<p>I am an international student from china, wanting to major in engineering. And the options for me are UIUC and Carnegie Mellon and UCLA. I have pretty much knocked out UCLA since their engineering progarm doesn't seem as good as the other two.
I am not sure which specific engineering I want to do but I am interested in Chemical E, ECE/EE, Material E or maybe BioE. I know that UIUC is ranked higher but is it that different bewteen 4th or 9th on the engineering ranking? I am drawn to CMU by it's reputation considering the fact I might come back to China to work. But I might go for grad school too, not sure.
I went on both school's career center website and looked up their recent graduate salary report. In some majors UIUC have higher starting salaries. But are those statistics reliable? Am I relying too much on the statistics?
Since I am internation, I can't visit them and feel which one I might fit in. Ang suggestion of which I should say yes to? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks~~</p>