Stanford, Harvard, or Yale???

Planner
Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:35:32 +0000

Thanks—I’ve seen this, and we’ve been following stories in the media (and on College Confidential) about CS at Yale. I do think the recent $20 million donation will help (as will moving the department into SEAS), though I wonder how much that will affect this year’s incoming students and students who are already there. Putting money to work can take a long time, especially if people can’t agree on, for instance, hiring decisions. In our case, if my son knew for sure he was going to major in CS, he would absolutely go to Stanford. But since he’s not sure, the decision is more difficult. On the other hand, it would be nice to have really good options in any field he’s considering, and Stanford (more than Harvard or Yale) offers them.