NYU-Poly, as you know, is now officially a part of NYU. Poly is a well respected school but it was never considered to be among the very good engineering universities. Despite that, NYU graduates earn average mid-career salaries of $117,000(4th among Engineering schools) according to Payscale . It’s also third among engineering schools for best return on investment. Now, that it’s a part of NYU, it certainly will be better known all over the world but why wasn’t it well known to begin with. It certainly prepares its graduate well for their professional lives.
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Poly, before it became a part of NYU was one of many such schools, ITs and universities with intensive tech programs like Stevens, IIT, to name a few. They do tend to do well in terms of return on investment as any school that trains students in the fields where jobs are aplenty and pay well do. But there are not that many students who want to commit to being a STEM major (even fewer who succeed in getting that major) and the schools with that focus don’t tend to do that well in popularity and quality of life rankings. They score poorly in rating, rank, and recognition if they are not parts of schools that are better rounded like some state schools with good STEM departments or are the tops in their field like MIT, CMU CWR, etc. Poly was pretty much a local school, not something that attracted top students from all over because it did not have a free attribute like Olin and Cooper Union did, nor was it a great place to go to school from the ratings angle. The NYU name will certainly give it lustre but disappointment as well, since y’ain’t gonna be in Washington or Union square in Manhattan if you go to that branch of NYU.
There are also some great finds in STEM that I think are even better than POLY, such as SUNY Maritime, Manhattan College and the SUNYs altogether, as well as other state schools that cost a whole lot less. Being from POLY with an engineering and tech degree isn’t going to snare you that much more in pay if any than going to those opitions mentioned, and they cost a lot less most of the time, and some have a lot more amenities and higher quality of life. I have several family members who went/are going to Pitt, UDel, UMD, Penn State for engineering and they would put their noses right up at Poly. Not even on the list, and I would not even suggest it, given what they want in their college experiences and the likely premium Poly woud cost. My kids would never even consdier Poly whereas they all were interested in the schools I just listed in terms of environment.
Poly graduate here. Poly (in its incarnation as Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Polytechnic Institute of NY and then Polytechnic University) was mostly a commuter school for its undergraduate programs. It was more well known for its graduate curriculum which attracted a large international student body. Up until the 1990s, there wasn’t much of a campus in Brooklyn, mostly two buildings and a student center in a rather shady part of downtown Brooklyn. The school underwent a significant expansion and began to buy up the neighboring buildings under the Metrotech program to create a more large campus feel. With Brooklyn’s real estate prices going through the roof, it’s now in a very hot neighborhood. From what I gather, the undergraduate programs have increased in its rigor and the students are getting a good engineering education with decent facilities. Poly is an ABET accredited school, so it meets the academic requirements for a good engineering education. The only question now is the cost, as I don’t know what the annual tuition is today, especially as it’s now under NYU. I think the proximity of Poly to Wall Street has some benefits in finding work in the NYC area after graduation. Interestingly enough, quite a few of my Poly friends have ended up working in finance or in entrepreneurial startups which have served them very well.
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because its not selective and my friends who were relatively dumb got in
Does anyone got into the Honors Program at Poly (those selected will be emailed)?
Most public schools aren’t selective but they’re still excellent academically and well respected.