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We think selecting just 5 schools is not fair. So we added 5 more and made our own top 10 EE grad schools. Berkeley, Caltech, CMU, Cornell, GaTech, Michigan, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UIUC Hmm, it's like USNEWS... coincidentally.

Finally... our (Berkeley EECS seniors, class of '14) top 5 EE grad schools revealed. MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Berkeley, CMU Oh, UCSD is a great school but none of us is moving to La Jolla this year. I also should add UCSB, Purdue, UTAustin, and some other state universities to the list.

In terms of selectivity: 1. Caltech, Harvard, Princeton 2. MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Berkeley 3. Yale, CMU, Columbia, Penn, Northwesten, UIUC, Michigan 4. Brown, Duke, JHU, GaTech, UCLA, UW Admitted students (Berkeley EECS seniors, class of '14) most commonly want to go to: 1. MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Cornell, Caltech 2. CMU, UIUC, Michigan, GaTech, Princeton

She is not OK. She started bugging me to go to either Princeton or Stanford. It seems she has come up with her own rankings. But I won't go to Princeton for sure.

Got my first rejection today from MIT. The thing is my mom cried over this when I told her on the phone. I kept telling her that I already got amazing admits from top EE schools - CMU/Cornell/Stanford/UIUC/GaTech/Princeton/Michigan. But she kept crying. I felt so bad... I don't really know how to deal with her.

Good point. Perhaps I should just visit CMU, Cornell, and Stanford instead of visiting all five schools (actually three more acceptances). The CMU professor has already expressed a strong interest to work with me. That’s really nice. My parents want me to go to Stanford though. Anyways I will eventually choose one of these three schools.

I've got my official admittance emails from Stanford/Cornell/CMU/Princeton/UIUC for a PhD in Electrical Engineering and am wondering which one I should choose if all things equal (such as funding). The problem is that I really want to work with a professor at CMU, but its ranking is not as high as Stanford. I was born and raised in California and went to Berkeley... so it's time for me to move out of California.

1. MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Caltech 2. Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Penn, CMU 3. UIUC, MICH, GaTech, UCLA, UTAustin, UW, Columbia, Duke, JHU, Purdue, UO, UA, etc.. I know it's subjective but definitely more realistic than the US News ranking. What do you guys think? But USNews ranked: 1.MIT 2. Stanford 3. Berkeley=UIUC (what?) 5. Caltech=Gatech (are you kidding me?) 7. CMU=Cornell=Michigan 10, Purdue The problem is that schools ranked higher often are easier to get into than schools ranked lower. This is typically true of public schools in the top 10 compared to private schools (e.g., schools like UIUC, Mich, GaTech are not as selective as schools like Cornell, Princeton, Harvard, UPenn despite being ranked higher). I don't know how USNews rank grad schools, but I find it very very odd. Probably the only public school that is more selective than those IVYs is Berkeley. Getting into a higher ranked program than Harvard does not necessarily mean you have a good shot getting into Harvard, it only means you are probably qualified.

This is random, but schools ranked higher often are easier to get into than schools ranked lower. THis is typically true of public schools in the top 10 compared to private schools (e.g., schools like UIUC, Mich, GaTech are not as selective as schools like Cornell, Princeton, Harvard, UPenn despite being ranked higher). I don't know how USNews rank grad schools, but I find it very very odd. Probably the only public school which is more selective than those IVYs is Berkeley. For example, getting into a higher ranked program than Harvard does not necessarily mean you have a good shot getting into Harvard, it only means you are probably qualified. Good luck at UIUC. Realistically: 1. MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Caltech 2. Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Penn, CMU 3. UIUC, MICH, GaTech, UCLA, UTAustin, UW, etc..

"Why do you all think there are so many interviews this year when there weren't any in years past?" I'm curious...

Yale, Brown, Northwestern, Washington, Boston U.

You still have a chance with a good school. You should email some POIs with similar research interests. BTW what are those top-10 EE schools?

OMG... Pătraşcu died in 2012 after suffering from brian cancer for a year and a half. He was only 30. RIP

PENN all the way!

Cornell.

What's school A ,and B, and C?

Columbia all the way (because "I found one group that's a great match...I really liked the feel of the department as well, and am familiar with the NYC area."). Columbia is an excellent research institution, so DO NOT LOOK BACK!

Congratulations! Both UIUC and UTAustin are superb academic institutions for your graduate study. But in this situation you should follow your heart. UIUC all the way.

You should go to Caltech. Major employers will laugh at your PhD degree from Yale and simply toss your resume away. Yale engineering is that low. It's like night and day. We all know that Caltech is highly competitive... but nothing comes easy.

Just follow the money. Spending so much for your graduate study is simply ridiculous. Besides Purdue is a great place to pursuit your PhD degree.

Money talks. Besides Berkeley is an awesome school to pursuit your ph.d.

Go for the money!

Boston college hands down. LMU is a third-tier crap college.

Go to WUSTL.

follow the money.