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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is a junior looking at engineering schools. I noticed there are many public schools ranked higher than ivy league schools.  What makes these public schools ranked higher than private schools?  Does Berkeley, Univ of Michigan, Georgia Tech, Perdue and UIUC offer that much better of an engineering education than Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Univ Penn and Cornell? [/quote]

Cornell is pretty well known for engineering, but it's a pressure cooker. As for the other ivy league schools there are many better options for engineering - both public and private. The core reason is the historical snobbery of the ivy league. Engineering was for the trades. It was pedestrian. Meanwhile dozens of smarter schools filled that educational space, from elite privates like Stanford, MIT, Rice, and CMU to a slew of solid publics. Pretty sure that in most engineering circles a degree from Maryland or Purdue is going to be taken a lot more seriously than a degree from Yale or Brown.  [/quote]

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