underrated/overrated engineering schools?

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<p>someone started a thread like this elsewhere, but it was just about all schools in general. so i thot i might start this thread pertainint to engineering.</p>

<p>soo…</p>

<p>what do u think us the most underrated engineering school? overrated?</p>

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<p>petrolium is the most underrated, it is the highest paying major according to us news</p>

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<p>umm thats cool lol but i meant which actual schools. heres the original thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/555045-most-overrated-underrated-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/555045-most-overrated-underrated-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>for example…
underrated: university of blah blah blah
overrated: blah blah blah institute of technology</p>

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<p>im california biased…
so san jose state and cal poly slo are both very underrated.</p>

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<p>University of Alaska Fairbanks is highly underrated. It really is an excellent academic institution for engineering. Especially mining/petroleum/geological.</p>

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<p>I’m sure that in those fields, Alaskan universities are well-respected. But you wouldn’t want to study compE there, because they only teach compE-technology.</p>

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<p>Save your breath Tom, as far as alchemist is concerned, petroleum/mining is all there is. It’s the bee’s knees, dontchaknow.</p>

<p>Honestly, what type of criteria are you looking at for underrated vs. overrated? Depending on that, you could probably make a case for just about any school to be underrated or overrated.</p>

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<p>I’d say the service academies are underrated. They’re not ranked against the big engineering schools that offer PhDs, despite being comparable in quality for undergraduate work.</p>

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<p>boneh3ad, dont b so critical. this is just supposed to be for fun. its based on opinion.</p>

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<p>boneh3ad had a fair question. I was wondering the same thing actually. If you’re basing it on one’s opinion, it wouldn’t be a very fair or accurate assessment. How many programs is one person really familiar with? Only a handful in most cases.</p>

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<p>underrated: Purdue</p>

<p>overrated: Olin</p>

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<p>underrated - Purdue, U of Washington, UIUC</p>

<p>These schools are usually ignored because their overall prestige isn’t exactly up to par with, let’s say Michigan or Berkeley, but when it comes down to engineering, they are right there, especially UIUC and give or take Purdue, one or two spot difference isn’t much.</p>

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<p>How can Olin be overrated if most people haven’t heard of it?</p>

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<p>lol @ the people taking this thread so seriously. I’m gonna be a homer and say UIUC is underrated. I really don’t think any school is overrated in this department.</p>

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<p>UIUC basketball is more underrated than engineering though… It’s going to be a good year.</p>

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<p>^ We have some sparkling recruits coming in. We’ll get the respect we deserve soon enough. Should be a fun season.</p>

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<p>sweet, can I expect the next deron williams during my next 4 years?</p>

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<p>Jereme Richmond is a SF, not a PG, but he very well might turn out to be as good as DWill.</p>