CMU v. Caltech (and misc. questions)

Anon098
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:29:20 +0000

I was accepted to both Carnegie Mellon and Caltech and now I have really tough decision. I am interested in CS (specifically AI, Robo and theoretical CS) and will probably major in it, so that makes me think I should go to CMU, but I think Caltech is probably better overall (in math for example).

Anyone know how the social scenes compare? I hear neither one is very good.

Is there a great deal of competition between CS students at CMU? That’s the impression I got and that definitely is a negative for me.

Any overall advice?

Finally, if I do decide to go to CMU, what dorm should I try to get into?

Lots of questions. Thanks in advance for any answers