Need help in picking a university for BS in Computer Science
My son is getting ready commit to a undergrad school for BS CS. Here are top 3 choices: 1. University of Wisconsin, Madison 2. University of Maryland, College Park 3. UMass Amherst He wants to come back to the bay area after graduation. Any suggestions on which one is better? Obviously I have looked at rankings like US News, CS Rankings etc.
Or community college and transfer to UC
^^ proximity to Bay Area recruiting, save money on tuition and housing, later transfer to a decent local university. It just may not seem “cool” and you cannot brag to relatives.. but it’s a sensible choice to consider
I'd tend to agree with this as well, though moving away for school is also a great learning and personal growth experience
If he wants to work in the Bay, why doesn’t he want to go to Stanford or Berkeley? Even SCU has a great name in the industry. It will be easier to find internships in summer if he is local as well.
Agree, but did not get into any local university here!
All 3 are great schools. You can’t really go wrong with either. I would recommend looking at weather and cost. If MS or PHD is the end goal, also look at professors and research they do.
Shouldn’t your son make his own decision about where to go
All 3 are great schools and can’t go wrong. I think your son should make his own decision based on interests
my advice to incoming CS freshman: start doing competitive programming, you'll learn DS and algos along the way. take math MOOCs whenever necessary. do this for a while and move to leetcode eventually. that's how you're gonna get the FAANG internship in the summer break following sophomore year. don't take hard classes, try to finish college in 3 years. hopefully you've converted your internship. welcome to FAANG, enjoy your fat sign on bonus and get working!
This is awful advice! Don’t follow the above. Do what you are interested in, enjoy college while also keeping up w commitments. Land internships when possible. I can’t imagine leetcoding 4 years away that were some of the best years.
I'd go with either 1 or 2.
Can you share the rationale please?
Actually I think Workday (below) has an even better idea.