CMU accepts students into specific colleges, and the School of Computer Science is a stand-alone school. Transferring in from another school is extremely difficult.
quote=“coolguy40;c-22910383”]As an IT professional, I can tell you that it doesn’t matter where he graduates anyway. 99% of what he learns will be on the job. In fact, after 3 years experience, employers don’t even ask about college.
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Getting that first job to gain those first three years, it certainly does. And having those first three years at Apple/SpaceX/MS, enabled by school/GPA, will make a difference. At least based on my 30 years in the IT industry, the last 15 of which were heavily involved in hiring decisions.