WUSTL VS Carnegie Mellon

nngmm
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:17:52 +0000

The schools are similar in many ways, including the name recognition.

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

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.

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).