UCB and MIT are completely different cultures, turning out completely different engineers. People that have gone to either are SURE they'd never want to go to the other school, and rightly so. I think it's mainly an east-versus-west thing, in terms of the crucible education system and what it turns out.
I was accepted into MIT. I didn't go, because I knew I'd wash out. I considered UCB, and knew I'd make it there, but decided I didn't want to go that far from home. Strangely enough, I ended up at Southern Polytechnic, which is about as far from both as you can get....
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Date: 2004-08-20 01:51 pm (UTC)Different cousin, yes.
UCB and MIT are completely different cultures, turning out completely different engineers. People that have gone to either are SURE they'd never want to go to the other school, and rightly so. I think it's mainly an east-versus-west thing, in terms of the crucible education system and what it turns out.
I was accepted into MIT. I didn't go, because I knew I'd wash out. I considered UCB, and knew I'd make it there, but decided I didn't want to go that far from home. Strangely enough, I ended up at Southern Polytechnic, which is about as far from both as you can get....