Berkeley vs UW direct admit for cs

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<p>Price isn't an issue because I am able to secure in-state tuition for both colleges. As you can see here
Best</a> Computer Science Programs | Top Computer Science Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools
Berkeley is ranked #1 while UW is ranked #7 in cs. But I have also heard that if I go to Berkeley for cs, I won't be able to have a college life and will pretty much be studying all the time, while UW is more lax once you get into the department. Is the Berkeley's name worth it? I have heard that every graduate from UW cs is able to secure a job, and that Silicon valley companies come up to UW just to recruit. But then again, Berkeley is IN Silicon valley.</p>

<p>Also Berkeley definitely gets a + for weather, and the fact that it is away from home.</p>

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<p>Are you absolutely sure of this? Many state universities try to make it hard for carpetbaggers to gain residency for in-state tuition purposes.</p>

<p>[Legal</a> Residence Information - Office Of The Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html]Legal”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Residency/legalinfo.html)
[Residency</a> for Tuition Purposes - Office Of The Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/current_students/residency.html]Residency”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/current_students/residency.html)
[UW</a> Residency - Understanding Washington State Residency](<a href=“Residency for Tuition Purposes - Office of the University Registrar”>Residency for Tuition Purposes - Office of the University Registrar)</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m sure, we personally went to the Berkeley financial office and asked, and they okayed it. This is probably because my Dad has been a resident of California for over 10 years, while my Mom and I have been living in Washington.</p>

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<p>Don’t see why you wouldn’t have a life at Berkeley as a CS major, as long as you do not take too many of your programming and design courses together in the same semester.</p>

<p>Washington does not make much career survey data public. You may want to ask if it has CS major career survey data available.
[2008-2009</a> Graduate Survey | The Career Center of the University of Washington](<a href=“http://careers.washington.edu/Stats/2008-2009-Graduate-Survey]2008-2009”>http://careers.washington.edu/Stats/2008-2009-Graduate-Survey)</p>

<p>Berkeley has a relatively detailed career survey:
<a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Some other schools have career surveys:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Each school will have a recruiting advantage with smaller local companies that may not travel to recruit to far away schools (plus you will be aware of local companies in the news more). Big company recruiting is unlikely to be that much different.</p>