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Anonymous wrote:Really? There must be some way to differentiate good programs from bad programs, no? By highly regarded I don't mean "fancy" or "elite" or anything like that, I just mean well respected. Does that not play into it?

Please go read the (older) thread in this forum on “Engineering Degree” if you want to understand the landscape for engineering better. No point in repeating here what was said there.

Thanks! I just looked it up. It's mostly about how hard the degrees are, and a discussion of women in engineering. Not much about the schools my DS is considering.

Anonymous wrote:Really? There must be some way to differentiate good programs from bad programs, no? By highly regarded I don't mean "fancy" or "elite" or anything like that, I just mean well respected. Does that not play into it?

Please go read the (older) thread in this forum on “Engineering Degree” if you want to understand the landscape for engineering better. No point in repeating here what was said there.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

So Santa Barbara is highly regarded?

Thankfully engineering doesn't generally play into the "highly regarded" trope that finance bros and lawyers on DCUM seem to care about.

Really? There must be some way to differentiate good programs from bad programs, no? By highly regarded I don't mean "fancy" or "elite" or anything like that, I just mean well respected. Does that not play into it?

My first job out of college I shared a cubicle with a kid from MIT and a kid from San Jose State Univ. Same job.
If it's an ABET accredited engineering program, that's what's most important. Now if you're applying to grad school, I'm certain that the school name may matter more, but if you're a BSEE applying for a job, outside of things like MIT or Cal Tech, the name on the diploma is a lot less important than grades and experience (internships, course work, research opportunities, etc)
Think of it more like medical school. Is JHU more prestigious than U of New Mexico medical school? Of course! But does that difference matter if your goal is to be a "regular" doctor? Nope, not really

+1 Having a degree from an accredited college gets you the interview. The job is dependent on how you do on the interview. Which accredited institution is fairly irrelevant.

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Anonymous wrote:Cornell

Ha ha!

It's still an ivy. The brand recognition alone is worth more than the same degree from rice, emery, Vandy, gtech, USC, northwestern, northeastern, bu, bc, JHU, u of ND, CMU. The ivy brand places Cornell engineering almost on the same level as MIT and Caltech. It's definitely closer to the latter than the former.

I do not think the orginal poster was kidding. Cornell has a very strong engineering program (though I think CMU is the top of the list above)

We have better data/information than stuff from random @ss here as we live in the 21st century.

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering

Straight Ranking
#7 UIUC
#8 UCLA
#10 Northeastern
#11 Purdue
#12 UMich
#18 UMD
Cooper Union > 30
UCSB > 30

Ranking per capita
#11 Northeastern
#20 Cooper Union
#27 UIUC
#28 UCLA
UMich > 30
Purdue > 30
UMD > 30
UCSB > 30

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Anonymous wrote: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.

So Santa Barbara is highly regarded?

Thankfully engineering doesn't generally play into the "highly regarded" trope that finance bros and lawyers on DCUM seem to care about.

Really? There must be some way to differentiate good programs from bad programs, no? By highly regarded I don't mean "fancy" or "elite" or anything like that, I just mean well respected. Does that not play into it?

My first job out of college I shared a cubicle with a kid from MIT and a kid from San Jose State Univ. Same job.
If it's an ABET accredited engineering program, that's what's most important. Now if you're applying to grad school, I'm certain that the school name may matter more, but if you're a BSEE applying for a job, outside of things like MIT or Cal Tech, the name on the diploma is a lot less important than grades and experience (internships, course work, research opportunities, etc)
Think of it more like medical school. Is JHU more prestigious than U of New Mexico medical school? Of course! But does that difference matter if your goal is to be a "regular" doctor? Nope, not really

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Anonymous wrote:Cornell

Ha ha!

It's still an ivy. The brand recognition alone is worth more than the same degree from rice, emery, Vandy, gtech, USC, northwestern, northeastern, bu, bc, JHU, u of ND, CMU. The ivy brand places Cornell engineering almost on the same level as MIT and Caltech. It's definitely closer to the latter than the former.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

So Santa Barbara is highly regarded?

Thankfully engineering doesn't generally play into the "highly regarded" trope that finance bros and lawyers on DCUM seem to care about.

Really? There must be some way to differentiate good programs from bad programs, no? By highly regarded I don't mean "fancy" or "elite" or anything like that, I just mean well respected. Does that not play into it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

So Santa Barbara is highly regarded?

Thankfully engineering doesn't generally play into the "highly regarded" trope that finance bros and lawyers on DCUM seem to care about.

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

+1

+2
None of those would deter me from interviewing a candidate if they had the major and course work I wanted. if you have a degree from any of them, internships and specific skills/interests will be what matter.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/physicists-and-astronomers.htm#:~:text=in%20May%202022.-,Job%20Outlook,on%20average%2C%20over%20the%20decade.

My impression is that physics grad students end up going into math modeling for financial companies (hedge funds, etc.), big data analytics, etc.

My family member thinks fusion might have a chance now. He worked on it for 10+ years, long ago.

What type of physics is your kid interested in?

Wow this link is great, thank you!

Anonymous wrote:https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/physicists-and-astronomers.htm#:~:text=in%20May%202022.-,Job%20Outlook,on%20average%2C%20over%20the%20decade.

My impression is that physics grad students end up going into math modeling for financial companies (hedge funds, etc.), big data analytics, etc.

My family member thinks fusion might have a chance now. He worked on it for 10+ years, long ago.

What type of physics is your kid interested in?

I don’t think he knows yet, maybe quantum physics and space. Definitely not financial modeling, he prefers the practical applications.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/physicists-and-astronomers.htm#:~:text=in%20May%202022.-,Job%20Outlook,on%20average%2C%20over%20the%20decade.

My impression is that physics grad students end up going into math modeling for financial companies (hedge funds, etc.), big data analytics, etc.

My family member thinks fusion might have a chance now. He worked on it for 10+ years, long ago.

What type of physics is your kid interested in?

Anonymous wrote: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.

So Santa Barbara is highly regarded?

Anonymous wrote:Cornell

Ha ha!