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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yea, ok, so how many kids do you know who turn down Harvard for Penn State for engineering?

I'll answer:  zero.

Because of all the rankings that don't matter, it's the engineering undergrad rankings.  You go to any one of these schools -- or the next 30 for that matter -- and get through the program, and you'll get a great job.  [/quote]

Based on these rankings, Harvard and Penn State are tied so if you got into both the Harvard name cache would probably put it over the edge.

But here's a real world example that's recent: my neighbor's DS got into Purdue and Dartmouth last Spring for engineering and chose Purdue. Purdue is ranked higher for engineering but some think because Dartmouth is an ivy that it's better period. Our neighbors went for engineering excellence over general pedigree.[/quote]
Dartmouth does not have a real 4 year BSE program though! Not a valid comparison! The ivies with real engineering are better than purdue(Princeton, Penn, Harvard Columbia for sure, and possibly even Yale, newer but moving up fast in the engineering realm)[/quote]

I disagree that any Ivy has a stronger engineering program or better engineering students than Purdue. The scale of Purdue’s engineering program alone sets it apart from all of the Ivies. Its wide range of majors, depth of coursework, and extensive opportunities for research can't be matched by the Ivies.

When you look at schools like Purdue, Georgia Tech, and Illinois, it’s clear they attract and graduate a larger number of top-tier engineering students than the Ivies. Consider Purdue’s incoming engineering class of 2024. It included 3,600 (not including CS) freshmen, with 75th percentile scores of 1510 on the SAT and 34 on the ACT, along with a 4.0 unweighted GPA. That means around 900 students had stats even. And unlike many Ivy League schools, Purdue requires test scores. While I haven’t run the exact figures, I’d bet that Purdue, Georgia Tech, and Illinois each produce more engineering graduates annually than all the Ivies combined.

It’s true that Purdue’s overall student profile isn’t as selective by percentage, but that reflects its broader mission. Still, when you look at the top graduates from Purdue’s engineering program, I’d put them up against those from any school, including MIT[/quote]

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