princEton or cAl tEch

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<p>I'd like to hear about this too, how's this for an Electrical Engineering major with little interest in anything else (social sciences, etc)?</p>

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<p>princeton cuz of grade deflation at caltech</p>

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<p>If you are TOTALLY focused on your major, electrical engineering, and you LOVE not just are good at math and science I would choose Caltech. But, I'm assuming most people would choose Princeton, it is broader and well has a higher graduation rate. I would go with Princeton, unless you are 100% sure you LOVE math and science.</p>

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<p>vtoodler, princeton also has a grade deflation policy. besides you should not choose what school you want to go to by the difficulty of the school. Choose which ever one you feel you will fit into.</p>

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<p>CalTech always over Princeton.</p>

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<p>I disagree. I have a friend who chose CalTech over Princeton. Caltech was better for his future career due to NASA's JPL being located there but he hates the atmosphere and social scene. A lot of competition, work, and just general unhappiness. That's not to say you can't have a social life, but you really have to seek it out. I think for the total undergraduate experience, no school (besides Dartmouth perhaps) beats Princeton. Besides you can always go to grad school at Caltech.</p>

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<p>For bulkhead, I'd say CalTech. For someone who DOES have interest in subjects other than math and science, though, definitely Princeton.</p>

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<p>It's Caltech, not CalTech, for the record.</p>

<p>And, as someone who just chose Princeton over Caltech, I would say it really very much depends on you. They are almost completely different schools (other than both being excellent universities), so it's going to not be as clear-cut a choice as some others might be.</p>

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<p>They seem to be doing some advanced comp sci at Princeton -- take a look at this blog post, an intro level class is writing encryption programs that can't be given to rogue nations...</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/blogs/prox/2007/05/treasonous_use_of_comp_sci_hom.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/blogs/prox/2007/05/treasonous_use_of_comp_sci_hom.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yeah, except it's not that it can't be given to rogue nations - it can't be exported period. US laws define cryptographical algorithms as munitions, meaning you can't export them - even if they're not all that profound.</p>

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<p>PRINCETON!!! (most definitely)!</p>