Why Do Party Schools Rank So High?

quicksilver40133
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:30:13 +0000

Actually, those who go to top schools for undergraduate engineering usually want to kill themselves, because they realize only at the end that the overrated academics and the consequentially diminished GPA are big factors, considering that their is a magical entity called an “accreditation board” that tells employers all graduates know the same stuff. If you go to a top ranked school in engineering or information science for better job prospects, you’re kidding yourself, and possibly wasting money.

Furthermore, undergraduate education in the US is generally better than that in Europe. Not only are the top insitutions better here, but the average institutions are on par with the average ones in Europe. There are rankings of the top 500 or so world universities, and most of them are from the US, including most big-named state schools here.

Success is what you make of it. Doesn’t matter where you go, within reason. Anyplace with a decent library, a decent faculty, and nothing to do but study will offer a fine education.