Help with college decisions [engineering or computer science]

ucbalumnus
Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:02:28 +0000

randommom1:

Is there any particular benefit of attending the California private school in terms of internships or relationships in Silicon Valley?

Santa Clara University is in Silicon Valley. It may have some convenience advantage for both recruiters and students in that travel is not an issue for interviews (no airline flights or hotels needed), particularly at smaller companies that do not have the need or resources to recruit everywhere (the advantage is lowest at the bigger well known companies which recruit widely, anyone knows to apply to, and have offices in many locations). However, with the rise of videoconferencing and the trends in industry consolidation (meaning fewer smaller companies), this may not be as much of an advantage as before.

Other California private schools are not necessarily convenient to Silicon Valley employers, so they may not necessarily gain such an advantage.