Anonymous wrote:Cornell

Ha ha!

Anonymous wrote:Honestly any of these would be fine if they did well on the technical interview.

+1

I'd put everything except Northeastern & Cooper Union in one bucket.

From within that bucket, I would look for candidates with upper-level (3xx,4xx,5xx) electives which lined up with my skill needs.

If they studied electric power, for example, I don't have any of that sort of EE work. If they studied Verilog/VHDL then I would follow up because I do have that kind of work.

Anonymous wrote:I'd look for a kid who had done undergrad research or had meaningful experience on a competition STEM team. Look for a school where those are an option.

Nah, the competition stuff is dumb.

Anonymous wrote:If you are currently working in a cutting edge engineering or physics field and/or hiring young graduates for engineering and physics jobs I would love to hear from you. Where would you prefer to hire from, all other things being equal?
-Northeastern
-UIUC
-Purdue
-U Michigan
-UCLA
-UC Santa Barbara
-UMD
-Cooper Union

Thank you!

No reputable hiring manager would prefer one of those, all else being equal.

Anonymous wrote:Cornell

Go Big Red!

Anonymous wrote:Not UCLA. It's a degree factory where engineering is taught via standardized tests. Smart kids. Terrible instruction.

Can you elaborate? Is there somewhere I can read up on this? Thank you!

Honestly any of these would be fine if they did well on the technical interview.

I mean, it still depends on the applicant themselves and the role. But here is how I look at these.

UIUC, Michigan, Purdue, Maryland would be my top tier - I know the programs pretty well and what I am getting, it is fairly straightforward to evaluate a prospective hire.

UC schools maybe - as others have stated, good schools, but there is a cookie cutter approach that requires deeper dive.

Northeastern and Cooper Union not bad but need more data - what did they do, what was their co-op, were they studying in Boston or did they do a couple semesters in Europe, again just more detail needed.

I’d pick Purdue - those kids are put through the wringer and if they survive and do OK then they are really bright kids with great time management and problem solving skills.

Probably not Cooper Union, but the others are all good options, except Northeastern, which I don't know much about - that doesn't mean it is bad, just that I'm not as familiar with it.

I'd look for a kid who had done undergrad research or had meaningful experience on a competition STEM team. Look for a school where those are an option.

Not UCLA. It's a degree factory where engineering is taught via standardized tests. Smart kids. Terrible instruction.

Cornell

If you are currently working in a cutting edge engineering or physics field and/or hiring young graduates for engineering and physics jobs I would love to hear from you. Where would you prefer to hire from, all other things being equal?
-Northeastern
-UIUC
-Purdue
-U Michigan
-UCLA
-UC Santa Barbara
-UMD
-Cooper Union

Thank you!