CMU v. Caltech (and misc. questions)

KrazyKow
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:24:41 +0000

I don’t think that the CS department is competitive, except for a few, random, crazy folk- but those will be everywhere. There’s a large number of people who want to get through their classes as well as possible, and the best way of doing that is collaborating, so that’s what they do. CMU has a stronger CS program; I believe that Caltech is higher ranked in engineering and pure sciences. Caltech is a smaller school- how do you feel about its size?

If you do come here, I suggest Morewood E Tower, but really any of the freshman only dorms are pretty good. New House has small rooms, but air conditioning.