best university for cs degrees (24)

1 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-12 19:23 ID:iVYxglLs

yeah man, what the title says! i want to get a degree in computer science (more specifically, the programming aspect) but am not really sure which university would be best for this.

2 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-12 21:04 ID:Heaven

Here, have a penny for your thoughts. Or was that a question?

3 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-12 23:34 ID:Heaven

mit

4 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E : 2008-03-13 02:57 ID:Heaven

Country?

5 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-13 03:07 ID:Heaven

MIT
Stanford
Cal-Berkeley

6 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E : 2008-03-13 05:48 ID:Heaven

MIT is not worth it at the undergrad level.

7 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-13 16:20 ID:r6x859lR

i live in the united kingdom but can go abroad if need be

8 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-13 18:29 ID:RdE1wk6J

as a CS major I'll tell you: Get ready for nights of no sleep

9 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-14 14:24 ID:Heaven

>>8 At which place? I never had any, personally, as I didn't put everything off to the last two days.

10 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-24 01:01 ID:jZJ+oGgs

>>7

Cambridge
Imperial
York
Oxford
Edinburgh

11 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-24 23:41 ID:F2AZP+Ag

Manchester's CompSci department is rated number 1 in the country.

12 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-03-30 23:21 ID:DnGiZwU6

Purdue.

Pro: First CS program in the world and they still do it best.
Con: Indiana. Enough said.

13 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-16 20:07 ID:DEECkKRa

GA Tech.
Surprisingly good CS.
Great campus if you dont mind big cities.

14 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-17 01:58 ID:tu8+wVBn

This is the current Graduate School ranking:
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/com/search

15 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-19 02:05 ID:7M98bEaz

Are there any universities that still teach using SICP?

16 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-20 22:17 ID:NC1eht5F

Birmingham is quite good

17 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-21 14:59 ID:jZJ+oGgs

>>15
http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/admit/Modules/pop.html

18 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-04-21 22:04 ID:cSAwcSJ0

>Purdue.

what languages do they teach i had no idea they were the first. thats incredible.

19 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-06 18:53 ID:jZJ+oGgs

>>18
They weren't.

20 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-07 08:43 ID:2WedotuZ

>>1

I'm not sure about other universities, but around me CS means 80% math courses, 17% stuff you'll never use (excluding math), 2% computer science (basic algorithms and such), 1% computer programming.

If you want real world computer programming experience that you can actually use then try hard to get an internship somewhere.

21 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-08 23:12 ID:XlTB76b9

>>18

>what languages do they teach

That is not important.

22 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-09 05:38 ID:I4zygKE4

If you want to make computer programs, you don't want a Computer Science degree. You want a Computer Engineering degree.

As important as this field of study is, it amazes me that colleges still fuck this up. Actually it doesn't given the horse shit way CS is taight. If a college has CS and CE courses, thats a good step twords it being a decent college for "computers".

23 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-12 20:47 ID:hrzhRAb+

Try to get into a fairly well respected university for undergrad, then try to get really good grades. Then, hopefully, you'll be able to go to a place like MIT as a graduate student.

24 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2008-05-12 20:50 ID:hrzhRAb+

Try to get into a fairly well respected university for undergrad, then try to get really good grades. Then, hopefully, you'll be able to go to a place like MIT as a graduate student.

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