Berkeley MET (EECS) VS. CMU CS VS. COLUMBIA CS

NiceUnparticularMan
Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:54:13 +0000

Mwfan1921:

With that said, you might think about recruiting in your home country and/or other countries you might want to live in after graduation.

This seems like an extremely important point to me.

My sense is Cal is an unquestionably top global brand name in tech circles, and of course if you are interested in the right sorts of things, the MET program is as good as it gets. So although I would confirm this with people actually knowledgable about the relevant industries in your home country, that would be a pretty obvious choice.

I might have a different answer (although it would be more of a “tie” sort of situation) if you were a pure CS person, and a US resident, and truly did not care about culture/vibe. But with a cross interest in business? Again, MET seems kinda obvious to me, barring contrary information from your home country.