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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some good engineering schools that I haven't seen mentioned here (and I've only skimmed the thread, so I've probably missed some of them) are Colorado School of Mines, RPI, Rose-Hulman, Embry-Riddle, Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd, Olin, Northeastern, and Georgia Tech.

Engineering is more of a meritocracy than some other fields. You don't have to go to a top school to be a top engineer. You need a good engineering brain, a knack for your field, and a strong interest.

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While one doesn’t have to go to a top engineering program to be a top engineer, that logic doesn’t make top engineering schools one par with weaker schools. It’s just means some engineers are good that didn’t go to top schools. They are not mutually exclusive. This is the same as any field.

Of course companies recruit from the top engineering schools. These companies do not have recruiting events at every school - only the top engineering schools that they know regularly produce great engineers. [/quote]

A diploma from a top school will help you find your first job, but after that you have to prove yourself. The best engineer I ever hired was a Vietnamese immigrant who came to the States at 14 with no knowledge of English. He started out at a community college and later transferred to an inexpensive regional university while working long hours on the side. He was head and shoulders above the graduates I hired from top engineering schools. The latter were generally solid and usually quite good, but he had that rare genius and creativity you can't teach. He would generate solutions that didn't occur to anyone else. He was also humble and hard-working. [/quote]

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