<p>Duke's a great choice if you are interested in majoring in EECS but plan to go to investment banking/finance. But if you want to work as an EE after college, I'd say Berkeley/CMU is much better. For one, Duke's engineering isn't well-known or top-tier (except BME); I also won't be surprised if tech/engineering companies (non-BME) are turned off by the more IB/business oriented students that Duke's engineering school has.</p>
<p>After you graduate from ECE, you can enroll in Duke's Engineering Management program...its placed kids at management track position at every top company.</p>
<p>Personally I'd want a more business-oriented technical role than pure engineering/research. Thats just me.</p>
<p>guys/gals. I am definitely NOT the Wall-street type. Right NOW I really want to do EECS research - while I do see the reasoning that UCB is not worth the premium over CMU in EECS - however I am into other subjects - language, history, and definitely into a sport that is not that great in the Pittsburgh area and I am afraid UCB is way better than CMU in terms of these other things I want to try/do...</p>
<p>Arrrggghhhh.........</p>
<p>Go for Berkeley then. You won't regret it.</p>
<p>If you want a more diverse education Duke is the way to go...most engineers pick up a second major in something "flimsy" like spanish, arabic, history, chinese, political science...some bolder ones in Econ</p>
<p>^ And Berkeley has better programs in all those subjects than Duke. It's no contest.</p>
<p>Yeah, I mean if you want to be an engineer with no desire to get into business, I'd say Berkeley is better. Duke is better for a well rounded education and for people more business oriented (Extroverted personalities).</p>
<p>Hmm...I'm a Berkeley engineer and I've worked into business management at one of the Big 5 oil companies.</p>