What are the most prestigious engineering schools?

boneh3ad
Sun, 20 May 2012 10:01:04 +0000

Typically, I would consider it to be having a wide array of extracurricular clubs and activities at your disposal (sports teams, parties, intramurals, religious groups, clubs based on various interests or whatever else you are interested in), plus a wide variety of people, engineers and non-engineers alike,With whom to do them.

Academics are very important in college of course, but keep in mind that it is almost as important to have fun and do a lot of growing up while you are at it. You will learn more in college about life and who you are than any other time in your life, so you have to make sure that there are the right experiences for you to be had at your school of choice. Most people entering college don’t know what these right experiences will be, so the more diverse your opportunities, the better off you are generally.

Probably at least half of my friends in undergrad were non-engineers that I met through various clubs and activities. I met my wife, another non-engineer there. When I was 18, I would never have guessed some of the things I’d end up enjoying by the time I was 22 and graduating. For that reason I am incredibly grateful to have had the breadth of experience available to me that I had.

Oh, and all the while I was living my life, I had plenty of time to study enough to get into a PhD program right out of undergrad. If you manage your time properly, you have plenty of time to work hard and play hard, and you should.