Columbia MSCS vs GaTech MSCS vs CMU INI MS Mobile IoT Engineering vs Brown ScM CS

[TOMARI]

Hey guys,

I am looking for some advice on graduate school choosing.

I've narrowed my result down to Columbia MSCS, GaTech MSCS, CMU INI MS in Mobile and IoT Engineering and Brown ScM CS.

I want to find SDE jobs, CMU got a good brand but its focus is on Mobile and IoT, which will include some hardware. However, the last semester of this program will be taken in Silicon Valley, which will be somewhat helpful for finding full time jobs I think. GaTech costs less and Columbia/Brown are Ivies.

what are your thoughts?

Edited April 12, 2020 by TOMARI

[sane39201]

3 hours ago, TOMARI said:

Hey guys,

I am looking for some advice on graduate school choosing.

I've narrowed my result down to Columbia MSCS, GaTech MSCS, CMU INI MS in Mobile and IoT Engineering and Brown ScM CS.

I want to find SDE jobs, CMU got a good brand but its focus is on Mobile and IoT, which will include some hardware. However, the last semester of this program will be taken in Silicon Valley, which will be somewhat helpful for finding full time jobs I think. GaTech costs less and Columbia/Brown are Ivies.

what are your thoughts?

Have you checked their destinations outcome? If CMU offers decent outcomes, go for it. But if not, it's not part of SCS so...Columbia looks good enough but it's in New York, and I for one hate that city.

[Ada2]

CMU is in the league of Stanford and MIT. Top 3 program. Columbia isn't even in the top 10. If I got into CMU I'd go there.

[TOMARI]

9 hours ago, sane39201 said:

Have you checked their destinations outcome? If CMU offers decent outcomes, go for it. But if not, it's not part of SCS so...Columbia looks good enough but it's in New York, and I for one hate that city.

This is the first year for CMU Mobile and IoT engineering program, previously it is called MSIT-MOB, which has a quite good career outcome. However, this year the program changes a lot and removes many courses, adding some hardware courses on its list.

while Columbia/GaTech/Brown have not published their career outcome yet.. at least I failed to find them on the official sites.

[TOMARI]

1 hour ago, Ada2 said:

CMU is in the league of Stanford and MIT. Top 3 program. Columbia isn't even in the top 10. If I got into CMU I'd go there. 

Thanks for your advice. CMU surely has a good fame for CS, but my program is not MSCS, and that's why I am concerned.