For anyone who's interested in comp sci...

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<p>For the following list of schools, how would you rank them in terms of how much you'd want to go there for computer science? I'm not just talking about the strength of the CS program but factoring everything together and assuming you're very sure you're going to graduate with a CS degree.</p>

<p>CMU
Cornell
UPenn
Columbia
Brown</p>

2

<p>000 CMU
001 Cornell
010 Brown
011 UPenn
100 Columbia</p>

3

<p>Columbia
UPenn
Cornell
Brown
CMU</p>

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<p>How can you put CMU at the bottom of your list? CMU and Berkeley are basically the computer science schools to go to. Don’t be fooled by the ‘prestige’ of Brown, UPenn or Columbia, it means nothing (typically).</p>

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<p>Those two lists are practically the opposites of each other. Any other inputs?</p>

6

<p>^ what factors are important to you besides the strength of the CS program? How much weightage would you give to them? Do you care if the school team plays in a particular NCAA div I league?</p>

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<p>CMU on top, then probably Cornell next. I don’t honestly don’t know much about the others aside from their Ivy League status, which doesn’t mean much when judging their CS department. Whoever put CMU last clearly was thinking about something other than CS.</p>

8

<p>CMU definitely first. I don’t know about the other schools.</p>

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<p>CMU is by far the best school in comp sci, and that’s pretty much what it is known for.
Next would be either Cornell or Berkeley. I’m not sure which, but it’s definitely these two are next.
I don’t know anything about computer science at Columbia and Brown, but I would think that Columbia has a stronger program than Brown, since Brown is mostly liberal arts.</p>

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<ol>
<li>CMU</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>UPenn
Columbia
Last: Brown</li>
</ol>

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<p>These are remarkably different sorts of schools, with rather different settings. Cornell’s remote location is about as far as you can get from Columbia’s - and neither is better. Size varies a good deal, and style as well. Anyone who has the choice of all these schools needs to spend the time to see how he/she would fit at each.</p>

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<p>I vote Cornell above CMU because of location. But CMU is typically thought of as number 1 I believe. The others, I dunno, whichever gives the best FA. Does it really matter?</p>