<p>Does anybody know the success that Brown undergraduate students have in applying to top graduate schools, particularly in Computer Science?</p>
<p>I’d assume very successful, as we do get placements in top grad schools, but the majority of our top students don’t go to grad school, but instead go straight into the workforce. Meaning it’s more of our mid-tier students who’re going to the top grad schools, rather than the very top candidates we have. As people have repeatedly told me, for going to grad school a 3.4 is nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>Some reasons why we could have very good placement: our career development center is very useful: they help you make resumes, apply to internships, get research experience outside of Brown, etc. And our professors are oftentimes amazing. In addition, getting research as an udnergrad is easy, as is TAing. From what I’ve heard, grad schools look more at how involved you were in research, and look to see what you’ve DONE, more so than what your grades were, even if they consider grades more than employers. And it Brown it seems ridiculously easy to do.</p>
<p>Among my group of friends I have but two data points for graduate school (Ph.D.) but one went to an Ivy for biology and the other, after a Peace Corps stint, went to MIT for computer science.</p>
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Its one of the top universities in the country with a student body among the very topmost in the country. Its alumni work in graduate departments at the top research universities in the country. So what do you think?
Computer science is an excellent department with a very strong network of alumni in graduate departments (including several university department heads) and in industry around the country.
From
[Brown</a> Admission: Facts & Figures](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)
“35% of undergraduates pursue graduate or professional study immediately. 60% of undergraduates pursue graduate or professional study within 5 years. Within 10 years of graduation, 80% of all students have pursued further education through graduate or professional study. Brown consistently ranks among the top five colleges in the nation in the percentage of its applicants accepted to medical school, and these impressive records are similar in other areas of graduate study. Of those who apply to law school, 92 to 95 percent are accepted to one of their top three choices; among business school applicants, the figure is nearly 100 percent.”</p>
<p>Just a thought: you could just apply to Brown’s Computer Science graduate program. I know a few people who did that and they seem quite happy with their choice. According to them, if you do well with Brown’s undergraduate CS curriculum and make those close connections with your Professors then you really shouldn’t have too much of “hard time” (I use that loosely) getting accepted into the graduate program. I don’t know how much truth there is in that, but that’s what I was told. Again, just a suggestion.</p>
<p>Eh, from what I know people who do well, and who plan well ahead of time, are able to do a 5-year Sci B./M.S. within the CS department. But there’s a whole slew of other options for grad school. Whatever route you go, though, Brown’s CS department seems to have a ton of connections (undergrads who started companies, undergrads hired in top companies, faculty at other universities, companies working with our faculty on projects, etc.). </p>
<p>tnedifnocegelloc: Sorry I didn’t look at the stats, I was going based on the anecdotal evidence I’ve heard from upperclassmen. And from what I’ve heard, a lot of the brightest people coming out of Brown’s CS department are looking for top jobs, rather than going straight into grad school. I guess a lot of them end up coming back for more education, something I wasn’t really aware of (though I’m sure some of them are pursuing a graduate degree in something other than CS).</p>
<p>I doubt you could find any top-rated university with a CS major offering that doesn’t send graduates to prestigious CS graduate programs.</p>
<p>This is a very interesting topic. I am curious to see how many students entering a grad class in law, business etc. graduated from Brown, regardless of when they graduated, and compare this number with other top colleges.</p>
<p>[Office</a> of Institutional Research at Brown University](<a href=“http://www.brown.edu/oir]Office”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University)
Look at Quick Facts and click Outcomes. This year the ten years out numbers are a little low, but ratios are about the same.</p>