rep too.</p>

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<p>Thanks again.If I can afford to go to Rose-Hulman, I think thats where I’ll go. Assuming I get in of course. Thanks for all the information, this has reassured me a lot.</p>

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<p>Any other questions about Rose-Hulman feel free to ask me via PM or see my thread in the Rose-Hulman sub-forum.</p>

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<p>I’d say RIT. I was very surprised at AMD’s on-site interview event how many RIT people there are. I believe the schools with the most people at the event was: UT, Purdue, UIUC, RIT, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, CMU, and Michigan (in that order). If you take a look at the campuses they recruit at:</p>

<p><a href=“http://careers.amd.com/en-us/work_college_recruiting.aspx[/url]”>http://careers.amd.com/en-us/work_college_recruiting.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You will see that they only go to a few places, and it’s VERY competitive. Most of their new hires come from those schools, with very few from else where (I met one guy from Pitt, another one from Illi Tech).</p>

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<p>what about RPI</p>

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<p>Is that question for me?</p>

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<p>nope the op.</p>

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<p>The reason I never looked at RPI was because when I first started looking at colleges, my scores weren’t that great and I figured I wouldn’t be able to get in. I first started looking for schools in 10th grade because my sister was a senior then and was going through heck. Also at the beginning I didn’t want to go to hardcore engineering schools and RIT was at the bottom of my list.A lot of stuff has changed since then and my college list changed drastically. Thanks for all your input again. P.s the only thing that hasn’t changed is that my counselor is still utterly useless.</p>