MIT vs Carnegie Mellon for Computer Science

goodncolo
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:14:15 +0000

MIT and CMU are basically tied for the #1 position in computer science, with a few other schools (I think it’s safe to say this even though I don’t know of any official ranking of undergrad CS programs).

My advice would be to look beyond the stats and do some research on these two schools. Look at the roster of professors and see what their research interests are. Look at the key “sub-programs” within the colleges - for example, CMU has the Robotics Institute and Software Engineering Institute; MIT was the birthplace of AI. Then decide where to go, based on which school inspires you more.