Berkeley v. Cornell v. CMU

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>So now that i'm done waiting for decisions, I now have to choose between Berkeley, Cornell, and CMU, I got into engineering at all of them. I’m having a really hard time deciding for many reasons, firstly I feel uninformed about ALL of them. I visited Berkeley over the summer and liked it but I haven’t visited the other two, but I mostly feel like I don’t know anything about their programs. Here are my views so far…</p>

<p>Berkeley: Pros: Its in California, need I say more? It has prestige that is very unique to a public U. I have family who go to Berkeley and in the area. Cons: Huge class sizes. Huge student body. TA’s teaching classes. Out of state tuition is pretty steep for a public school</p>

<p>Cornell: Pros: I’ve heard its gorgeous. Prestigious, and its an Ivy. The food is supposed to be really good. Cons: not only is Ithaca really hard to get to, its in hickville. Tuition, I get $0 aid. </p>

<p>CMU: Pros: Pittsburg… Cons: less well known than the others, I’ve heard its techy, and geeky</p>

<p>If you didn’t notice, I’m completely uninformed about CMU, I applied on a whim. I want to go to Med school, but want to get a degree in engineering because I think that will be an asset in med school and if I decide not to go to med school I have another feasible option. </p>

<p>I’m worried about two things mainly, for one Cornell is in Ithaca. I’m trying to plan my visit there-its so far from anything a mall, a decent size city. And I’m wondering if it makes sense to go to Berkeley pay out-of-state and sit in a classroom with 350 kids. </p>

<p>If I don’t go to one of these two, I will go to the U of Minnesota’s IT honors program. It’s a really well ranked school, and they are making their honor’s program into a very intense program that can rival any other school’s. </p>

<p>Now that’s all I know, I’m aware that its not much at all which is why I’m looking for all my brilliant cc-er’s opinions on this. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>i have the same problem deciding, what kind of engineering are you doing anyways. I am doing EECS. Overall, Berkeley seems to have the strongest engineering. BERKELEY > CMU > CORNELL</p>

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<p>i'm thinking Bio but who knows</p>

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<p>If you want to go to med school as a graduate, then go to an undergraduate that has a good rep and has minimal costs to you. In other words why go to a costly school now and then go to a more costly school later as a med student. </p>

<p>CMU may not be well known to you or friends but the Carnegie name is famous in alot of areas pertaining to arts, education, peace initiatives, foundations, libraries. Google.</p>

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<p>so what you are saying is berkeley would be the best</p>

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<p>You really should visit these places.</p>

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<p>Admissions for medical school requires an excellent GPA, and engineering won't help make the process of attaining a high GPA any bit easier. That being said, all three have excellent engineering schools but all three are also highly competitive for pre-med; although I'm not sure about pre-med at CMU. Try posting in the pre-med forum for more opinions.</p>

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<p>what's the avg gpa of an engineering student</p>

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<p>measuring ourself against the mean, is sure way to become average and ordinary</p>

<p>If you never lived outside of Minnesota. I'd try Berkeley. CMU and Cornell would be more alike in weather climate and eastern feel. Imagine shorts and flipflops all the time. B and Cornell will have huge undergrad classes and huge campus's, because they are state flagship schools with a reputation. CMU maybe more focused, intimate, compact.</p>

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<p>here is the..thing..
Berkeley....is good school. best public in the nation</p>

<p>All the smartest students from each school in california, who doesn't get enought fin aid from privates go there.</p>

<p>students, who use to be the best of the best at their school, go to berkeley and gets Cs..and sometimes...Bs.</p>

<p>I heard that getting good GPA @ UCB is really hard..and the enviroment isn't that good either.</p>

<p>if you are thinking about..grad school, I recommend private school. cuz..professors will know your name. -> better rec, better connections blah~</p>