Deciding Between UW-Madison and RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) CS

anon94785555
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 21:23:36 +0000

Computer science is in L&S at UW- not engineering so no added surcharge. UW is a world class school with name recognition. An excellent choice if finances are there (you started this thread on the UW site…).

Your D needs to look at required, recommended and available courses for the CS major at each school. She needs to look at other requirements for a degree. My son started with honors math and physics sequences, doing the reqs for honors math and finished CS as a second major. Your D may want heavy math (excellent for CS). You said CS, not computer engineering, an entirely different field.