Princeton Engineering???

[arjuninthehouse]

<p>Just wanted to enquire…
Which do u reckon is better: Engn from Cornell or Princeton
Frank opinion please</p>

[Pangiummy]

<p>Overall, Cornell is more regarded in engineering than Princeton. Cornell is considered the best engineering ivy.</p>

[arjuninthehouse]

<p>But with Princeton’s “NAME” won’t it add to the brand value???
So who has a higher brand value: Princ or Cornell Engineer?</p>

[Prokofiev]

<p>I would get into both of them and then worry about which will give you the “higher brand value,” because as it currently stands, they are both longshots (longshots for anyone).</p>

[Pangiummy]

<p>Princeton is not known for its engineers.</p>

[edy_42]

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But with Princeton’s “NAME” won’t it add to the brand value???
So who has a higher brand value: Princ or Cornell Engineer?

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<p>I don’t think you should worry about which has a better “brand value.” Instead, I would think about which school will give you the best opportunities, best education, which school you like better, etc. “Brand value” doesn’t really matter, especially for an undergraduate school. Nobody is going to regard you more highly w/ one school over the other.</p>

[Prokofiev]

<p>That is simply not the case. Anywhere you go Princeton will stand above the University of Kentucky, simply because of the level of instruction, programs, and recognition. Schools attain a prestigious “brand value” because of the superior opportunities and education they offer. (ie. MIT and Princeton <em>wink</em>), and for someone interested in engineering, “brand name” means a lot.</p>

[frozen-tears]

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Princeton is not known for its engineers.

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<p>Oh, but it is. However, the thing about Princeton engineers, unlike Cornell ones, is that even though we earn BSE degrees, we’re getting a liberal arts education.</p>

<p>Besides, wouldn’t you cede that Princeton does have the best ChemE in the Ivy League?</p>

[zoogies]

<p>There’s a very useful thread from the old CC forums (it’s got a very high pagerank for googling ‘princeton engineering’) found [url=<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?57277/88242]here.[/url”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?57277/88242]here.[/url</a>] It specifically compares MIT and Princeton, but there are some useful points made by someone who went to Princeton for engineering.</p>

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@Mlf

I got a BSE from Princeton in electrical engineering. I decided to attend Princeton in engineering because I wanted a well rounded education. I wanted the opportunity to take amazing humanities classes with humanities students who were serious about the subject. I also knew that a lot of potential engineers end up switching out of engineering, and I wanted to have that option.</p>

<p>I am now a graduate student at Caltech. When I graduated in '02 the economy was especially bad, so graduate school admissions were tougher than usual. I was not an extraordanary student at Princeton, and I still got in to Caltech. I feel as though Princeton’s upper level classes were about as difficult as Caltech’s, and my Princeton education prepared me well for Caltech. I think average students were able to get into the top engineering schools, and less studious students still got into respectable graduate schools. Graduate school admissions in engineering is much less competative that medical or law school admissions.</p>

<p>For a PhD program in engineering, the most important factor is research experience, combined with a recommendation from a Professor who is prominent in the field. At Princeton it is very easy to gain research experience, many of the departments require it, and most other students participate in research. Within only the electrical engineering department there is a Nobel prize winner (in physics, Dan Tsui, for the fractional quantum hall effect) and countless members of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. I am sure MIT has more, but they also have a much bigger school.</p>

<p>The engineering school at Princeton has a lot fewer required classes than most schools. Some would consider this a negative aspect, but it allows students to concentrate in an area that they are interested in, with depth and breadth requirements. I know that the new Dean of the engineering school is pushing hard right now to improve the engineering school even more, and to move it up in the rankings.

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@Mlf

Princeton’s engineering is very theoretical, while MIT is more practical. If you want to go directly into industry in engineering, I would not recommend Princeton engineering. It is very heavy on math and physics, and light on practical aspects in engineering. Caltech is also very theoretical, while MIT is much more applied with more ties to industry. Typically, of the graduating class, about one third goes directly to graduate school, one third to industry in engineering, and one third to finance, although it varies strongly with the economy.

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[edy_42]

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That is simply not the case. Anywhere you go Princeton will stand above the University of Kentucky, simply because of the level of instruction, programs, and recognition. Schools attain a prestigious “brand value” because of the superior opportunities and education they offer. (ie. MIT and Princeton <em>wink</em>), and for someone interested in engineering, “brand name” means a lot.

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<p>Well, you can’t really judge someone by which school they go to-- plenty of people do not have the opportunities to go to a school like Princeton of MIT, and plenty of people do not want to or are unable to invest the amount of money neccessary to go to one of these schools. UK is a top 100 engineering school, so I wouldn’t see any problem with going there, or a school like Purdue, University of Michigan, or University of Illinois are also good engineering schools. In the long run though, it isn’t going to matter either way-- what matters is the time and interest you put into your studies. Princeton is an excellent school, but you shouldn’t want to go there just because of the so called “brand name.”</p>

[sparticus800]

<p>in the long run, it’s not the school that makes you money, it’s how you do once you graduate in the business world. A graduate of stanford engineering and a graduate of podunk engineering may have different starting salaries, but if the stanfordian rests on his undergraduate laurals, he won’t advance like the diligent bright podunk engineering graduate will.</p>

[oakey29]

<p>A lot of Princeton Engineers go into management. I’m a freshman engineer at Princeton and when I visited last Spring they told me that “Princeton Engineers hire MIT Engineers.”</p>

[nycyuppie3]

<p>Thats true…which is why I am going into management after graduate school (maybe muscle myself up with an MBA from Harvard or Wharton as well)</p>