Best Undergraduate Programs in CS for Women

ucbalumnus
Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:23:59 +0000

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If there are in fact colleges/universities that offer non curve grading for the Introductory Programming course (first CS course), then I do advise you to look into it. It would (I believe) make life so much easier in helping you adjust to the CS community.

If the goal is to avoid “cutthroat” or stressful environments, perhaps it may be more important to consider whether:
a. The student is directly admitted to the CS major, or
b. If the student is not directly admitted to the CS major, the GPA threshold or level of competition to enter the CS major is not extremely high. See http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19262574/#Comment_19262574 for a list of popular schools.