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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on what you consider Top. If your kid is only looking at small engineering schools, totally different list. Only schools with strong Arabic, different again. Or music conservancies? Or strong performing arts? Or recruitable in the sport you play? Or strong disability services? Or drivable from home?

These lists have no meaning when you are talking about a real kid who knows what they want or don't want.[/quote]

True, but so many on DCUM want their kid to get a humanities degree that they forget some families are making different choices.

And for Engineering, it largely does not matter which E School the student graduates from. ABET makes sure E School curricula are largely standardized and there are no "easy" E Schools. Even the schools who do not bother with ABET (e.g., MIT, CalTech) have essentially the same curricula.

As a STEM hiring manager, I know from experience that the ODU ECE graduate is fully competent, for example. Engineers know this; people outside engineering have trouble grasping this. [/quote]

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