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guardianshadow · 04-01-2008, 02:29 PM

I've been accepted to both Princeton and Caltech, and now a decision has to be made, so I was wondering if someone could offer some critical opinions.
If we set aside financial aid and weather, what are the differences (academically)?
Personally, I have been a couple of times at the IMO and the IOI (olympiads in mathematics and informatics), and I'd like to specialize in computer science/engineering, probably artificial intelligence, robotics, maybe cryptography, or theoretical comp. science/algorithm theory. Given this, where would I fit better? I've heard more than once that Princeton is much stronger in math than engineering and comp. science, so I guess I am more inclined toward Caltech, but I would really appreciate some thoughts on the matter.

04-01-2008, 02:29 PM	#1
guardianshadow New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 11	Caltech vs Princeton I've been accepted to both Princeton and Caltech, and now a decision has to be made, so I was wondering if someone could offer some critical opinions. If we set aside financial aid and weather, what are the differences (academically)? Personally, I have been a couple of times at the IMO and the IOI (olympiads in mathematics and informatics), and I'd like to specialize in computer science/engineering, probably artificial intelligence, robotics, maybe cryptography, or theoretical comp. science/algorithm theory. Given this, where would I fit better? I've heard more than once that Princeton is much stronger in math than engineering and comp. science, so I guess I am more inclined toward Caltech, but I would really appreciate some thoughts on the matter.