<p>I am an international student from china, wanting to major in engineering. And the options for me are UIUC and Carnegie Mellon and UCLA. I have pretty much knocked out UCLA since their engineering progarm doesn't seem as good as the other two.
I am not sure which specific engineering I want to do but I am interested in Chemical E, ECE/EE, Material E or maybe BioE. I know that UIUC is ranked higher but is it that different bewteen 4th or 9th on the engineering ranking? I am drawn to CMU by it's reputation considering the fact I might come back to China to work. But I might go for grad school too, not sure.
I went on both school's career center website and looked up their recent graduate salary report. In some majors UIUC have higher starting salaries. But are those statistics reliable? Am I relying too much on the statistics?
Since I am internation, I can't visit them and feel which one I might fit in. Ang suggestion of which I should say yes to? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks~~</p>
<p>Congrats…
I say CMU…</p>
<p>I’d say CMU…</p>
<p>which major did u get accepted into?
Cause switching to EE is difficult</p>
<p>@prateek92, I signed up for undecide since I didn’t know where my interest were when I applied. Is it really hard to swich? Is it impossible?</p>
<p>Nope. As long as a fairly good academic standard is maintained, the university really helps you to make the switch to ECE. It’s not that hard, and many do it very, very regularly.</p>
<p>Int’l Chinese here too!
I would most definitely go for CMU. Since you would be paying, you might as well go for a private school. CMU is also slightly more reputable internationally (in my opinion). Also, CMU is pretty all-rounded in terms of most majors :)</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much about starting salary - If you ARE one of the top students, you will get offered a very high salary wherever you go!</p>
<p>Oho…
As gregory said…as long as your grades are up you can switch :)</p>
<p>Go for CMU…
Hands down…</p>
<p>Their pizzas are awesome too ;)</p>