<p>KaChow: that is really irrelevant. Brin did his undergrad at the University of Maryland, Page did his undergrad at Michigan. They were PhD students at Stanford. If you’re getting a PhD, Berkeley is just as good as Stanford, MIT, CMU.</p>
<p>CMU Silicon Valley is NOT for undergrads! As an undergrad you will be in Pittsburgh (you may be able to do research in its Silicon Valley location).</p>
<p>From what I have heard, CMU places very well with Google, Facebook, etc… and they all come to recruit for summer internships and full-time jobs. The only reason you should have a concern is if you want to start up your own company while in college, in which case the Pittsburgh location is less ideal than in Silicon Valley; however, this is unlikely for any student, but if it’s your dream, then it’s something to consider.</p>
<p>However, CMU offers more resources in terms of education (it has an entire separate School of Computer Science). Keep in mind you have to apply to a specific school at CMU, though (SCS is harder to get into than other schools at CMU).</p>
<p>Furthermore, there are other concerns to take into account. Weather is one big difference. School culture is another difference (at MIT/CMU you will be around tons of technically-oriented whizzes, Berkeley/Stanford might be more well-rounded - this is just a generalization).</p>
<p>Since you’re out of stater, I would recommend going to CMU/MIT/Stanford over Berkeley, if you don’t mind the weather; but again, this is assuming you even get into CMU/MIT/Stanford (which is not easy at all).</p>