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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be aware that engineering anywhere is ‘hard’.[/quote]

+1 What jumped out in OP's post is the idea that there are engineering schools that don't have rigor -- that's simply not true. What makes some schools have a "hard" reputation is the number of cut throat, type A students you get in the bunch, all trying to out do each other to get the same research jobs and internships. At other schools, the content is just as hard, but the student body will spread it out more, and you'll have somewhat fewer stivers to compete with.

Also pay attention to schedules with engineering schools: some have mandatory off sight internships that make graduating take longer (but help with getting jobs); some are so big that getting needed classes is a struggle making graduating on time difficult; some are semester based, while others have 10-week quarters, and at least one has a not-for-slackers 7-week quarter system (yikes!!); some have reputations for key classes being taught by TA's who's ability to be understood can vary widely; and so on. Dig deeper than surface rank and generalized reputation.[/quote]

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