Duke CS vs UMich CS

[pine current]

mich cs is stronger and cheaper so its the clear option right?

unless ur considering duke for the prestige

which i dont think is worth it for CS

[regal dagger]

bro maybe im biased bc i did a summer program there, but Duke all the way. You won't be disappointed. In fact, it'll exceed your expectations.

[inner beacon]

uh yes mich is stronger but like they’re both top programs

so the difference is not huge

besides duke is a private with more resources

and with duke’s name brand i’d say duke

keep in mind this is from the perspective of someone who’s admitted to and loves umich

but honestly duke and don’t look back

you won’t regret it

and yes i assumed so

considering it’s 75 vs 90k

😭

[heavy spoke]

Duke for small private school environment + name brand

[polar wedge]

Just a point to consider but you can definitely do some double majors from the umich engineering school (other engineering, business).

[vestal spindle]

Name brand isn’t the best within CS

[vestal spindle]

Can’t double in math or eco or something tho

[supple crane]

hm my take is that there really isn't much difference in cs quality between most colleges (in terms of classes)

and looking at the duke cs classes, the theory classes honestly seem about the same as umich

other things like systems or whatever seem fine as well

and also one of the most important themes I've seen with duke are the very flexible prerequisites for almost all classes, including grad classes

umich math is even more flexible, but their cs requirements seem quite rigid (probably because there's so many people there)

so ig the only thing is job recruiting prospects, which I don't really know too much about

but I've heard decent things about quant at duke :blobpat

[vestal spindle]

Yeah I’ve stopped thinking about that

[vestal spindle]

I’m just doing due diligence about this now

Quant is strong

But I’m looking if there’s other stuff too, if I don’t like it

[shut reef]

Nah this is rubbish. Ik someone who transferred 2nd year from a T20 with meh CS to a top CS public and he said that the quality of professors, the focus on CS rather than "interdisciplinary", and the facilities are unmatched

and ik atleast 4-5 who'll say the same

[inner beacon]

i think the difference isn't that big lol

and people look for different things

[inner beacon]

sure if you're looking for straight job perspective and only career focused and nothing else

but a lot of times people look for more than that.

your view on education is very much instrumental

which is fine but not everyone hold that kind of view