Which of these wonderful LACs to choose? Advice desperately needed

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explains why companies don’t care if a particular university is ABET accredited in a particular engineering discipline

This interests me because it seems to be contrary to CC wisdom that ABET is all that matters, but it’s not relevant to OP.

Replied in a new thread so as not to clutter this thread based on a student interested in humanities majors:

ABET accreditation

This interests me because it seems to be contrary to CC wisdom that ABET is all that matters, but it’s not relevant to OP. As usual, there are nuances. Civil engineers commonly seek Professional Engineer (PE) licensing, and completion of an ABET accredited degree is important or very helpful for that. In some other areas of engineering, PE licensing may be sought; those going into directions where PE licensing may be needed may find ABET accreditation to be more important. The patent exam also lists an ABET accredited engineering degree as a possible prerequisite. In the absence of specific needs for ABET accreditation, it is treated as an indicator of meeting a relatively high standard of quality. Some schools decided not to continue or not seek ABET accreditation for some engineering majors. Sometimes, these are highly regarded schools which do that for majors where PE licensing is not typically an issue. A example is Stanford retaining ABET accreditation in civil and mech…