My husband works with an MIT grad. He wishes he had gone to WPI. They produce very capable engineers. It is a top school in the region and probably best known regionally. Very hands on, working on projects from the start and more balanced than MIT. They have 4 seven week sessions. At MIT your student would work from pillar to post. If your son wants to BE an engineer then go to WPI. If he might want to work on Wall Street, go to MIT. And WPI has a great career center. Everyone I know that goes there loves it. I don’t think he will want to leave.