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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
It could be worse. You could get accepted to Caltech and Harvey Mudd and still not be able to (sanely) afford to attend cause of how silly their financial aid policies are... Not that I know anyone (else) that has happened to. As Tim said, big name schools are really neat, but your higher education is what you make of it. There are still lots of opportunities to do great things at other engineering schools. You'll just have to seek them out more than you would otherwise.
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Exactly. Regardless of what school you go to, it all comes down to the effort you put into your studies, the opportunities that you pursue, and the friends you meet that make up your college experience. While the name on the diploma can seem important, it's what you learn and how you grow personally that matters.
And, I might sound a hair biased on this one, but have you considered WPI? MIT was my dream school earlier on, but I wanted (and I mean no offense to anyone in love with/going to/graduated from MIT) a more well rounded education from a smaller school. WPI provided all of that as well as the ability to see the world. I did two overseas projects, one in Reykjavik, Iceland and another in London, England. I liked it so much, I'm now getting my MS in ME there part time. Plus, they have a decent FIRST team.
