Stanford University or University of Cambridge?

Not necessarily. MIT and Stanford are fairly on par with the amount of silicon valley engineers they produce, no tech company will discriminate between them. I would even go further and say a lot of tech companies are willing to fly out to MIT in order to capture talent.

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I don't get you. Why would employers in valley show any preference for MIT grads over Cambridge ones? Preference for stanford ones is still understandable.

Hmm, maybe because MIT is in the US? I can personally attest (after being at MIT for a sizeable amount of time) that employers from all over the US are drawn there. They can vouch for the credibility of MIT grads because it's a talent stream they know of and are comfortable with.

Hiring overseas from Cambridge could pose a few more logistical issues and/or additional uncertainty. It's quite simple really, you won't be exposed to the same opportunities in the US if you were to attend Cambridge - although you wouldn't be hindered if you were to give it a shot.

You did hint at being more interested in research opportunities; with that in mind I'd go with Cambridge and make use of the Cambridge-MIT links.

Yeah. I do understand the "MIT is in the US" point. However, as I said, I can always go to MIT for grad. And I won't work until after my grad studies. So my current focus is to get myself the best undergraduate education which will prepare me for a strong grad.

Ask an MIT prof in the department you want. They will see products of both places, and may have some guidance for the person they'll be admitting in four years.

Don't think it's that easy to go to MIT, even from Cambridge. You'll be in competition with HYP graduates.


I hope that a MIT prof has better things to do than answering questions from an 18yo applicant. He would look very pretentious.

MIT has perhaps a dedicated service for this sort of question.

Cambridge is held in much higher regard for sciences at least than Harvard and specially Yale. I think only Princeton holds a candle to the strong science departments of Cambridge.

Um i'm pretty sure Princeton is known for arts rather than sciences. Harvard has a stronger science program than both Yale and Princeton though.

Heh? Princeton has a much stronger array of hard science programs (granted, not post grad) than the other two. Namely: Maths, Physics, Computer Science.

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Cambridge is held in much higher regard for sciences at least than Harvard and specially Yale. I think only Princeton holds a candle to the strong science departments of Cambridge.

Cambridge is held in much higher regard for sciences at least than Harvard and specially Yale. I think only Princeton holds a candle to the strong science departments of Cambridge.

NYU is the #1 in the world for philosophy?? Are you sure? How was your GPA? That seems a lot more competitive than I would have thought.