<p>I feel so stuck. I want a good engineering program (probably either Mechanical or Computer Science) along with a decent music program that i can keep playing Clarinet in?</p>
<p>As for music, I don’t really know. But I do know CMU has a top-notch computer science department (Look up the thread on that topic in the “Cornell 2015” section), in fact, it is one of the - if not the - best computer science programs in the nation.</p>
<p>However, Cornel has a better humanities edge. It is up to you, if you really want to study computer science, CMU is the way to go. If you’re not 100% sure, then maybe you should consider Cornell or Berkeley.</p>
<p>for comp sci… cmu wins i think…</p>
<p>for all other engineering I’d go to cornell</p>
<p>Cornell students are getting paid 80k+ upon graduating from Computer Science and every student by their sophomore year are getting paid internships because of the heavy interest in Cornell’s Computer Science students. All this, according to Dean Huttenlocher (Computing and Information Science)</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted to CIT, waitlisted for SCS, and didn’t apply to CFA. I’ve visited all of them now, and I live in Las Vegas, NV, but was born and raised in southern California and do miss it. I think if I did get accepted to CS at CMU I’d probably feel more inclined to pick it but at this point I’m not sure which of the two I’d do. I’d love to do the whole deal (marching, concert band, orchestra) but I do know I’m gonna be limited by time in either major so we’ll see when we get there.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the music bit, but Berkeley’s engineering school is extremely strong (almost on par with SCS for Comp Sci). You would definitely be able to get a good job if you chose Berkeley (Silicon Valley, etc.). To be honest, I’m not quite sure why you would pick Cornell over Berkeley/CMU unless the financial aid packages are very different/you want to be in the Northeast.</p>
<p>CMU may be #1 in advanced semi-conductor technologies, but I think Cornell’s AI & Robotics departments are unbeatable. In terms of preparing you for a career in software development, these are all Tier-1 programs that are heavily recruited by top tech companies (Google, Microsoft, SV, etc). Cal’s bay area location is definitely the best of your three choices though, especially for your career track, but keep in mind Berkeley is nothing like Southern California…</p>
<p>The best undergrad for CS really depends on what specific concepts you want to study… you should look into the research being produced by each University to see which interests you, but this may be difficult seeing as you don’t yet have the strong background in Computer Science to make an educated decision… </p>
<p>You can play clarinet anywhere…</p>