<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>So, I have come to a standstill as to which college is my number 1 choice: MIT or CMU, for a CS major.</p>
<p>So, I shall ask you current students a question...the most important question a prospective CS student could ask a college...</p>
<p>Who would win in a fight, Robocop or Iron Man? Please support your answer. Thank you.</p>
<p>OK, I’m a CMU CS major freshman. I think Iron Man could win even though I love Robocop so much more than Iron Man. I mean Iron Man is still a human, Robocop is only half and halk according to the movie. Besides, Robocop is too nice to beat Iron Man.</p>
<p>Anyway, from what I’ve found out recently, my peers have chosen CMU over Brown, Cornell, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, but definitely not MIT. In fact, most students here at School of CS are rejects from MIT. </p>
<p>MIT is still MIT, like the heaven (and hell of course) for all science and engineering students. But CMU just focus sooooo much on CS so here, if you are a CS major, you get lots of priorities and privilege stuff which might not be the case at MIT.</p>
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<p>Well, that is a decision you’ll have to make yourself. In any case, keep in mind that, MIT doesn’t offer a “pure” CS major. CS at MIT is part of course 6, which also includes electrical engineering. In fact, course 6-3, which is the closest MIT would have to a CS major, is actually officially named “BS in Computer Science ** and ** Engineering”. Course 6-2 on the other hand is a “BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science” properly. </p>
<p>CMU on the other hand offers a BS in Computer Science as a stand-alone subject. As a CS major though, you are ** required ** to minor in another subject (many students take electrical & computer engineering or business/economics).</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted to both CMU and MIT but chose CMU because as mentioned above MIT does not offer a “pure” CS major and she was not impressed with a few of the classes that she sat in on at MIT. She has since graduated and is working for Google. She was very happy with her decision and never has regretted her choice.</p>
<p>The first day of orientation (the one the parents were still at) the Dean of SCS asked how many students were MIT rejects. It was pretty shocking - my son was one of them. He didn’t have the choice, but I think that CMU has actually been a better place for him than MIT would have been and had he had the choice he might well have chosen CMU. They impressed us a lot at their accepted students weekend. Having a separate school for SCS really allows for more attention. He’s had two great internships and is starting his senior year now.</p>
<p>Unless you want to apply ED to CMU you don’t have to make this decision till next spring.</p>
<p>Can anyone point to the stats for admissions in SCS? I had 'em, but can’t find 'em now.</p>