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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Engineer here. There are really no bad engineering programs because they tend to weed less qualified or motivated students out. The difference between elite schools (eg MIT, Stanford) and everyone else is that the weeding out happens during admissions. And of course those elite schools have great networks,facilities, etc. But your child will get a solid education from any program. I say this having attended both a normal school for undergrad and an "elite" school for grad school.

Have you considered co-op schools, like Drexel or Northeastern? These programs will allow your child to actually try out engineering for six months at a time, in a form of extended paid internship. Really good experience and provides your child with info on whether engineering will be a good career fit (vs just class study) and whether they should consider a different type of engineering (eg comp vs electrical) based on the type of work. We engineers call this a feed back loop :)[/quote]

But those schools do not guarantee co-ops, do they? Like internships, some get them and some do not. Not sure why people say "go to a co-op school" like you're handed a co-op as part of the education. If you go to a co-op school and struggle to find a co-op, I suspect you look like a failure and feel like one. And there are all types of reasons why qualified people could struggle to find one. Same way not all qualified people get admitted to schools. More applicants than seats. [/quote]

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