Advice on transferring?

xraymancs
Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:19:49 +0000

UIUC is an excellent school and you can do a lot there but it is big and you may have to push ahead to get noticed. If you are not comfortable with doing that, look at other Association of Independent Technical Universities ([Association of Independent Technological Universities: AITU](http://theaitu.org/)). The list includes MIT and CMU but there are others which are strong in CS as well and might fit you better (smaller classes, easier to get to know faculty, get involved in research, take advanced courses quickly). You might even get some reasonable financial aid packages.