Is harvard engineering (Biomedical especially) famous?

aibarr
Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:52:08 +0000

StephenP,

Yeah, that was the impression that I got, too. My best friend from high school got a great degree from Harvard, but was more or less unaware that Harvard even had engineering. When I was visiting her and prowling around the Coop in the square, I figured I’d kill some time and look for the engineering texts.

I had to go up three floors and to the very corner of the bookstore to find the one lone shelf upon which ALL the books for engineering were located. So… yeah, bad vibes. If your local bookstore doesn’t stock the textbooks I need to study what I’m studying, I’m probably going to be less than inclined to study at your university.

I don’t think that holding Harvard accountable for these sorts of things makes me somehow ignorant of their engineering proficiency, or that it makes me an engineering snob, or anything like that. I’d say that stocking my textbooks is a pretty basic request, and I’d like for people who have spent four years there to at least know about the program if I’m going to stake my future upon it. It’s not because of the size of the program, either… I mean, Rice only had 12 civs my senior year, but everyone at least knew that we existed.

Eh. Details.
OK, back into the midterm stupor.