<p>gd016,
i took classes at ucla/berkeley before and the interior of tech looks pretty good compared to few places i’ve been to in ucla/berkeley. the interior of where berkeley’s environmental engineering department is looked shockingly outdated (i was accepted to their ms program there and went to visit). i also went to ucla’s library that undergrads go to (at least that’s what I was told; they have quite a few departmental libraries) and NU library looks modern compared to theirs. even at a rich school like stanford, the interior of the engineering building is worse than mccormick. they do have a very modern looking EE and comp sci buildings in the engineering quad, however. i think most schools have a mixture of old and new or well-furnished and under-furnished buildings; so the problem you are experiencing isn’t unique. it may be that the adminstration is incompetent and not getting the job done. but it’s also possible that most schools just can’t really keep up the way you expect them to without being fiscally irresponsible.</p>