Aint_No_Bitch

Argon, CSE (Computer Science and Engineering) is not a new program (at least not at UW) but just the name of their CS department. It's a traditional CS program. Caltech CMS, on the other hand, is a shiny new program unique to Caltech.

Hi guys, I recently visited the UW CSE program and was pretty impressed. Does anybody have any thoughts about how the department compares to the more prestigious/better known places (like MIT, CMU, Stanford)... I'm torn between UW CSE and Caltech CMS (that's Computing and Mathematical Sciences). One thing that makes the decision hard is that Caltech offered significantly more bling (about 10k more...) and isn't asking me to do any teaching. Anybody else in a similar position?

I was offered about 23k + health insurance at UW CSE, which doesn't seem like much in Seattle. Anyone have any insight?