#Duke vs UIUC

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shut zephyr
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Schools: Duke vs UIUC
Intended major: Engineering, CS
Similarities: both are T50 overall and T20 for engineering/cs
Costs: Duke: 100k/year, UIUC 72k/year

Duke Pros:
T10 prestige
collaborative environment
People are very friendly from what I heard
flexibility of majors since i still don't know what in STEM i want to do
easy to double major in CS + engineering
raleigh research triangle
good weather

Duke Cons:
expensive (100k)
not as highly ranked in engineering/cs as UIUC (#17 vs #5)
im kinda introverted and its a pretty social place (could also be a pro as it would help me open up more)

UIUC Pros:
Highly regarded in engineering/cs
target for tech companies
relatively cheaper but is still expensive for a state school

UIUC Cons:
I got accepted to aerospace engineering - as an international, I won't have ITAR clearance and basically won't get any internships
no choice but to change majors which is tough
tougher to do a double major
bad weather (its too coldddd)
in the middle of nowhere
really big school so im worried if I'll be able to make good connections with profs

Tiebreaking considerations
While my parents said they can pay for both, duke is still like 28k per year more expensive. Also, UIUC is seen as better in engineering than duke (other than for BME which i don't want to do). Weather is also important to me kinda

tribal tinsel
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If you got the opportunity to switch your major if you went to uiuc

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Would you do it?And what would you switch to

shut zephyr
lunar ledge
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changing majors is hard at UIUC, not impossible.

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just letting you know

steep pollen
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worry more abt how much youll enjoy/fit in w/ the college; both of the colleges are very well known by name but ultimately you're only attending for a specific department not the college's "overall ranking"
duke ece is pretty strong (youll have a lot of double majors in your classes) but uiuc is a lot stronger for cs

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have you looked at opportunities, classes, and/or labs at each college?

tribal tinsel
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Uiuc ece is top tier

green pendant
tribal tinsel
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Like much bigger

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Its comparing hydrogen bomb to a coughing ant

steep pollen
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duke egr very strong for bme and then the other departments range in strength

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they said theyre not interested in bme so id say uiuc probably is a better fit in terms of career

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now if campus culture and that stuff is important then it can be less clear but for ece/cs i think uiuc is very clearly a more productive program

silk pelican
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duke