I got accepted into both the UC Berkeley MIMS program and the MISM one-year accelerated program at Carnegie Mellon University. CMU has offered me a scholarship (roughly 70% tuition), while I'm still awaiting financial aid results from Cal.
The question is, where do I go? I'm looking to start a tech career in Silicon Valley, in the areas of product or program management, so I guess the proximity is good for UC Berkeley. However, the time factor for CMU means that I can start working as early as May 2015, plus I have the scholarship there as well.
Both courses are highly multi-disciplinary in that they sit in between the fields of computing/technology, business/management and information studies, and it doesn't help that CMU and Berkeley are both well-regarded in these areas! It's great to have options though. Would appreciate thoughts from anyone out there