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menloparkbum on April 4, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Berkeley or Urbana Champaign?

Having a degree from a famous university may not automatically get you a job, but it will definitely get you more job interviews.

If you know for sure you're doing engineering and you got into the EECS program at UIUC, then it probably doesn't matter as much. However, it didn't sound like that was the case for the original poster.

siong1987 on April 4, 2009 [–]

It is not really hard to get a minor in CS in UIUC as long as you are good in Math and Science subjects.

But, one thing is sure: 17K vs 40k

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