Reply to VT worth higher cost?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "VT worth higher cost?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]My son went to VT for engineering.  Had a good experience.  Got a great job.  We are in Connecticut.  I know WPI well.
In my opinion, there is a benefit to school size in engineering.  Usually means more research, more electives, more alumni, etc.  Size is a benefit of VT.
I'm a big fan of Virginia Tech: beautiful campus, relatively low cost of living, great school spirit, good career placement, top 20 engineering.
However, your student has to be ok with Virginia Tech being in a rural area.

To answer your question -- I don't know that a VT engineering degree is worth more than the other programs you named.  Prestige is less important in engineering than in other fields ... unless you're at MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and a few other schools and even then I'm not sure it matters.  
I advise that your student decide based on which school they like best.  If they are excited about VT, I think it is worth the extra money, but more because your student wants to be there, than from the program being significantly better than the other schools you listed.

Academically for engineering, I would rank VT first, then Case Western and WPI, then Drexel and RIT.
I have a friend whose son went to Case Western for engineering.  Solid program.  Does your student want to be in Cleveland?
WPI is a good program.  Worcester is OK.  Their curriculum has 2 major projects; one junior year and one senior year.  I know lots of WPI graduates that have done well.
RIT is cold in Rochester and I think leans more toward engineering technology than engineering but that may have changed.
I don't know Drexel.  Think they may have Co-op.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics