Just Say NO!

eyemgh
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:59:50 +0000

Slithey, he wants a smaller school than the state engineering powerhouses like Purdue, UIUC. He’ll likely end up at a smaller state school or a private that offers enough merit-aid to substantially offset their “rack rate.”

I reference USNWR because it’s the common language used on CC. I don’t put a lot of stock in any ranking system per se, especially the USNWR engineering rankings. Their methodology artificially separates schools that offer PhDs from those that don’t and bases their rank 100% on institutional reputation. I use IPEDS data to look at freshman retention, graduation rates, percentage of faculty that are full time, etc. and individual common data sets to assess potential for merit aid.

In watching most people’s “where should my DS or DD go for engineering?” threads, most “advisers” just hammer on “ya gotta go to MIT, or CalTech” or you insert big time well known name, usually the most expensive school in the list of options. There’s little justification behind the recs. There are a few engineers and computer scientists who’ve been in the field and are well reasoned and pragmatic. They are rare. Their information is helpful.

M

+1 for post 100!