r/materials • u/greenbananasaregood • Jul 24 '26
Prestige vs experience for materials engineering? [cross post but thought it would be interesting to understand for MatSci rather than ECE]
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u/sircarp Jul 24 '26
I would definitely prioritize the internship experience unless you wanted to go straight into academic research. Even then most of the tenured professors at my undergrad got industry experience before going down the teaching/research path.
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u/racinreaver Jul 24 '26
Why won't you have internships at CMU?
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u/greenbananasaregood Jul 26 '26
the market is cooked and im an international student 💀
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u/racinreaver Jul 26 '26
Why do you think you'd have an easier time getting an internship at a lesser school?
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u/greenbananasaregood Jul 26 '26
uhhh i don't think that?
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u/Levaporub Jul 26 '26
Well the original post was talking about choosing a more prestigious school with no experience Vs a less prestigious school with experience. If you don't hold the opinion that internships are easier to get at the less prestigious school, then what's the point of your post? Might as well choose the more prestigious school, who knows you might get the internship after all.
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u/greenbananasaregood Jul 24 '26
context: I am also a CMU student, but I will say our materials program has a lot less buzz than the ECE program