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How is engineering in Princeton placed among the top colleges, esp Ivies?

What about ARCHITECURE? Is it good to study Architecture here?

By Arthurd (Arthurd) on Saturday, May 31, 2003 - 04:21 pm: Edit

Princeton has a pretty good engineering program, and is usually placed second or third among the Ivies (after Cornell and maybe Columbia) which isn't as great as it sounds as the Ivies widely focus on things other than engineering (liberal arts, medicine etc.). Can't testify to the architecture program.

By Eliot_Ness (Eliot_Ness) on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 05:03 pm: Edit

princeton engineering isn't bad, it's among top 20, but if your main focus is engineering and you prefer an ivy, then try for MIT and Cornell, those are the schools known for it. after MIT and Cornell there are a lot of non-ivies with better engineering programs than Princeton

By Impact (Impact) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 01:21 pm: Edit

Princeton hasa great engineering program and recruiters think highly of its graduates.

By Soozievt (Soozievt) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 02:19 pm: Edit

Princeton has several options for studying architecture. My daughter is applying there for that field. Definitely visit and look at the study options. I cannot articulate them all now without looking it up but I know you can major in architecture as an undergrad in the architecture school but there is a major within the engineering department on architectural engineering as well. I think going to undergrad in architecture at Princeton is an excellent option as their prearchitectural programs are more developed than some undergrad programs as they have a graduate school of architecture as well. Where else are you looking for architecture?
Susan