Brown or UMich COE for Computer Science & Statistics?

spayurpets
Sun, 02 Apr 2017 05:37:34 +0000

Michigan COE and UM in general are going to be very large compared to Brown, so I really think you first have to decide whether you would like a large school or a medium school for your college experience. Michigan COE is almost as big as Brown in total. That consideration may override all others. My child started out in Engineering at Brown and quickly decided to move over to a CS concentration. It has been an excellent experience; teaching assistant opportunities for undergrads abound and the CS group seems to be very cohesive and supportive. I don’t know about Stats, but as someone said, Applied Math is very strong at Brown, probably among the strongest departments in the Ivy League. My child has gotten several job offers and interned for Google last year. CS at Brown seems to be pretty well regarded in Silicon Valley and Seattle. Michigan clearly has a better reputation for engineering overall, but it is extremely large and its reputation is more based on the faculty and graduate programs. (It’s in an industrial and auto manufacturing state, so their best departments are in mechanical engineering fields. Competition for attention among undergrads and for jobs and internships is going to be fierce.