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jaredevl9
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« on: December 29, 2011, 01:25:23 PM »

Hi All,

I am debating between 2 schools in Silicon Valley for my Masters in Electrical Engineering.  International Technological University or Santa Clara University? 

Santa Clara has the renown but it is impossible to get classes and class sizes are very large when you do happen to land one.  I fear I will not get the proper education I need to succeed post graduation.

ITU has smaller Classes, teachers in the industry and hands on training. I am nearly guaranteed my classes.  Although this school doesnt have the name recognition, it provides an education which I can draw and develop the most from.  And the school seems to be expanding at a rapid pace.

Both schools have exceptional EE programs but I am torn between name recognition and an all encompassing education.

SUGGESTIONS???
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 01:44:56 PM »

Hi All,

I am debating between 2 schools in Silicon Valley for my Masters in Electrical Engineering.  International Technological University or Santa Clara University? 

Santa Clara has the renown but it is impossible to get classes and class sizes are very large when you do happen to land one.  I fear I will not get the proper education I need to succeed post graduation.

ITU has smaller Classes, teachers in the industry and hands on training. I am nearly guaranteed my classes.  Although this school doesnt have the name recognition, it provides an education which I can draw and develop the most from.  And the school seems to be expanding at a rapid pace.

Both schools have exceptional EE programs but I am torn between name recognition and an all encompassing education.

SUGGESTIONS???

How much is ITU paying you to write this?
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 02:00:03 PM »

Avoid International Technological University. It's unaccredited and has a cloud of suspicious activities around it. They may clean up their act in the future, but credits from an unaccredited institution aren't transferable anywhere, and it's questionable how much employers will value the degree.
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2012, 02:24:08 AM »

Never heard of ITU--
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