I just posted this in another thread:
My dad was an engineering professor at UT Austin for many years and is still consulting while in hospice! (Yesterday he was on a conference call because he’s on the committee overseeing UT’s new internship program for civil engineering students.) He knows a LOT about schools and job placement. Just yesterday he was saying that the undergrad school attended is not important as long as it’s accredited. That’s what employers are looking for. What’s critical is your job performance or the grad school you attend. Do not go into a lot of debt for undergrad!!!
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I will say his comments surprised me because he is literally the most devoted UT fan alive (the Longhorn Band Director has already promised that band members will perform at Dad’s memorial service, a very rare honor). For Dad not to recommend UT engineering over other schools says a lot.