For Engineering, Which of these schools is best?
December 28th, 2008
I got accepted into University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At this point, my intended major is chemical engineering, but i'm not quite sure whether i will stick through it since I am also open to other engineering majors such as nuclear, material, electrical, and mechanical.
University of Michigan has the most prestigious reputation among the three overall, but it's overall engineering ranking is one behind U of I… but for mechanical engineering, it's ranked second, and five for many engineering majors (but not chemical engineering)
University of Wisconsin Madison is ranked 3rd in chemical engineering and 2nd in nuclear engineering. but its overall engineering ranking is lower than that of u of I and michigans…
UIUC ranks 6th overall (ranks 1 in material and civil, and overall top 5 in many engineering programs). it has the best reputation amongst engineering schools I've been accepted to…
I'm really confused as to which one I should go and benefit most from…
They are all top notch engineering schools, you should choose the university who's environment will suit your personalty the best. Go to the campus while they are in session and check out the student body and faculty and see if you will like it there and will fit in. You will do a whole lot better and learn a whole lot more if you are happy and comfortable in the environment you are in.
As for me, I wish I went to a different school with a more diverse faculty and student body and with smaller classes instead of going to UF where they don't have any women profs, hispanic profs or African American profs in the CE department and there is a lot of animosity from the asian and rich white students towards the hispanic, black and poorer students.
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illinois!!!
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Which program and school did you like best when you visited? Listen to your "gut" about which one seemed to be the best fit. How you feel you'll fit into a school is more important than an arbitrary "ranking".
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That's really the problem with some people these days with decisions. Ask yourself, are you going to a University just for their reputation? Even if you do graduate from any university, many of the jobs don't really care what University you attended, but what you have learned from there.
As for choosing a University, consider choosing one that you will have a life habit with. For example, is the University close toward a crowded city, or a small city, close to parents house, your house, or the environment you are interested with?
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They are all top notch engineering schools, you should choose the university who's environment will suit your personalty the best. Go to the campus while they are in session and check out the student body and faculty and see if you will like it there and will fit in. You will do a whole lot better and learn a whole lot more if you are happy and comfortable in the environment you are in.
As for me, I wish I went to a different school with a more diverse faculty and student body and with smaller classes instead of going to UF where they don't have any women profs, hispanic profs or African American profs in the CE department and there is a lot of animosity from the asian and rich white students towards the hispanic, black and poorer students.
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Take visits to all the schools and then decide based on your impressions from the visits. They're all top notch institutions and you can't go wrong with any of them for engineering. Michigan and Illinois are probably the best and between those in depends on what you want to go into. I wouldn't pay as much attention to rankings as to what your individual impression of the schools is. The way they do the rankings for the individual majors is pretty subjective anyways.
Also, given the current economic situation, if one of them is your home state, I'd go to that one. They're so close in every other facet, that if you can cut your debt in half by going to the home state school, that'd probably be a good idea.
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Have you visited at one of the colleges?
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