Hi everyone. I’m an international student who has been admitted to GaTech Computer Engineering and UIUC CS. I have a personal affinity of entrepreneurship and startup’s and have conflicting ideas about where I should commit. I’ve heard that Tech has a better name-tag and brand value in terms of recruitment as well as experience but I’m being told by friends that UIUC CS is also equally competitive, not sure where I should commit.
Do you like living in the big city or small town?
Where are you coming from - Atlanta might prove better for travel. Land, take a train and boom you are at Tech.
Do you like warmer weather? Atlanta.
Both are fine schools.
Two people can make two different decisions - and both would be right.
Good luck.
UIUC is a top-tier CS program.
Computer Engineering and Computer Science are different. Do you have a clear preference? At each school, have you looked into whether the other major would be possible?
Is there a cost differential, and if so, how much does that matter?
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I am not too sure about my preference in terms of major since they both cover a large part which is similar as well. Cost is no factor. Switching to CS is impossible at GTech.
I like big cities and warmer weather but are they both similar enough for it to not matter where I go?
UIUC is neither in a big city nor warm in winter. Sounds like GT for the win!
Congrats on great acceptances.
but they’re not - Urbana is not Atlanta, either in weather or in big city-ness.
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What major at UCSD or Purdue and what cost? Where do you want to eventually live and what weather and environment are you coming from?
How do these aspects compare in your country of citizenship or where you can easily get work authorization? Note that the US is not a country that is easy to get work authorization with a BA/BS degree.