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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am trying to guess at a good school for a future engineer [i](if it matters, soph with great grades and good test taking ability but not specific engineering interest beyond in the topic) [/i] and look at the rankings from USNWR, then the claims from the universities themselves...and it seems like there are things in tension.
There are juggernaut schools that have lots of graduates and serious research ....but then also big weedout classes.
There are high-SAT small cohort schools that seem to teach and care for the student . . . but might be kind of bare bones/generalist.
And there are more things in tension like this.

[b]What about the rankings makes sense? Is it professors' views of the productivity of the institutions? The engineers that came from given schools? The specific teaching quality in the disciplines? How "hard" the professors make it or "how well" they teach or whether you have every new toy to try out?
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Appreciate any thoughts or corrections to my confused ranting here....[/quote]
The rankings themselves tell you what they measure. USNWR: "The undergraduate engineering program rankings were based solely on peer assessment surveys. To appear on an undergraduate engineering survey, a school must have an undergraduate engineering program accredited by ABET. These programs are split into two groups: schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate and schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a bachelor's or master's."  And methodology: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/undergraduate-ranking-methodologies
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