Northeastern University-Penn State Industrial Engineering

TaciturnType
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:08:33 +0000

Most people will tell you that you shouldn’t really be thinking about graduate school before you’ve picked your undergraduate institution.

Regardless, there’s some advice that applies to basically everyone. Do you want to go for a masters or a PhD? If it’s a masters, prestige won’t make a difference, as admissions are generally less selective.

If you’re applying for a PhD, it could make a difference, particularly in who you get your letters of recommendation from. NEU is a great place to do undergraduate research because most people are focused on co-ops, you can work on your research during co-op if you’re living on campus (good chance of this, many of the employers are in Boston), and you have an extra year to gain experience. That being said, NEU isn’t quite as well know for research, so your recommendations might not get you as far as ones from PSU would.