osudarby08;509257 wrote:I am in my third year as a civil engineering major at osu, and yes they make it pretty difficult. However, you can take all of these series at columbus state, and im guessing at OSU nerk as well. I have taken phys 132 at c state, and plan on taking chem 122 and math 255 there as well its a joke how much easier it is there and all of the credit transferrs to OSU.

What do you do when an employer gets your transcript and asks you why you took those at CSU and not OSU?

Go the OSU route.

queencitybuckeye;509190 wrote:Why would you limit yourself to public schools when the best in the state by a fair margin is a private school?

I agree, unless you are talking polymer engineering, CASE is by far the best engineering school in the state, for a lot of people the cost is too high to afford.

sleeper;509303 wrote:If you're seriously considering other schools besides OSU, then don't come here, we don't want you diluting the value of our degree. While OSU will get you the best education, the best opportunities, the best(read: most fun) social environment, we don't really look to kindly upon people that can't get in here.

And Akron? Ya, go to Akron, they are entirely on OSU's level :rolleyes:

I wouldn't expect you to understand engineering, but actually when it comes to chemical and polymer engineering Akron U is head and shoulders above OSU, its not even close. Akron U has either the #1 or #2 ranked polymer engineering program in the nation (then and UMass at Amherst shift back and forth between 1 and 2).

Now, if you are talking electrical, civil, or mechanical then yes, OSU is better than Akron U, but Akron U is still 2nd in the state with regards to public schools (3rd overall with CASE being #1).

jmog;509374 wrote:I agree, unless you are talking polymer engineering, CASE is by far the best engineering school in the state, for a lot of people the cost is too high to afford.

couldn't agree more. MC gave me a hell of a break when i went there. I paid 40,000 out of pocket and tuition was like 30,000 per year (i think) at that time.

would've loved to have gone to Case.

I would love to see these rankings with Akron above OSU for Chem E and Case above OSU in anything except biomedical.

Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.7927
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.651
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.6615
4 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.5134
4 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.5155
4 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 4.4503
7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.4032
8 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.2766
9 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4.1905
9 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.1875
11 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.0718
11 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX 4.1459
13 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 3.9663
14 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 3.8859
14 Northwestern University Evanston, IL 3.9231
14 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.8715
17 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.828
17 Rice University Houston, TX 3.8047
17 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX 3.8103
17 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA 3.7622
21 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.6868
21 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 3.68
21 University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD 3.6798
21 University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.6784
25 Columbia University New York, NY 3.5833
25 Duke University Durham, NC 3.5866
25 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.6494
28 Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3.5091
28 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC 3.5322
28 Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH 3.4943
28 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.5029
28 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.5466
28 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 3.497
28 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.4615
35 University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.3736
35 University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 3.3648
35 University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.4294
38 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 3.2514
38 Brown University Providence, RI 3.3291
38 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 3.2632
38 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.2781
38 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 3.2632
38 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 3.3072
38 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 3.2516
38 Yale University New Haven, CT 3.2771
46 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 3.1709
46 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3.2118
46 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3.1734
49 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.131
49 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3.1412
51 Auburn University Auburn University, AL 3.0182
51 Clemson University Clemson, SC 3.0244
51 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 2.9639
51 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 3.0225
51 Tufts University Medford, MA 2.9669
51 University of California--Irvine Irvine, CA 3.0126
51 University of Delaware Newark, DE 3.044
51 University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 3.0062
51 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.9682
51 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 3.0248
61 Boston University Boston, MA 2.94
61 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 2.8773
61 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 2.9182
61 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 2.8926
61 Northeastern University Boston, MA 2.9349
61 SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.9161
61 University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.8571
61 University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.9281
61 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.9438
70 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2.8025
70 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2.7714
70 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 2.7778
70 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.8169
70 University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2.7817
70 University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 2.7922
70 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.7778
70 Washington State University Pullman, WA 2.7867
78 Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.6923
78 Polytechnic University Brooklyn, NY 2.7442
78 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 2.719
78 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 2.6757
78 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.7338
78 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.7315
78 University of Missouri--Columbia Columbia, MO 2.6857
78 University of North Carolina--Charlotte Charlotte, NC 2.6913
86 Brigham Young University--Provo Provo, UT 2.6391
86 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 2.6338
86 George Washington University Washington, DC 2.5564
86 Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.5578
86 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 2.6164
86 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 2.6312
86 San Diego State University San Diego, CA 2.551
86 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 2.5882
86 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 2.5705
86 University of Houston Houston, TX 2.5775
86 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 2.5742
86 University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE 2.6026
86 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 2.6187
86 University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 2.6412
100 University of California--Riverside Riverside, CA 2.5231

est Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate engineering specialties: Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
3 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
4 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
5 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
6 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
7 Stanford University Stanford, CA
8 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
9 University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD
10 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
11 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
11 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
11 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
14 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
15 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
16 University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO
17 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
17 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
19 University of Washington Seattle, WA


Biomedical:

1 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
2 Duke University Durham, NC
3 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
4 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
6 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
7 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
9 Boston University Boston, MA
10 Rice University Houston, TX
11 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
12 University of Washington Seattle, WA
13 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
14 Stanford University Stanford, CA
15 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
16 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
17 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
17 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
19 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
19 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
19 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
22 Tulane University New Orleans, LA
22 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
24 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA


Chemical:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
4 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
5 Stanford University Stanford, CA
6 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
7 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
8 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
9 University of Delaware Newark, DE
10 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
11 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
12 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
13 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
14 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
15 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
16 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
17 University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
18 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
19 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
20 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
20 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
20 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
20 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
24 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
24 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA


Civil:

1 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
4 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
5 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
6 Stanford University Stanford, CA
7 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
10 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
11 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
12 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
13 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
14 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
15 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
15 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
17 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
18 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
18 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
20 University of Washington Seattle, WA


Computer:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA
3 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
4 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
5 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
6 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
8 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
8 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
8 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
11 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
12 University of Washington Seattle, WA
12 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
14 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
15 Rice University Houston, TX
16 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
16 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA


Electrical / Electronic / Communications:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA
3 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
4 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
5 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
6 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
7 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
8 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
9 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
10 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
11 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
12 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
13 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA
13 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
15 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
16 University of Washington Seattle, WA
17 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
17 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
19 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
19 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA


Environmental / Environmental health:

1 Stanford University Stanford, CA
2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
3 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
5 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
6 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
7 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
8 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
10 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
11 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
12 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
13 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
14 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
15 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
15 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
17 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
17 University of Washington Seattle, WA
17 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
20 Duke University Durham, NC
20 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
20 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
20 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA


Industrial / Manufacturing:

1 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
2 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
3 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
4 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
5 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
6 Stanford University Stanford, CA
6 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
8 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
9 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
10 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
11 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
11 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
11 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
14 Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH
15 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
16 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
17 Columbia University New York, NY
18 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

Materials:

1 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
2 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
3 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
4 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
6 Stanford University Stanford, CA
7 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
8 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
9 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
10 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
11 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
12 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
13 Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH
13 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
15 Iowa State University Ames, IA
15 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
15 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
18 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX


Mechanical:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
3 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
4 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
5 Stanford University Stanford, CA
6 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
7 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
8 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
9 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
10 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
11 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
12 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
13 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
14 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
14 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
16 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
17 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA
18 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
19 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
20 Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH
20 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
22 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY

From 2009, US News

OneBuckeye;509443 wrote: 7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.4032
11 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX 4.1459
17 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.828
17 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX 3.8103

i'd say 90% of the engineers that work for my company come from 1 of these schools.

Below is the full list for Chem E with OSU checking in at 27 and Akron MIA. This is for Graduate, but undergrad cannot be that much different. I couldn't find it.

2010 Edition U.S. News & World Report's Graduate rankings for individual programs
Best Engineering Schools Specialty Rankings: Chemical Engineering
Ranked in 2009

Rank School Score
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.9
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.8
3 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.7
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 4.7
5 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.5
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 4.5
7 University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX 4.4
8 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.3
9 University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 4.2
University of Delaware Newark, DE 4.2
11 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 4.1
12 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.0
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.0
14 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 3.9
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 3.9
16 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 3.8
Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL 3.8
18 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.7
19 University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.6
20 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 3.5
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.5
22 Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX 3.3
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.3
University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA 3.3
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.3
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.3
27 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD 3.2
Ohio State University Columbus, OH 3.2
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX 3.2
University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 3.2
31 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.1
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3.1
33 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.0
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.0
35 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY 2.9
Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA 2.9
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 2.9
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.9
University of Houston (Cullen) Houston, TX 2.9
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD 2.9
University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA 2.9
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO 2.9
43 Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ 2.8
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 2.8
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 2.8
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2.8
University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) Pittsburgh, PA 2.8
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 2.8
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 2.8
50 Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL 2.7
Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 2.7
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.7
Yale University New Haven, CT 2.7
54 CUNY--City College (Grove) New York, NY 2.6
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA 2.6
University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA 2.6
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.6
58 Brigham Young University (Fulton) Provo, UT 2.5
Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.5
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 2.5
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL 2.5
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.5
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.5
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 2.5
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 2.5

OneBuckeye;509447 wrote:est Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate engineering specialties: Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
3 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
4 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
5 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
6 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
7 Stanford University Stanford, CA
8 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
9 University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD
10 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
11 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
11 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
11 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
14 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
15 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
16 University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO
17 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
17 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
19 University of Washington Seattle, WA

Is this the list for schools with Doctorate programs (No Embry-Riddle)?

El Jefe Grande;509464 wrote:Is this the list for schools with Doctorate programs (No Embry-Riddle)?

Yes schools without Dr. get their own list.

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/rankings/state+OH

Go here and check out Ohio schools. Ohio is 121 Akron is 129 Case 47 tOSU 25.

Boom roasted.

OneBuckeye, back up and look at the fact that I said chemical/polymer engineering and then try again to look like an internet tough guy.

I see that, but no one ranks those to my knowlege, so I would love to see how you know they are ranked so high.

Please don't do industrial engineering. it's a huge mistake.

I agree its minor league

Wowser bowser! Thanks for all the input never expected this much response. Looks like OSU is the winner, and thanks for the warm invite Sleeper. Now I should find out whether OSU-N will worth the time and see what classes I can take there and what transfers. Thanks again for all the advice, got to love the intranets probably couldn't have got this much info from friends and peers.

And I wont do the IE probably just the ME.

jmog;509562 wrote:OneBuckeye, back up and look at the fact that I said chemical/polymer engineering and then try again to look like an internet tough guy.

Ok? Then post your chemical/polymer rankings then. I'd love to see those LOL

OneBuckeye;509307 wrote:What do you do when an employer gets your transcript and asks you why you took those at CSU and not OSU?

I would tell them that my 3 (and hopefully soon to be 4) years worth of summer internship is better than anything that grades can do for me. Any other questions?

Pay the out of state and go to Purdue....

Seriously, there are a TON of OSU tranfers here in W. Lafayette who are doing so because the program here is so well respected, and I'm saying this as an Ohio U. grad...

sleeper;509303 wrote:If you're seriously considering other schools besides OSU, then don't come here, we don't want you diluting the value of our degree. While OSU will get you the best education, the best opportunities, the best(read: most fun) social environment, we don't really look to kindly upon people that can't get in here.

And Akron? Ya, go to Akron, they are entirely on OSU's level :rolleyes:

What discipline are you majoring in at OSU? I am just wondering since you like to beat your chest about everything OSU.

Jawbreaker;510335 wrote:What discipline are you majoring in at OSU? I am just wondering since you like to beat your chest about everything OSU.

Internet trolling. OSU's program for that must suck pretty bad though.

The National Research Council college PhD program rankings most certainly ranks Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. Depending on which year you look at Akron U is either #1 or #2. University of Massachusetts at Amherst is always up there with them in the top 2.

Unfortunately their rankings are for purchase, not just listed out.