Which college would you chose ?

Student Lounge International Students
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<p>Say you wanted to study computer science and you were admitted to both MIT/Berkeley/Stanford and Cambridge University (UK). Which one would you choose to go to?
MIT/Berkeley/Stanford all have a great reputation in CS, but so does Cambridge. Moreover, Cambridge is far less expensive than the colleges in the states.
So, what do you think?</p>

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<p>I would definitely go to Cambridge.</p>

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<p>definately the 3 american university for me</p>

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<p>haha do think of job prospect for money's sake, haha especially for CS, the 3 US graduates in CS will definitely land a job with google, or IBM or microsoft!! the pioneer and leaders of CS, Cambridge? yeah still famous but... not as advantaged as a stanford grad to be hired by google or apple. right?</p>

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right?

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Not sure. If you didn't know, Microsoft has some sort of location just in Cambridge. There is a lot of stuff going on...also, there is some sort of "Silicon Valley" in Cambridge, too.</p>

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<p>computers... berkeley... alum network.... NoCal... silicon valley?</p>

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<p>Anybody else except me who doesn't understand zules' intention?</p>

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<p>Definitely the american universities, if i'm able to afford it.</p>

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<p>Even Berkeley? I mean, undergraduate education at Berkeley has not a thaaat good reputation in the US (huge classes).</p>

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<p>yeah ur right.. maybe not berkley .. but the other 2 for sure.</p>

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<p>Definitely Cambridge. I am an Anglophile....hehe</p>

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<p>Actually, for a non-EU student, Cambridge is not that much cheaper than Stanford or MIT and may be even more expensive than Berkeley. Anyway, if I wanted to major in CS, I wouldn't choose any of the schools listed above. I'd go to Carnegie Mellon instead.</p>

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<p>It depends what you want. They are two completely different systems, each with their pro's and con's.</p>

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Anyway, if I wanted to major in CS, I wouldn't choose any of the schools listed above

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Are you kidding? Don't get me wrong, Carnegie Mellon is a great school for CS, its program is renowned. However, the top three schools are still MIT, Stanford and Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Cambridge... but only because im from the US and going to university outside the country would be most interesting ;-)</p>

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<p>Cambridge's tuition is around 9000 Sterlin Pounds per year (~18 000 dollars) while Stanford is 33 000 dollars...</p>

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<p>MIT of course</p>