The Aquafarm costs about $60, depending on what promotions they have running at the time. For that price, I think it's a definite buy if you have any interest in gardening or aquaponics. It's also a great gift for a garden lover.
However, students who attend lower-ranked schools can still take a rigorous curriculum. Wherever you go to school, it's important to take the most advanced courses available and to take advantage of elective credits to strengthen your engineering education.
The word engineer (from the Latin ingeniator) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare (to contrive, devise) and ingenium (cleverness). The foundation education of an engineer is typically a 4-year bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline plus 4-6 years peer reviewed professional practice. The work of engineers forms the link between scientific discoveries and their subsequent applications to human needs and quality of life.