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Go to Berkeley. The weather is better. The town is cooler. It's close to the ocean. And the mountains. There are cuter asian girls (and better looking men.) The
by menloparkbum 18y ago
Go to Berkeley. The weather is better. The town is cooler. It's close to the ocean. And the mountains. There are cuter asian girls (and better looking men.) The school itself is ranked higher... in every subject. It's the best public university in the country.
No matter what your major, it's a university everyone in the WORLD has heard of before. You are therefore considered smart for going there even if you major in Psychology. UIUC is only known in Illinois and some engineering circles.
Nobody goes to Berkeley and thinks "I should have gone to UIUC." But they do wonder the other way around.
(I went to university in the midwest and moved to Berkeley after I graduated, and then kicked myself for not even trying to go to Berkeley or Stanford.)
- kajecounterhack 18y agoIs it worth the $40,000 debt x 4? $160,000...
- menloparkbum 18y agoSure, I'd pay that much. YMMV. Also, if you establish residency you save about 15 grand a year.
- siong1987 18y agoUIUC is very famous in Computer Science. I don't think that people will give you a job because you are graduating from a FAMOUS university. It is more on what major you take than what university you are graduating from. Think of this: EE from Yale or EE from UIUC? I am sure that a EE company will definitely choose the latter.
- menloparkbum 18y agoHaving a degree from a famous university may not automatically get you a job, but it will definitely get you more job interviews. If you know for sure you're doing engineering and you got into the EECS program at UIUC, then it probably doesn't matter as much. However, it didn't sound like that was the case for the original poster.
- siong1987 18y agoIt is not really hard to get a minor in CS in UIUC as long as you are good in Math and Science subjects. But, one thing is sure: 17K vs 40k