<p>I am interested in an engineering major and have been admitted to both Yale and Ann Arbor with full aid. Now I am not sure where to go. While Ann Arbor has such a famous engineering program, Yale has a lot it’s own advantages…
Please give your suggestions.</p>
<p>AA does have its advantages but at a cost: rather cutthroat. Prof will say “20% of you will fail this class. Don’t share notes. Your classmates aren’t your friends”</p>
<p>But the degree is highly tauted. On a downside your breadth of learning won’t match Yale’s offerings</p>
<p>Yale’s E degree is less but they you get the full spectrum of the college experience. Yes you’ll have an E degree but you’ll have had opportunity to take world class teachers in humanities, arts, social sciences, etc. – not just be a science wonk (which is what you’ll be at UM for five years). Yale’s social environment is much better. </p>
<p>Tough decision for sure. I was in your same boat. I wasn’t that dedicated to my potential science major and fell in love w/Y when I visited. I’d been accepted to UM November of my Sr year. I decided on Y, eventually majoring in Econ. I came back to work at UM for several years so I can speak about its social life.</p>
<p>As I’ve posted elsewhere, Yale engineering majors have no problem getting into top engineering grad schools with great funding, so it’s not like a Yale E degree is going to hurt you in the long run.</p>
<p>ok… but what if i want to do an engineering job right after school for sometime instead of directly going to grad school… will yale get me good placements…also what about the co-op programs during college…</p>
<p>I don’t think Yale puts as much focus on engineering as Michigan. Not to say students don’t get attention, but just that its a less popular major, wheres its tops at Michigan. Michigan is KNOWN for engineering, and seeing as how you have done well in admissions, I’d assume you would graduate towards the top of your class and get over 70k starting salary.</p>