Berkeley vs MIT

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Berkeley classes are bigger than MIT classes, but MIT classes probably would not be considered small at the frosh/soph level.</p>

<p><a href=“MIT Subject Listing & Schedule Fall 2023”>http://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi&lt;/a&gt; (note the number of recitation (discussion) or lab sections associated with each lecture)
<a href=“http://schedule.berkeley.edu”>http://schedule.berkeley.edu</a></p>

<p>MIT has a relatively large set of breadth requirements:</p>

<p><a href=“Welcome! < MIT”>Welcome! < MIT;

<p>Perhaps two important questions:</p>

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<li> How affordable is the extra $10,000 per year ($40,000 total)?</li>
<li> What are your post-graduation plans? If employment, what field and geographic region?</li>
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<p>MIT will likely be favored for east coast employment or investment banking employment. Berkeley is much more convenient for small Silicon Valley computer companies to recruit at.</p>