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10-06-2012, 05:30 PM
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I'm beyond confident that many of those 'Stanford' or 'UCB' or any top-tier schools students who are doing CS for the money will feel depressed if they take a basic, 200 level course like CSE219 here at Stony Brook, I can imagine them feeling suicidal.
| Seriously? Again? How is it so easy for you to compare your school against every top school you have never taken a class at? I am sure your class is tough...but so are the students that enter these universities. There is no one on this board questioning the academic quality of Stonybrook. Maybe it would be best to just state that your class is hard, and not continue to drag other HIGHLY respected universities into it...
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10-06-2012, 06:10 PM
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Hey ChuckTown, that was surely funny. Let's put it this way, why don't you read what I wrote carefully before you comment? Clearly, you misread what I wrote. I never 'dragged' any top school, so that's a lie. What I said was it doesn't matter which school you attend, or how pretty your SAT is, CS isn't meant for anyone. Those who are swimming to the field for the top-paying jobs might not be able make it, although they might in schools where quality isn't stressed. I merely used my school, which I'm familiar with, as an example to to hammer my opinion and prove that those students end up dropping out. Initial enrollment in CS programs is always high, it's the graduation right that matters.
Before you reach a juvenile level of excitement, take some time comprehending and not just reading without analyzing.
Best,
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10-07-2012, 02:44 AM
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Initial enrollment in CS programs is always high, it's the graduation right that matters.
| This is true, but obviously if initial enrollment doubles, then the number of graduates will increase. If not by double, then by slightly less. But the point still stands, if CS gets flooded with incoming students it may change the conditions of the job market. Quote: |
I'm beyond confident that many of those 'Stanford' or 'UCB' or any top-tier schools students who are doing CS for the money will feel depressed if they take a basic, 200 level course like CSE219 here at Stony Brook, I can imagine them feeling suicidal.
| serious man, give it a rest already.
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10-07-2012, 05:46 AM
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You obviously have some insecurities about Stony Brook. If you are so proud of it then stop comparing it with Stanford and UCB or any top-tier schools because it's seriously just making fun of yourself.
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10-07-2012, 01:39 PM
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Hey...
Folks can plug their schools. There is no harm in that. As a matter of fact, yours truly would like to plug the undergraduate computational mathematics program at Michigan State and the no-specific-major graduate engineering distance program at University of Wisconsin System.
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10-07-2012, 01:51 PM
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QCstudent: I'm glad you like your school, but every post you make is about Stony Brook CS and how it compares to other programs (and there's always something negative said about them).
Moving on. I can't help but think Subsidized has gotten limited exposure to CS. If you've only taken introductory programming classes, then of course you're going to find CS somewhat elementary. CS is somewhat narrow, true, but it has applications in almost every field. The world runs on software. If you get a CS degree, I don't think you'll find yourself wanting for a job.
GLOBALTRAVELER: School pimpery is okay, but denigrating other schools to make yours look better is in bad taste.
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10-07-2012, 01:52 PM
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| And what you did is just fine. I think my school is pretty good too. Go wolfpack! But what has been the current theme is far far FAR different, on quite a few threads recently.
But yeah, sumzup is correct, there are no shortage of jobs at this moment and it would take a while for it to be flooded. If it is what you love, do it. If you don't know what you love, then think of the environment that you want to be in, and put yourself there. CS is a great, and really interesting field, I personally which I could take a lot more classes in it.
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10-07-2012, 02:07 PM
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School pimpery is okay, but denigrating other schools to make yours look better is in bad taste.
| I agree...EXCEPT when...
Michigan State denigrates Michigan
Michigan State denigrates Notre Dame
Michigan State denigrates Ohio State
That must be allowed on this website....LOL
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10-07-2012, 02:14 PM
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I am a graduate of UNC, and now go to NC State. I have denigrated myself, haha, but at least it wasn't Duke!
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