Ahhhhhhh I should of never said anything to begin with! I am... dumb when it comes to my lack of what MIT is and all these DIFFERENT COMMENTS drive me nuts.

One person says big, popular schools are good, and then someone comes along and says it's not so good because of personal experience... you understand? It makes me twirl in circles from all these comments.

> From: [address removed]
> To: [address removed]
> Subject: Re: [newtech-1] Tech Schools?
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug[masked]:19:45 -0400
>
> Richard,
>
> "So MIT isn't just famous, but it's actually "REALLY GOOD" too?"
>
> I have no clue why you would say such a thing. Please tell us. There has
> to be a reason. I can make assumptions but I tend to try very hard not too.
>
> Of course - it is "REALLY GOOD".
>
>
> Richard Bidermanis wrote:
> > That's simple why I would prefer to go to NYIT instead. It's closer.
> > Yup, that's it.
> >
> > Also, I don't know how I will fund my education if I'm not working
> > part time, or full. But I assume if I have very good GPA it'll pay off
> > on its own.
> >
> > What about Polytechnic University? That was my other idea. I would
> > *prefer* to finish my at least, 4 years in NY, and then move out of state.
> >
> > So MIT isn't just famous, but it's actually "REALLY GOOD" too? Okay.
> > Well, back to saying what I said earlier. I guess it's time to aim for
> > that target and if I fail to hit, I'll have a back-up plan.
> >
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> > From: [address removed]
> > Subject: Re: [newtech-1] Tech Schools?
> > To: [address removed]
> > Date: Mon, 31 Aug[masked]:45:59 -0400
> >
> > Rob hit the nail on the head.
> >
> > If you get in AND can afford it, its a no brainer.
> >
> > I guess I fail to see the upside of going to NYIT vs. MIT...can you
> > explain? i can certainly understand monetary concerns - but why would
> > you choose NYIT over MIT???
> >
> > can you name one good reason?
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:30 AM, H. Vidal, Jr.
> > <[address removed] <mailto:[address removed]>> wrote:
> >
> > Not sure if original thread about
> > 'Tech Schools' meant engineering or
> > CS per se; in Electrical and Computer
> > Engineering vs. Computer Science,
> > there is a fair bit of correlation in
> > terms of rankings, perhaps in contrast to
> > Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering
> > vs. Computer Science.
> >
> > Perhaps of note:
> >
> > GRE Guide to CS School rankings:
> >
> > http://www.greguide.com/comps.html
> >
> > Web search shows that there are many lists sort of
> > like this. The top 4 may scramble around a bit
> > in terms of order, but the 4 members are very
> > consistent. MIT is often ranked first.
> >
> > There have been some articles floating around on
> > NYTimes and/or Slashdot on income-rankings-post
> > schools, i.e. if you graduate from a particular
> > school, what kind of income are you likely to
> > have[masked] years later. This list closely
> > correlates with the rankings list.
> >
> > I do recall that on the income rankings list,
> > MIT was first all around. FWIW.
> >
> > also worth noting: NYIT does not seem to be
> > 'on radar' on these lists.
> >
> >
> >
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