CMU vs Cornell for undergrad

DivZero
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:19:59 +0000

ECE at CMU is much better at CMU than Cornell.

MechE is much better at Cornell than CMU.

If you are unsure, going to Cornell would be safest as getting a degree in either would be well-respected.

I spoke with a CMU interviewer/alumni who stated that ECE is the school’s flagship engineering program and the other ones (including MechE) are much smaller, and with somewhat less resources. They did say that CMU pools resources between the engineering majors, but that anything but ECE is 2nd tier there. However, CMU legitimately places behind Stanford in ECE and you can easily go onto success with a MechE degree from the school.