davida1

What are you thinking about in terms of a career? Do you want to go into academia in the sciences? Caltech is a good option if that is the case. But, honestly, regardless of what you want to do, I think in terms of your post-college jobs options it would be a big mistake to pick Caltech over Princeton. Just my two cents.

Sesquipedalian

Go to Caltech, its light years better than Princeton. The amount of ug experience you get is enormous.

lizzardfire

I'm a Sophomore in EE at Caltech. I really have no idea how Princeton performs in the subjects you mentioned, but I'll attempt to shine a little light on my opinion of Caltech in those areas.

1) CS here is very theoretical. I don't really know much about how it compares to other CS departments, but I've heard that it is good for those into the theory. It focuses very little on actual programming from what I've been told.
2) Robotics is not very big here. We do have CDS (Control and Dynamic Systems) , but it's only offered as a minor. There are a few robotics things going on, like DARPA (which undergraduates can actually easily get on) and robocup, but there doesn't seem to be a strong academic or research emphasis on it. I'd seriously check out MIT or Carnegie Mellon if you have the opportunity for these fields.

If any other techers agree/disagree, please chime in.

Techie1988

Can you tell us in what ways your father was "shocked" at the differences in the math programs between Princeton and Harvard -- two of the best in the country? Thanks.

mia305

Princeton for math. CalTech for other, "pure" science. MIT for EECS and other engineering. FYI, new MIT EECS integrates robotics in entry level programming course sequence.

rickpaul80

princeton.....

Dauntless9

You would say that Rick

Dauntless9

My computer spazzed out and posted like 10 times, I don't know why. I'd appreciate it if a mod or something deleted my extra posts.

Edit: thank you

rickpaul80

Lol, i would say that