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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I graduated from CMU with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2010 with so many regrets.  I literally spent at least 75 hours a week on classes and assignments.  I didn't have time to develop my social skills (e.g. EQ) and hobbies during my time there.  There were many hobbies that I wanted to do in those four years, but I never had the time due to academic commitments.  You could say that I can follow up on those hobbies after graduation, but they were never the same after that.  IMHO, I could get the same job with the same pay had I gone to UVA, Virginia Tech, or GMU as I would at CMU, and had much more time to pursue my hobbies.  Time is something that I will never get back at CMU.  CMU is a great school for people who have passions for academics and very much nothing else, and it was definitely not for me.  YMMV.[/quote]

The average CS graduate from CMU makes much more than the average UVA, VT, or GMU CS graduate.[/quote]

DP. I wrote about the 2010 CMU grad. Yes, I make 350K while my older brother who attended UVA makes 300K, but his life outside work is so much better and more interesting than mine. He had time at UVA to pursue many of his hobbies and improve his social skills while I did not. I would love to trade that 350K for the life that he has.  [/quote]

Another DP. I graduated from a no-name SLAC. I work with a lot of MIT and CMU grads.

Quite possible I make less than them, but that's because raises at my company are really strange.[/quote]

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