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please be honest……realistically are the vast majority of those employees taken from certain "top" schools?

I think it might give a small edge, all other things being equal. It depends much more on how well you do at the school you attend, and how much you apply yourself, than which school you go to.

I was a hiring manager in a research group. It didn't matter that much to me. I did run into a manager once in a while who cared … but mostly not.

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I am currently a third-year Electrical Engineering and Computer Science student at a top engineering school. While I love many aspects of engineering, I have also always loved acting. Even though I've participated in high school and college plays, I have never taken an acting class.

I don't want to make acting my profession, per se. I would like to be in some movies or some shows, while being an engineer (or whatever I choose to be) most of the time. Is that possible, without dedicating many years to studying and progressing in the acting world? If possible, how would I break into the acting world?

As a working actor in Los Angeles, I would tell you that the likelihood of being anything outside of an extra in movies and television with no commitment is very slim. Some amount of training is a necessity, if just for resume purposes. While you could get into student films, features and television tend to require a higher level of committment.

Despite what the previous answerer stated, most of the people you see on television and movies ARE working actors. They may have a flexible day job, but most will have jobs they can either leave frequently or one's they don't care about. Auditioning is rigorous and very difficult, if not impossible, to do having a 9-5 job.

It is always possible to be "discovered" and many actors don't have a ton of formalized training to begin with, but all will eventually. Even the biggest stars have acting coaches. If you want to work in Hollywood you have to be on your toes, know your craft, and do alot of networking. Unlike auditioning in college, almost all Television and Feature work will mandate that you have an agent and you be a member of the union (SAG). You cannot even see the casting breakdowns generally, only agents do. Theatrical and Commercial agents are very picky and the majority of them won't sign you, once again, unless you are SAG.

How do you become SAG? You must either be hired by a production company as a starring actor OR you must obtain 3 SAG vouchers doing extra work (yes, even some extras are in the union). For some this takes years, but it IS the most common route to the union. Background work means long days usually (averaging 10 hour days) at low pay (non-union background starts at $52/8 hours, union starts at $122/8). Not something easily done if you want to work full-time as well.

My suggestion? Find some community theatre and get your acting bug out there. This business is cutthroat and very few make it, none that I know that are successful have acting as a "secondary" carreer. If you are serious, however, get some classes, and be prepared to spend money (headshots, mailings for agents, mailings to casting directors, postcards, etc).

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I know in NYC its a top name but elsewhere?

Not very well known outside of NYC. Silicon Valley being the center of gravity for high tech in US is almost devoid of Cooper grads. Typical answer is never heard of it. Problem is the small alumni size versus Stanford, MIT etc. which have very large influence worldwide. There are only 400 alumni in Silicon Valley / San Franciso Bay Area. Beyond that, the education is free and grads are of highest caliber that is unmatched anywhere in the world. The school teaches team solution rather than individual effort; and in the real engineering world, there is no such thing as a one man engineered product. Email me for more details.

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I am from India. And India boasts of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT's) as the finest and best in the world.

The Americans are proud of Massachusetts's Institute of Technology (MIT).

If you are from some different country, please name top tech schools in your nation.

I am looking forward for searching top Technological institutes across the globe.

I am anticipating more answers from Americans. Please name top engineering/tech universities in your nation.

Is it worth doing engineering from Oxford. I know Oxford is one of finest universities but is it worth for engineering?

Thank you for your comments.

As a civil engineer in the Nebraska, USA, I would recommend you narrow your search to the field of engineering. There are dozens, if not hundreds. When I was looking at schools 8 years ago (2000 High school graduate) the top 5 schools looked like this.

1. MIT
2. Cal Polytechnic
3. Washington University-St. Louis
4. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
5. Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute)

These are fine if you are looking at the following Fields of employment respectively:

1. Computers, Robotics, Mechanical
2. Don't know, never looked at it seriously
3. Mechanical
4. Automotive, Anything Automotive related
5. Mechanical, Automotive

I was interested in Civil Engineering, one of the best Civil programs was at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where I chose to go to school. Last year I believe they brought in over $1 million (U.S.) in research grants for the first time. For a Civil program this is amazing. They are also on the leading edge in bio-engineering. It has good mechanical, electrical and chemical programs as well, but does not offer aeronautical.

Another fine Civil school is Texas A&M. Define the feild you are looking at going into, some schools don't offer some feilds, others offer a lot of fields but only excel at one or two.

Good luck where ever you go.

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