<p>If you're to advise an affluent (rich) International Student who (assuming) got into Duke engineering as well as Berkeley engineering, Cornell engineering and CMU engineering, which school would you recommend?</p>
<p>definitely berkeley.
duke doesn’t have a great engineering program.</p>
<p>^ why Berkeley over CMU or Cornell?</p>
<ol>
<li>CMU</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Duke</li>
</ol>
<p>CMU. We, uh, work until it MHz.</p>
<p>It all depends on the kind of experience you’re looking for. What do you want in a school?</p>
<p>If your interests lie in ** electrical engineering ** properly, I would say</p>
<p>[ol]
[<em>] Cornell
[</em>] CMU
[<em>] Berkeley
[</em>] Duke
[/ol]</p>
<p>If you are interested however in ** computer engineering ** more so than EE, I’d go with </p>
<p>[ol]
[<em>] CMU
[</em>] Berkeley
[li] Cornell[/li][/ol]</p>
<p>Disclaimer: Overall, I think Berkeley EECS is actually stronger than both CMU and Cornell. It wouldn’t be my top pick for ** undergraduate studies ** though. I’d choose Berkeley over both CMU and Cornell for graduate school though.</p>
<p>Choosing grad school is a lot more than just reputation, though. You need to find an advisor with similar interests to yourself and can work with effectively.</p>
<p>Also, cost of living is a pretty huge difference between CMU/Cornell and Berkeley. I know of grad students that have bought houses in Ithaca and Pittsburgh, while people in Berkeley have a hard time finding a nice apartment on their stipend.</p>
<p>CMU is definitely the best at computer science, but don’t be one of those people who thinks CS and EE are the same thing.</p>