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Re:Ask HN: Carnegie Mellon or Stanford by abii on Monday April 06, 2009 @12:21PM (#549086)
Yes, it's a tough decision. But I don't think rankings really matter.

Do you mean that CS classes are better at CMU? How so?

EDIT: I claimed that "Gatech was ranked as #1 in CS but everyone I speak to tells me CMU and Stanford are definitely better (just look at the alumni of these two as opposed to gatech)." It is not. Its undergraduate program is ranked #6 and its graduate program is ranked #9 by the U.S. News & World Report. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/com/s...

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Re:Ask HN: Carnegie Mellon or Stanford by trickjarrett on Monday April 06, 2009 @02:08PM (#549283)
This is just an anecdotal recommendation, I don't have any data to support this. During my time as a research assistant at GT I seem to recall hearing more from/about CMU people than Stanford.
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Re:Ask HN: Carnegie Mellon or Stanford by brent on Monday April 06, 2009 @12:39PM (#549123)
Who claims GT is #1?
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