Hey this is a simple question, I was merely curious as to how these schools stack in terms of how much work the student has to put in to stay on top of things. Also from which of these colleges can you expect the student to get the best education (ie someone who will know their stuff vs just having surface level knowledge)?
All three will give you a top-notch education.
You will work hard at all three, though Ga Tech is a little more variable depending on the major.
Imperial will expect you to be very independent, and you get huge capital city.
Ga Tech (engineering) has some amazing placement options during the course (think Siemens- in Germany), and you get largish southern city.
Cornell’s nanotech center has toys that will make you drool, if that’s your thing, and you get largish northern town in a rural are. .
Get into them all and then choose!
Oh major will be EECS not decided on EE or CS yet. In terms of raw difficulty of the courses any idea which one will be toughest?
I heard uk colleges are a lot more theoretical so I was wondering about that for Imperial vs US colleges.
The great thing about the UK is that you can get a tremendous amount of info online about exactly what you will study (partly b/c you have a higher proportion of required v elective module)- for example, here are the modules you take if you do straight EE: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/ug/courses/electrical-engineering-department/electrical-and-electronic-engineering-beng/#structure
The flip side of that is that it is important to have a strong idea of what you want to study, because there is less room for change in the UK system. Wiggling within the EE courses is probably doable, and within the CompSci courses- but moving between them will be harder. Look at how different the first year modules are: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/ug/courses/computing-department/computing-beng/#structure
If you started in one and wanted to move to the other you would pretty much have to start over.
I don’t think that there is a meaningful generalization to be made about relative difficulty- too many variables, including specific classes, how you learn, your own strengths & weaknesses, luck and a bunch of others. If you are trying to pick out the easier one, you need to find others to choose from. On the other hand, if you are worried that one of them might be too hard for you, know that if you can get in, you can get through- if you are willing to put your back into it.