On Mar 26, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Kimball Larsen wrote:
It's a terrible way to make a decision like this, but I think that
any school with "University" in the name will hold more clout than
any school that is known as a "Tech".
ITT Tech. Rhymes with Blech.
I know nothing about either school though.
It should be noted that most schools such as Virginia Tech and Georgia
Tech and Texas Tech are actually not "tech" schools in the same way
that ITT is a "tech" school. Each one is an accredited university
with 4-year programs in most every field imaginable, graduate
programs, and doctorate programs. Their common names are not always
their actual name. For example, Virginia Tech's actual name is
"Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" and Georgia Tech
is "Georgia Institute of Technology". "Virginia Tech" rolls of the
tongue a lot easier, in much they same way that Georgia Tech, MIT, and
BYU are easier to say than their formal names. They are all very good
universities, and the brand name recognition is only worth something
for a select few schools, and that "brand-name" recognition is
different from field to field. I don't know what those "brand-names"
are in CS (except for MIT), but there you go.
Grant Robinson
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