Best Undergraduate Programs in CS for Women

Much2learn
Sun, 07 Feb 2016 17:42:00 +0000

I would also want to see the percentage of women in Computer Science at the schools she is considering, and support programs for women. For example, Carnegie Mellon and Penn assign mentors to women in CS. The mentors are women who are one or two years ahead of you. They provide a supportive resource to go to when you are feeling lost or confused and don’t know what to do next. Little things like that can be the difference between success and failure for inexperienced freshman or sophomores. Sometimes students feel like they are completely behind when actually they could catch up easily, if they knew what to do next. That is when good guidance can make a big difference.

Good luck!