USC vs. Carnegie Mellon

xterror1234
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:25:07 +0000

So, I have an interesting dillema on my hands. I want to study computer science for my undergraduate degree with an eventual goal of either working in finance or entrepreaneaurship. I will be going to Business School after working for a few years after my undergraduate. So, I was accepted to CIT but waitlisted for the ECE department and for SCS. This means that I would have to declare some other CIT major and then attempt to transfer into SCS. I was also accepted to USC straight into their computer science program and I might do a dual degree with marshall business school. When I visited CMU for a sleeping bag weekend, I was not dazzled by pittsburgh but I really enjoyed CMUs campus and the CS program. However, the social scene at CMU seemed to be lacking and the CS major that I talked to said that he had no time to be involved with any clubs, sports or organizations. Also, the freshman that I talked to said that they had not explored Pittsburgh at all which points to the fact that they only study. At USC, I know that I would be very involved and have an amazing social life, but I would not have as prestigious of a CS degree. Affordability is not a concern of mine and I could care less about bad weather. But I am having trouble with the idea that I would need to transfer once i am at CMU, which likely means a very tough freshman year. So should I go to USC for a balanced undergraduate experience or go to CMU with hopes of transfering into SCS? If i dont plan on staying in a programmer career for my whole life, is SCS really that much better than USC’s comp. sci department?