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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are out of state for Indiana and Massachusetts, the analogy here aptly answers part of your question.  Going to IU for engineering instead of to Purdue is like going to Harvard for engineering instead of to MIT.  It’s as dumb a decision as that.[/quote]

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So guys... don't you think this is an absurd oversimplification? Like Harvard Engineering is complete garbage or something...

My sister has an engineering PhD from MIT, and one year she got to work with a prof at Harvard and get into a lab there for this project... she was over the moon and her colleagues were like, wow congrats on the opportunity! Like, MIT engineers do not look down on Harvard engineers or the programs there. At all. So maybe neither should you?[/quote]

I promise you, people think it's weird to go to Harvard for engineering.[/quote]

Let's definitely trust "people" over MIT engineers on where it's "weird"' to go for engineering.[/quote]

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For a lot of people outside STEM, they don’t understand the distinction between science and engineering.  Harvard is great for math, physics and engineering.  But its engineering is not even close to the likes of MIT, not even close to Purdue!  By the way, Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 best in the nation (not breaking down by major).

Undergrad at Purdue, grad school at MIT. My opinion counts for a lot. And yes, it's weird.[/quote][/quote]

Sorry about my typo.  Harvard is great for math, physics and chemistry, but not engineering. [/quote]

Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 by US News.  Only MIT, Stanford and Berkeley rank higher.

https://premium.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings
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That’s the grad level. Undergraduate it’s not ranked quite as highly, but still top ten. [/quote]

You are right.  But the grad engineering ranking is 2023.  Undergrad ranking is last year’s.  #9 in undergrad.  That shows the strength of Purdue’s research though.

https://premium.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate
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