@ucbalumnus @bluebayou @stevensPR @ProfessorPlum168 Thank you all for replying and your insight. I am, however, less concerned about jobs as I’ll most likely go to grad school and then back to China. Prestige-wise, both schools are of the same caliber where I ever I go IMO.
@towb
If that’s true, it’s another plus for Hopkins given its undergrad research focus should you choose to go for Ph.D. or want Master’s funding. The smaller CS student cohort size means more than ample research opportunities which are abundant across the school.
Both relatives (one direct and one extended) are in SW at FB - one is in FAIR.
Hopkins CS is pretty well known - Google and Facebook recruit well at both. They both of course hire more berkeley grads on a volume basis as berkeley’s CS department is larger. Nonetheless, this entire discussion is moot. The OP can choose to double major in CS and Environmental Science at JHU. That is far from guaranteed at Cal - both from getting into the CS program or even being able to graduate on time with a double major given class waitlists. What if he goes to Cal and does not pass the intro weeder classes? One is a bird in hand and the other isn’t. No dropoff in job prospects from either.
Another point to consider is 4 year graduation rate - Cal is at 72%, JHU is at 87%. With a double major, it might be extra hard to graduate in 4 at Cal.
As a foreign Chinese student perhaps you should know that UCB will have many more Asian students and native language speakers. And if you get lonely for a little piece of home, San Fran’s bustling Chinatown is minutes away.
Just a thought.
Academically both great. Berkeley is a global brand in cs. Hopkins noted globally for its science and medicine. Based on my personal perception only.
“there is virtually no difference in salary between the BA CS in L&S and the BS in CoE”
Right, but the OP got into CNR, not CoE or L&S, she’ll have to get a double major as ucbalumnus suggested, that may be tougher at UCB than JHU.
"JHU is private, smaller, academically strong but flexible, higher average GPA, higher ranking, better housing, more research opportunities and much more. If you have opportunity to attend JHU and price, weather or location doesn’t matter then why not? "
Ok, but price, weather, location matter a lot, esp for someone from LA. If you’re Chinese, you’ll be far more comfortable in the bay area for the reasons privatebanker pointed out.
“higher ranking,”
Absolutely not in cs, as others have said and I know from personal experience, UCB is considerably ranked higher than JHU in CS. For overall ranking sure JHU, and may be for natural resources.
“better housing”
This is true, haven’t been to JHU, but it would be easy to have better housing than UCB esp freshman year.
@tobwb Did you decide yet?