#UIUC (math&CS) vs Cornell (CS in CoE)

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lost rain
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uiuc

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#5 for cs

prime berry
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Idk if my message sent. Here goes again:

Uiuc pros:

  • t5 cs school, lots of cs only career fairs, good internships
  • free career advising and resume help
  • cheaper
  • gen eds are not science 🙂
  • big 10 school, so I’ll get to experience that sort of culture
  • dorms have ac and dining halls (and late night dining)
  • cs culture seems collaborative
  • so much ap credit
  • boba! And food looks decent

Uiuc cons:

  • outside of campus and campus town isnt super safe
  • not great gender balance in cs classes
  • intro classes are flipped and ta led, this may be the case everywhere tho
  • far away (10 hrs) and breaks dont line up with my family’s
  • flat so like eh hiking and no skiing. Good stargazing tho?

Cornell pros:

  • ivy pReStIge
  • similarly ranked for cs
  • gen eds look pretty fun
  • student body is potentially more similar to me, but really a non issue since Uiuc is huge and I’ll find people
  • profs seem to have higher ratemyprof ratings lol
  • project teams! The AppDev one looks like literally everything i want lol
  • close (3 hrs) and breaks line up better with my sisters’ school ones

Cornell cons:

  • more expensive and no aid :/
  • science gen eds. Ive been traumatized by high school physics and am WORRIED about handling them
  • a lot less freedom with scheduling things due to pre recs
    -no ac in freshman dorms. Whats the tuition paying for then lol

Note: student outcomes are almost equal i think so this is a non issue

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Tie breaks: boba in the area lol, which internships do students get? How stressful are both programs? Is it manageable? Similar lgbtq life (and dating i guess) on both or is one significantly better? Which specific aspects of cs is each strong in?

nocturne fox
prime berry
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Not in state lol

nocturne fox
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I don't see any particular reason to pick Cornell except for bragging/prestige

nocturne fox
prime berry
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Exactly what the website says no scholarships lol

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Like 67k for Uiuc and almost 80k for cornell iirc

nocturne fox
prime berry
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Nope

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Cost is a non issue tho since my parents both saved smart and are doctors so like… yeah

nocturne fox
prime berry
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Why?

nocturne fox
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i think its west coast network is larger than cornell's

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cornell's network disappears when you head west according to an alum

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since you're cs I assume you're coming to the bay to work

prime berry
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Fully honest idk

nocturne fox
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it's cs research is also higher

prime berry
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If Uiuc has a stronger overall network though thats a big point in its favor

prime berry
naive geyser
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I think cornell is better here

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if you want to do mainly CS

nocturne fox
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but reputation isn't very useful for cs

iron solstice
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funny, bc both are highly reputable in CS

prime berry
sick vine
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this is hard one

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:/

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but i think cornell better

prime berry
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Minor update: i think I’m going to cornell. They have the project teams (which i really want to join) and I’m in pure cs. Also, my family wants me to go there.

valid swan
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I like Cornell so Cornell