Yale vs. Swat?

Keilexandra
Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:12:38 +0000

I’m a current student and fhimas’s advice is pretty accurate. I have lots of friends who are math majors and love the department, but they study math because they like math, not because they want to get a PhD in math (most of these people also fall in the “novice mathematician” category, people who didn’t think they would end up as math majors). Some of the really good math students end up going for physics, I think.

The CS department really does amazing work with placement in industry (although currently Google is the only big company that recruits on-campus) and academia (especially), given that it prioritizes teaching “novices.” The department has also worked hard to attract women, who currently make up a consistent 1/3 of the majors/minors.

I don’t know anyone who wants to pursue a PhD in engineering. Most of my academia-oriented engineer friends are also CS majors and would rather do a PhD in CS, and I think the same is often the case for physics/engin double majors.