<p>why type and how many kids from rice ee get into top grad programs?</p>
<p>You can check it out yourself in this document: <a href=“http://cspd.rice.edu/emplibrary/Post%20Graduate%20Survey%202007.pdf[/url]”>http://cspd.rice.edu/emplibrary/Post%20Graduate%20Survey%202007.pdf</a></p>
<p>But it looks like in 2007 there were 10 EE majors heading to the following grad schools:
Cornell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Rice University - 5
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Virginia</p>
<p>so is this good?</p>
<p>or do other schools do better than this?</p>
<p>That is good., although I’m sure other schools do better. However, I’m going to guess that the majority of schools do worse.</p>
<p>Here’s a list of grad schools attended by Rice ECE grads from the previous year (2006):
- 26 -
Graduate schools, fields of study, and second degrees (where applicable): </p>
<p>Harvard University Law<br>
Princeton University Electrical Engineering<br>
Rice University Electrical Engineering<br>
Rice University, Jones School of Management Business<br>
Stanford University - 2 Electrical Engineering<br>
Mechanical Engineering<br>
University of California-Berkeley Electrical Engineering MATH
University of California-San Diego Electrical Engineering<br>
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Electrical Engineering<br>
University of Texas Electromagnetics and Acoustics<br>
University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio Medicine</p>
<p>so would the university of Texas at Austin’s EE grad placement be better than this?</p>
<p>right now i’m deciding between UT adn Rice and can’t seem to find any clear reason to choose one over the other. I feel like i’ll have fun to whichever one I go</p>
<p>You can get to anywhere from Rice - and if you work hard at UT, you can do the same. The mistake a lot of young folk make is only focusing on the outcomes, and not on the experience itself. The “clear reason” to choose one over the other will not come from outcomes (though I do think the opportunities for mentoring, research, etc, is much, much better at Rice), but from what you want to do and become during the next four years. Would you prefer to live in the res-college setting of Rice, or the one-year dorms then apartments of UT? Do you want big-football-watching at UT or the more participatory club sport and inter-college events of Rice? Do you want close mentoring and relationships with college master/R.A.'s and Profs at Rice or to maintain more distance and anonymity at UT? Are both options affordable to you? These are the questions you should be asking… As for “deciding between both” - well, the decision should have already been made if you are talking about 2009-2010 school year. Deposits were due on May 1 and commitments should have been made at that time… Rice takes the Honor Code and commitments seriously… you should not be “choosing” now!</p>
<p>I also find it strange that he is still choosing as of June 5. The only reason I think this could happen is that he just comes out of the waiting list from one of these schools (This is just a very wild guess.) I remembered that I notified the school of my decision as early as April 15, or even before that.</p>
<p>For professional school admissions, where a quite high percentage of matriculants may be from the waiting list, I heard this could happen on such a late date.</p>
<p>UT is strange though. I did not go there but last time I happened to check my account on its website, I could still log in and the information posted there led me to believe that I am a student in their eyes or something like that. (I am not.) Their web-site is “too friendly” ;-)</p>
<p>To OP: It is more important to go to a school which is a “fit” for you and you are likely happy there. You are more likely to do well when you are happy there. No matter what school (as long as it is reputable academically) you go to, if you do well there, it is more likely you can get into your “dream” graduate school in the future.</p>
<p>^^ wl decisions came out a few days ago</p>