<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I got an admit in UPenn for an MS in Robotics... I have applied for Berkeley, UCSD, Illinois and CMU as well for similar courses ( Intelligent Systems and Robotics)... </p>
<p>Which of these colleges is better for the foll factors :-</p>
<ol>
<li>Overall Course</li>
<li>Financial Aid and TA/RA</li>
<li>Social Life</li>
<li>Option for PHd.</li>
</ol>
<p>Please do help as i wanna decide before the end of the month...</p>
<p>Aditya</p>
<p>You stole my name.</p>
<p>Bout your question, Berkeley = CMU > Illinois > UCSD, for most tech related matters. </p>
<p>For financial aid, as a grad student you’re probably not going to get it at any of those places. Your best bet (as you probably already know) is being a TA/RA. To be an RA (research assistant), you need prior research experience. TAs sort of come in two types: (1) where you teach a class, which gets you a tuition waiver at most places, and (2) where you help a professor teach a class, which just gives you a stipend or credit hours. For obvious reasons, the first one is really competitive.</p>
<p>Social life- U Illinois >> UCSD >>>>>>> CMU/Berkeley.</p>
<p>I don’t understand your PhD question.</p>
<p>Hey Bluebox, you’re a CS major right na.
Why did you choose UNC?</p>
<p>^ Oh sorry typo. Line had to end with right.</p>
<p>Yup, I’m a cs major. </p>
<p>Of the schools I got into UNC had the least tech feel to it, and focused on comp security.</p>
<p>bluebox, ur opinions on upenn? The GRASP lab is there is really impressive from what i’ve seen. how is the univ?</p>