Berkeley EECS (Regent's Scholarship) vs. CMU SCS

Thomas_1
Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:13:53 +0000

I doubt you’ll be able to find people who have attended both Cal and CMU and are really able to compare the workload I’ll tell you my experiences at Berkeley though.


True, but that’s not a sole product of the workload. Certainly EECS as a higher workload than many other majors at Cal, but it’s very manageable if you schedule your classes right. That’s what it comes down to. If you don’t schedule them right, well, you’ll go to hell.
Classes sizes and professor interactions are not bad at all. I have never had problems meeting professors 1-on-1 and once you get to upper-div the class sizes tend to get smaller, at least after the first couple of weeks when people finished dropping classes. Most of my upper div classes probably had ~30 students in them. I’ve had some with 60+ and some with 10-15. Not bad at all. Could you be more specific what you mean by “facilities”? If you mean research-wise, well, Cal is amongst the top of the world, that should answer your question. If you mean stuff like on-campus computers, yes, they SUCK (except for a few labs), but who uses them anyway?
Depends on the school and your goals. I would’ve been willing to pay 60k more for my dream school. If I was in your situation I probably wouldn’t though.
It’s not that difficult to get involved with research, but you do need to be proactive about it. You need to get out there, talk to professor and convince them. Nobody will come to you and offer you a research position just because you get an A in a class.
No idea, I wouldn’t really put much weight on that personally.


EDIT: I’m an alumni, just so you know.