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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top privates: HYPSM
Top public: Berkeley, Michigan, UCLA, etc
If cost is the same, there is no question about choosing MIT, Harvard and Stanford over any public. For Yale and Princeton, it may depend on the majors. For example, I can see people choose Berkeley over Yale for CS.[/quote]

Even to major CS, I would choose Yale over Berkeley without a slight hesitation. All undergrad CS courses at the T25 schools are more or less same, and research opportunities are plenty in those resourseful schools for an undergrad. But the overall undergraduate education experience at the two schools is hugely different, and frankly the experience at Yale is way better while you may have hard time even getting to some classes you want. Yes, prestige does play a role in my decision as well if I would pay that much to attend. 
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I agree that Yale likely offers a better college experience, but you are insane if you think its even close for computer science. Berkeley EECS (their flagship CS program) offers better opportunities for research, better faculty, better job opportunities in the tech industry, and better resources for founders. If your goal is research, tech, or entrepreneurship, pick Cal in a heartbeat.

If you don't believe me, heres a letter from PHD students in 2015 complaining about Yale CS ([url]https://debayangupta.com/letter.htm[/url]) and an article from 2020 with quotes from faculty ([url]https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/11/29/yale-ranks-124-for-best-global-universities-in-computer-science-faculty-comment-on-lack-of-institutional-support/[/url])

I am not even a Berkeley fan, but it is crazy to compare the two in computer science, or any engineering for that matter. [/quote]

Better college experience is subjective to the person.  It’s about skill vs what expensive college you went to.  No one cares if you go to a state school vs Yale.  [/quote]

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