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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son graduated from Virginia Tech engineering.  Its was tough and a lot of work.  But he was able to manage it.  Had a great friend group, went to football games, lots of school spirit.  He got onto a great project team.  The recruiting was very impressive.  He is now a software engineer at Google.

My daughter is currently in Cornell engineering.  Her experience has been pretty miserable.  Really intense workload.  Hard to get access to professors.  Very much sink or swim.  My son feels they cover material faster, and in fewer courses, than what he saw at Virginia Tech.  It seems pretty difficult to get onto a project team or to do undergraduate research (might vary by major?).  She finds it hard to find time for a football game.  So far, I've not been impressed by the on-campus recruiting, which is also too Wall-street heavy for what my daughter wants.

So, while you can argue that Cornell is more prestigious (and maybe that pays off in the long-run), my son had a better experience at Virginia Tech.  I can see where it makes sense for some students to go to a less intense engineering program (and Virginia Tech is plenty tough) but I wonder if most engineering programs aren't intense given the nature of the engineering curriculum and ABET requirements (chemistry, physics, calculus, etc. before you get into the major).[/quote]

+1, my 2 DDs are currently in Cornell engineering too (junior and sophomore). They constantly have to work past 3:00 am. During prelim times or project due dates like the last 3 weeks, I see them working with their friends pass 5:00 or 6:00 am in the engineering quad many nights. Virginia Tech was hard when I attended engineering school there, but there was more free time for sure. Go along with their groups of friends, I think that is how they help each others survive so far [smile]. [/quote]

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