Full scholarship Electrical Engineering program, or prestigious college no scholarship?

ItsJustSchool
Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:08:52 +0000

We do not know how to gauge its reputation. If you look on College Confidential for “Chance me” threads, there are many, many “chance me” threads. How many do you see that say “Chance me to TAMU Engineering”? Or threads that say, I was accepted to WUSL, Carnegie Mellon, and TAMU in EE- where should I go? And the Qatar campus will have its own teachers and reputation. Or click over on the left under “Colleges and Universities” then “Top CC Universities” and click on TAMU. Don’t see it there? Neither do I. Prestige is not always correlated with quality, and TAMU is a solid school. But you said “prestigious.” As in, “the name alone will open doors.” And that does not resonate strongly. UT Austin is more prestigious, in the state of Texas, as is Rice (even more so). And notice that it is the Austin campus in particular of UT that is prestigious.

So, should you accept an entry-level position where they treat you well and train you in how to effectively work in a company in return for a fully paid education? It is up to you. But consider, you will need to be working in any case, and the jobs are probably pretty plum jobs, so it is not like you are in chains until the age of 28 before you can start your life.

Is your freedom of choice of employers worth US$111,000? That is your new question. If not, U of Q seems to be a great opportunity!

@sevmom, TAMU is NOT in the USA. It is a branch campus in Qatar.