its college time

[robertjuric]

Wanted to know if anyone has heard of EIU(Eastern Illinois Univesity). I got a packet in the mail today from them, but really havent heard of them.

Also if anyone else has suggestion for an nice school to get an degree in electrical engineering at, shoot them my way. Im just going to apply for all I can and see what happens. But I really dont know many, so I need yall to help give me some names.

[Ironmag]

The University of Texas at Austin has a pretty big Engineering department. You might want to check them out. Hook 'em Horns!

[spazzed]

U of Tennessee (Knoxville) has one of the best Engineering programs in the country.. But coming up here is prolly sacrilige to you, eh? hehe

[cphilip]

EE? Well Clemson of course!

TIME magazine selected Clemson as its 2000-2001 "Public College of the Year." The Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog 2002 lists Clemson among the nation's top schools that offer the best value for your tuition dollar, are academically challenging, are hot and trendy, and have the best Web sites. Clemson was the first state-supported institution in South Carolina to be recognized in Peterson's Competitive Colleges: Top Colleges for Top Students.


And Kiplinger's magazine ranks Clemson 21st among the top 100 best values in public colleges. The University is one of only six colleges with which internationally known engineering powerhouse Ingersoll-Rand has a recruiting partnership. The General Electric Company has added Clemson to its elite nationwide group of Executive Schools, and the new status gives Clemson students a considerable edge when it comes to GE openings.

[Collegeboy]

Carnage Mellon, MIT, CIT (California),

But getting into those is almost impossible

University of Alabama has a good program, that Cow College has a good program; Georgia Tech is probably one of the better ones in the area.

Also one that is good to look into is Cooper Union. They denied me so , but they are a good school.

[gimp]

Rensselaer Polytech! (RPI). That's where I am. I'm getting a dual in EE, and Computer systems engineering. It sucks. You'll work your butt off, but you'll get a job when you graduate. Most of my EE friends who didn't go to grad school had jobs lined up before they got out of school. Pretty decent jobs too. From 50K to 75K starting salary. The school costs an arm and a leg. Shirley Anne Jackson (our president) is a greedy one. She's like oprah jr. She's the highest paid president in the US at 892K I think. Well, anyway. Check out the schools website. http://www.rpi.edu, and the ECSE department website http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/

[deathstalker]

Re: its college time

Originally posted by robertjuric
Wanted to know if anyone has heard of EIU(Eastern Illinois Univesity). I got a packet in the mail today from them, but really havent heard of them.

Also if anyone else has suggestion for an nice school to get an degree in electrical engineering at, shoot them my way. Im just going to apply for all I can and see what happens. But I really dont know many, so I need yall to help give me some names.

Eastern is just a small school in Middle-of-Nowhere, IL. It's a couple hours from Chicago and I don't think they have any programs for which they are renowned. I certainly wouldn't pay out-of-state tuition to go there.

The boyfriend of one of the local Starbucks employees goes there if you want another opinion from a student.

[robertjuric]

Ill check them all out. I really dont want to go to school here in Alabama though. Id really like to goto school up North / NE somewhere.