<p>how much does a school’s rank in a particular program affect getting into grad school? For example, MIT’s engineering vs. SEAS</p>
<p>it doesn’t really matter, as long as you do well in that school. SEAS and engineering is really different, with SEAS being more of a balanced engineering curriculum supplemented with liberal arts material. MIT engineering is more hardcore, technical based</p>
<p>I dont think that statement is very correnct. as far as I understand, MIT’s core is not entirely tech based. MIT students are encouraged to take art/humanties classes as well. in their undergraduate requirement:</p>
<p>"Each student must complete a minimum of eight HASS subjects. (HASS subjects carry symbols for HASS requirements in the MIT Subject Listing and Schedule.) Many students take these required eight subjects at the rate of one per term, although this pace is not mandatory. " (hass standing for Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences)</p>
<p>while seas students complete some of college’s core and a number of non-tech electives.</p>
<p>while I think that you would probably have a more rigorous expirence at mit (and likely a better chance at grad school) I agree with benshen that what matters the most is how well you do at the particular school.</p>
<p>What matters most is your performance and your potential to carry out interesting and rigorous research. The difference in ranking between the two programs is almost purely nominal–graduate admissions committees don’t care if you went to a school ranked #3 instead of #6, as such discriminations don’t mean much to them.</p>
<p>Most of the engineering majors have to get accreditation from ABET. So, the coursework is fairly standard from school to school. How well you do is by far and the way the most important thing.</p>
<p>And, they don’t even rank engineering undergraduate majors. Other than by notions of general reputation, I’m not sure that there is a well-recognized pecking order.</p>