<p>So it finally comes down to these two schools for me. (After being bombed by numerous rejections)</p>
<p>I got admitted by Electrical Engineering for both of the schools.
I am a Canadian PR therefore the tuition of U of T is a lot less than that of CMU's. </p>
<p>Even though CMU does not provide Internationals that much, I can afford the tuition myself. (60k -_-)</p>
<p>I would like to hear your guys' ideas.</p>
<p>bump 10char</p>
<p>Toronto is the BEST school in Canada and Internationally renowned. I don’t think CMU is worth the extra money when you are going to a GREAT university in a GREAT city. As much as we would love to have you in the US ;-), I gotta say go to Toronto it ranks right up there with any US university and is respected worldwide.</p>
<p>What was your GPA? Engineering at U of T is VERY selective. I would go with U of T btw.</p>
<p>It’s probably not worth the extra money to go to CMU, but if your family can easily afford it, I’d go for CMU, especially if you are hoping to live and work in the US long-term.</p>
<p>I agree with Grumpster… in the long haul a US school will do u better… PLUS… i live in toronto, and it is a great city but id say student life at U of T isnt that great…</p>
<p>thank you for replying
To ivyleaguer: my GPA is 4.0 and has an average above 95%. I just got the letter saying U of T is also giving me entrance scholarship.</p>
<p>I would like to work in the US in the future. So would it making CMU more favorable?</p>
<p>and btw, does it make a difference if I got my undergraduate degree in Toronto and THEN applied for a GRAD SCHOOL in the States? I mean, would a top tier Grad School favor CMU (a US school) over U of T (a foreigh school)? I know that U of T sends people to place like MIT and Ivys every year also but don’t know how many.</p>
<p>If you do well at Toronto, you will be able to go to any grad school in the U.S. It’s all up to how well you perform and congrats on the scholarship.</p>
<p>Yeah, a top U.S. grad school is definitely achievable from Toronto. And if you definitely intend on going to grad school, the CMU-better-for-work is a moot point because grad school is more important in that respect.</p>
<p>If you can afford it, I’d go to CMU. At UofT, you’ll have classes packed with over 100 kids. CMU on the other hand is a comparatively smaller private research university where you will get much more individual attention, will be closer to your profs and will have broader opportunities to do undergrad research (which, in turn, will look good on your grad school application).</p>
<p>Besides, CMU’s ECE department is world-class (probably one of the best in the US) and a top feeder to technology-based companies like Microsoft or Google.</p>
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<p>As Toronto has a terrific rep in engineering I would not worry a lick about how it will be viewed on a transcript. That and I can think of 60,000 reasons not to pick Carnegie Mellon. </p>
<p>As to the point about class side, engineering is more about knowledge transfer than it is discussion based learning so class size is not as big a deal as it is in other disciplines (particularly in the first couple years). </p>
<p>I have no idea how ECE department hires matter much to Google. Microsoft does design (and even make) some of their own hardware but as their own self-designed GPU led to mucking up the launch of the Xbox and mucking up the chip yield failure/cost of the Xbox 360, so I wouldn’t bet on their internal groups even lasting.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>it’s a tough choice…right now it’s like 50/50 among all the people i’ve asked. Im being splitted physically lol</p>