Beside Cal/LA/SD, what school should I pick for CS/CE?

<p>Thanks ucbalumnus. That is indeed helpful.
Oh, and your name indicates you graduate from Cal. How hard is their CS (L&S) program? All schools in my area do not have CS61 series’ equivalence, and I hear people say that the series are super hard. That sounds scary for someone has decent programming skill like me…</p>