Syracuse or USC?

[vikas.gotham]

Hey all,

I got an admit for MS CS from USC and Syracuse University (With a fee waiver) starting spring 2010. I am really confused as to where to go.

I need you people to help me decide. How are the professors there @ Syracuse? Please consider the following factors and help me decide :

Tution n Fees

Living expenses

Quality of education

Job opportunities

Regards,

Vikas Gotham

[liszt85]

Hey all,

I got an admit for MS CS from USC and Syracuse University (With a fee waiver) starting spring 2010. I am really confused as to where to go.

I need you people to help me decide. How are the professors there @ Syracuse? Please consider the following factors and help me decide :

Tution n Fees

Living expenses

Quality of education

Job opportunities

Regards,

Vikas Gotham

Living expenses: Syracuse better (cheaper) than USC obviously.

Job opportunities: I'm guessing USC due to the location of the university!

I don't know about the other two factors except that I know that hordes of Indian students attend USC's MS in CS program and none of them are funded. You might get better attention at Syracuse for all you know but I'm just guessing. You won't miss India if you attend USC, that's for sure

If the rankings don't differ by much, I would take into consideration difference in expenses and base my decision on that. Job opportunities will come along if you're good at what you do.

[jrpk]

I went to Syracuse undergrad, I live in Los Angeles now. Yes the city of Syracuse is cheaper than LA, but they are both large private universities and, if not funded, are expensive. Ironically, Syracuse's campus is in the nicer part of Syracuse, USC is in a not so nice part of Los Angeles (though the campus is nice). I know absolutely nothing about computer scinece but here's one more thing to consider, it was in the mid to upper 80s today her in Los Angeles -- it's currently raining and 35 degrees in Syracuse.

If you go to Syracuse you will see snow on the ground from October through April. It gets very cold in the winter and when it's not snowing it's often raining. Not that thesee are bad things, it's also very pretty in upstate NY but it's worth noting, USC is 12 miles from the beach and it's warm and sunny in LA 85% of the time.

good luck!