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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on the enginerring discussion in this thread, it appears that most agree that only a small percentage of top students from elite schools see meaningful employment advantages. Given this reality, what justifies paying Ivy League or high-tier private tuition for an engineering degree when state flagships, regional universities, or lower-ranked private schools with merit aid can provide equivalent career outcomes?[/quote]

They don’t have equivalent career outcomes. Top privates have better outcomes because they are smaller and have higher caliber graduates.[/quote]I don’t even understand your point. Small may be great for liberal arts but not for engineering. Think about it. GT, Cal, and Illinois aren't producing great engineers despite their size, they're producing them because of it. When you have 50 faculty members in one department instead of 5, you get cutting edge research, diverse expertise, and opportunities that small programs simply can't match.

This is why the truly elite engineering schools, whether public like Cal and GT or private like MIT and Stanford, are all substantial in size. Even the small elite privates aren't actually small. MIT has more than 11,000 students and Stanford has more than 17,000.

Small programs often mean limited options. Want to switch from mechanical to aerospace? Sorry, we don't offer that. Interested in AI applications in civil engineering? Our one CS professor is already overloaded.

The alumni networks at large schools aren't weaker, they're exponentially stronger. There are more GT grads in engineering leadership roles than graduates from most small programs combined.
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Are you arguing MIT, Caltech, and Stanford are bigger than public schools? We are talking about undergraduates here.

[b]Top privates simply have better students on average. That’s a fact.[/b]

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Just stop. lol[/quote]

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