MCS at CMU vs. UNC Chapel Hill

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My D got admitted to Case, Mellon College of Science at CMU and UNC Chapel Hill both. My D wants to do a broad based undergrad with hard sciences, math and some humanities and eventually go to Med School.

I am not able to find more details on comparing these schools. Can someone help?

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@JoyGrace - All are good schools, of course, so here are some factors you might consider:

  1. Size - CWRU and CMU are similar size, much smaller than UNC. Easier to get around campus at the smaller schools but range of course offerings is broader at UNC.

  2. Affiliated med school - CWRU and UNC have med schools, CMU doesn’t (but has some ties w Pitt, which does). Opportunities for undergrad med research may be better at the first two.

  3. CWRU and CMU don’t offer the breadth/depth/quality of Humanities offerings that UNC does. This is related to #1.

  4. I suppose the one big plus for CMU would be if your daughter is interested in combining math/stats/computing and bio/neuro - this is where CMU seems to shine.

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Thanks a ton for your help @SkepticalOfMost