<p>CMU is definitely a great school for both research and career.
However, you should look into the professors’ profiles. What kind of research do they do? If you end up going to CMU and discover that none of them do what you want, that’s bad. I am assuming that you want to become a professor. It is important to begin your research as soon as possible, because you definitely want to produce results. For example, at CCNY the EE department is mostly about robotics and vision, and some of my EE friends are complaining that they couldn’t find any on-campus research because they don’t like robotics. We do have other options but they are very competitive too. </p>
<p>It really bugs me when I can’t find a lab that I want to join (say I am qualify…).</p>