[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=deadzone][quote=flu]One thing I never understood is, at least when it came to engineering or STEM related field, how “recruiting the best” meant giving someone the opportunity who was the best athlete while having mediocre technical abilities a spot in a STEM degree, while giving them plenty of tutors and extra help just so they can keep up with the real talent. Now, there are some cases when people are actually good at both, but plenty of cases where that isn’t the case…. Just saying…[/quote]

For an engineering degree, Ivy league holds absolutely no cache. A B+ student at U of Illinois, for example, will have better job prospects than a C student at Cornell all else being equal. If your kid is a super nerd, then everybody knows the most “prestigious” engineering school is MIT. But, for a B.S. degree looking for job in industry, I don’t think MIT gets recruited any more than the big public schools, probably less.[/quote]

what about Harvey mudd? My wife wanted to send our kid there. Might have gotten in kind of a long shot. I didn’t let him apply because because I didn’t want to pay.[/quote]

Great school, well known on the west coast. But I don’t see too many alumni. Perhaps, they are too smart for the work I do and most common work. Kinda like CalTech.