<p>If his interest is to pursue the technical path, conventional wisdom would say either CMU or Cornell, depending on which he thinks he might like it at better. If his interest is not so much the technical path, but rather to get a support staff job on Wall street, Fu is probably best for that. I forget the statistics, but it’s something like less than a third of their “engineering” students actually pursue technical careers. That doesn’t necessarily make Fu Foo, just a lot different than the others.</p>
<p>FWIW a Cornell degree can also preserve the Wall Street option, I am living testament to that. But relatively more of their engineering school students are there because they actually want to be engineers. I would assume the same applies to Comp sci.</p>