Berkeley v Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Wash U for CS

carlsbaddad
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 04:41:12 +0000

My son was accepted direct into EECS at Berkeley, and CS at Vandy, Georgetown and Washington University. Any recommendations? On paper Berkeley seems the obvious choice for CS (and EECS has great flexibility for class choice so similar to CS per advisor), but appears to have a reputation for very miserable students (which has him concerned). We know GU well - older son graduated GU and loved it, but CS dept is small, plus far and away the most $$$. Vandy CS is a bit of a concern - their dept phone for CS from website is disconnected and engineering desk couldn’t provide an active phone #???