<p>@OP: Compared to the other schools you listed, USC’s CS program has been a little more implementation focused and a little less theory focused for the last 7+ years. Other threads in this subforum details the revisions the program is going through. I still think its at least at a similar quality to those other good CS schools. And the rankings seem to confirm that (note they focused on research and high level academia as criteria). As the common thing to do now is apply to over 10 schools, USC, UIUC, Georgia Tech, etc. should all be on your list as good CS schools whether you want to go into industry or research (or Master’s/Ph.D.).</p>
<p>Lots of companies recruit on campus, and you’ll be well qualified for internships/jobs, but it’s as simba9 says “it’s about what you know”. You’ll have to have solid CS fundamentals and programming knowledge to do well in interviews. This is a partial list of companies coming to campus for the engineering Career Expo: <a href=“http://viterbi.usc.edu/assets/162/87753.pdf[/url]”>http://viterbi.usc.edu/assets/162/87753.pdf</a></p>