abii

Re:The Founder Visa on Friday April 10, 2009 @10:34PM (#557149)

E-1 is restricted to nationals of a small set of countries. It needs to be more open.

Re:Google App Engine gets Cron on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @07:31AM (#552553)

Thanks for noticing this. The request time limit does suck.

Re:Ask HN: Carnegie Mellon or Stanford on Monday April 06, 2009 @01:14PM (#549181)

I'm probably more entrepreneurial than theoretical. But I'd likely be so deep in debt when I get of college, that I'd have to work for a while before doing a startup.

Anyway, I think the quality of students matters quite a bit. Does CMU attract the more academic kind and Stanford the more startupy kind? Are you saying that the CS research done at Stanford is not as good?

Re:Ask HN: Carnegie Mellon or Stanford 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...

Ask HN: Carnegie Mellon or Stanford

Posted by abii on Monday April 06, 2009 @11:56AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm trying to decide which of the two to go for undergrad. No real difference in the cost. So, for doing computer-related major (CS or something like Symbolic Systems @ Stanford interests me too), which is better? I've heard good things about both universities.P.S. I did see another thread about choosing a college but most of the comments seemed to be specific to the submitter's circumstances...

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Re:Ask HN: Choosing a college on Sunday April 05, 2009 @11:48PM (#548277)

dude he said he was in INDIA, not INDIANA.

Re:Ask HN: Choosing a college on Sunday April 05, 2009 @11:29PM (#548253)

I'm a high school senior too and I only recently got accepted at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford (didn't apply to Ivys or MIT). First, you should get over the rejections. Last December, I applied for Cornell ED (36% acceptance rate) and I got rejected! I couldn't quite figure out why but now, five months later, I'm really really happy cos it gave the opportunity to apply for Stanford/CMU during RD. And Stanford had a RD acceptance rate of 7.2%. Only Harvard has a lower rate. So, shit does happen but good things also happen.

Anyway, as an international, I can't get financial aid at most schools (only Harvard, MIT and a few others are need-blind for intls). So, I'm faced with a similar question. Is it worth paying so much for Stanford or CMU?