WUSTL VS Carnegie Mellon

Colleges & Universities Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>I am trying to decide which university to go for engineering majors and </p>

<p>finance minor.</p>

<p>I have great interest in engineering but I also want to study many liberal arts </p>

<p>courses to enhance my english and broaden point of view.</p>

<p>Since I am an international student, it will be hard for me to get job in U.S.</p>

<p>but, I really want to get a job in U.S. Does undergraduate major play </p>

<p>significant role in getting job? I think undergraduate student study broadly </p>

<p>many areas and then go to professional school.Which school will be better to </p>

<p>get jobs?</p>

<p>Can one help me outline the pros and cons for each university. </p>

<p>Points to be considered are:

  1. Brand name. How will it matter?
  2. Jobs and acceptance to grad school
  3. Engineering reputation
  4. How good the engineering program is…(rankings for Engineering are CMU 7th, WUSTL 46th)
  5. And other minor factors (like weather, location etc)</p>
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<p>The schools are similar in many ways, including the name recognition.</p>

<p>CMU is better known for engineering and performing arts, WUSTL is better known for life sciences, and anything medicine-related.</p>

<p>Both claim to like interdisciplinary approach to academics, but WUSTL makes double-majoring and taking classes at different schools (and transferring between schools) much easier.</p>

<p>You’ll probably be fine either way. For you getting a job will probably depend more on getting a visa with working permit than on your choice of school (between CMU and WUSTL).</p>

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<p>I am in the same situation as you. I think WashU has better reputation than CMU. CMU is a technologically strong school while WashU is more inter-disciplined and academically diverse than CMU. However, the engineering program at WashU is not that great, ranking around 50 or something. Welcome any comments.There is no comparison between CMU and WashU in computer science.</p>

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<p>CMU may be a better choice, though I’m not sure how easy it is to major in engineering and minor in finance there. I chose Wash U over CMU for business, due to factors other than just academic prestige. CMU does have a large percentage of international students, so they could be a bit better equipped to get employers willing to sponsor work visas. Weather is warmer out in St. Louis, CMU has a much smaller campus (and about 1k fewer undergrads), Wash U has a better social scene in my opinion, but they’re both great schools.</p>

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<p>@ Loleo … pardon my ignorance, but it is CMU that has the stronger CS program, correct?</p>

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<p>Yea CMU’s CS program is amazing.</p>

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<p>Not sure where you are from, but liberal arts students in the U.S. don’t generally get good jobs straight out of undergraduate school. 30 years ago, they were recruited into trainee programs at big companies, but today the MBA has replaced that process.</p>

<p>Engineering majors generally get jobs straight out of undrgraduate. Finance majors do too, but accounting would be better for a job.</p>

<p>(and please folks, I do understand the value of liberal arts and I know that college is about more than jobs, but that is what he asked about).</p>