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[quote=Anonymous]My own kid started thinking of college Jr year of HS and due to interest in AI/CS, assumed CMU would be the hands-down top choice.

Visited the campus in December that year and met with 4 current students, and spoke with one student that had just graduated.  The recent grad loved his experience.  Started as a Math Major and ended up switching to CS which he admitted is very hard to do...had top grades and I guess one of his Math profs also taught a CS class, so worked out.  Three of the four current CS students (two juniors and a senior) were miserable...like nearly suicidal according to my kid.  They said the workload was intense...they often missed one class to complete the work for another, which of course then compounded things.  They saw no rhyme or reason for the intense workload.

The fourth was a freshman and loved it...of course he admitted he still had the Freshman glow and hadn't been there long, so I guess time will tell.

The December cold and gray didn't help things.  Found the CS/Engineering vibe very depressing.  Visited the incredible, new business school and of course the mood was much happier.  Many students and the tour guide said it is hard to take classes in other schools.  In other words, you will have a hard time as a Business major trying to take CS classes (one approach was considering)...and it is hard as a CS major to take entrepreneurship and other business classes in the business school.

Loved Pittsburgh, but decided not to apply.  Chose an overall top 10 school and wishes could plop it down in Pittsburgh because the city is one of the three top regional hubs in the country for AI.  Someone mentioned there are not as many unicorn start-ups at CMU vs. say Stanford, MIT, etc.  There are actually many CMU start-ups in AI and Robotics that are likely to achieve unicorn status in the near-future.[/quote]

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