<p>I am trying to decide if I should transfer from Auburn to Georgia Tech. More precisely, I want to know if/to what extent a computer science degree from Georgia Tech is preferred over a software engineering degree from Auburn University.</p>
<p>Would a B.S. in computer science from Georgia Tech provide an advantage in finding a job over a B.S. in software engineering from Auburn? I probably (75%) will attend graduate school after my B.S. After obtaining a graduate degree, my undergraduate university will matter less than the university where I obtain my graduate degree?</p>
<p>If the advantage of Georgia Tech over Auburn is negligible, I will remain at Auburn and avoid paying out of state tuition at Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>My background: This is my first semester at Auburn. I have a previous undergraduate bachelor’s degree. I wanted to be at Georgia Tech this semester, but Georgia Tech mishandled my application and needed another semester to give me a decision. I started at Auburn because I didn’t know if I would ever be accepted at Georgia Tech. I applied to Georgia Tech as a computer science major because they don’t offer a major in ‘software engineering’. At either university, I would need about 4 semesters of courses to obtain a B.S. Recently Georgia Tech accepted me, so now I am trying to determine if a degree from Georgia Tech is advantageous. I appreciate any advice.</p>
<p>(I’m posting this here since I’m asking about college selection.)</p>
<p>I appreciate any advice.</p>
<p>You have a previous UG degree and wonder if it’s worth paying OOS costs for GTech?? No.</p>
<p>oh good heavens. I degree from GT isn’t going to help you more. If you get your degree from Auburn and apply to jobs in Cummings Research Park, you’ll be on an even footing with the other grads from the region. </p>
<p>Certainly NOT worth it to pay OOS at GT. </p>
<p>And, companies do NOT pay the GT grads more money. The GT grad, the Auburn grad, the Purdue grad, and so forth will all get the same starting salary from Company X.</p>
<p>BTW…who would be paying the higher OOS rate if you did go to GT?</p>
<p>mom2collegekids, you just don’t get it. </p>
<p>You have opportunities to go farther at GT. If you want a routine programming job in Cummings research park, yeah stay at Auburn. </p>
<p>If you want to work on the cutting edge, eventually get a PhD or potentially work in a hot start-up, they just aren’t looking for you as much at Auburn.</p>
<p>CRD…</p>
<p>lol…don’t kid yourself. Auburn grads go on for PhDs as well. And there are “hot start ups” in CRP as well. </p>
<p>I come from a family of engineers…spouse, siblings, cousins, uncles, nephews, nieces, etc. They have patents, they have been “cutting edge” (heck, my brother won an Emmy award for technology for television). My siblings hold patents for things that we all use everyday…and wouldn’t want to give up. If you knew my maiden name and googled it with US Patents you’d have a list taller than you are…my maiden name is unusual, and all those listed are my relatives.</p>
<p>None went to MIT, or GT, or the places that you worship. They went to schools like Purdue, CSULB, CSUF, USC, RPI, SLO and so forth.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the responses.</p>
<p>I would be paying the higher out-of-state tuition.</p>
<p>What difference does the fact that I have a previous degree make? That degree isn’t going to qualify me for a computer science or engineering job. I don’t see how my previous degree is relevant to my question.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong is normal programming jobs, but I would greatly prefer to work at an innovative start-up or rapidly growing company. I still haven’t decided what I should do.</p>
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<p>Start-ups and other small companies predominantly hire locally, since they have fewer resources to travel to recruit.</p>
<p>I would be paying the higher out-of-state tuition.</p>
<p>What do you mean by that? Do you have a savings acct with $80k in it? If not, HOW would you pay for that? If you don’t have a good income, you’re not going to get a loan (nor should you get a big loan).</p>
<p>Do NOT cut ties with your current school until you have all funding totally in place (not planned, but approved ). That means still sign up for classes in the next semesters.</p>
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It means you already have education which was supposedly gained to provide a good income. Second bachelor’s degrees come at a huge cost and there is a limit to the Direct Loans you can take out. If you already maxed those out during your first degree how will you pay for this one? And of all fields, CS is the one for which you LEAST need a degree. Good coders can get by with some select classes and job experience.</p>
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<p>Indeed, self-education in CS is relatively common.</p>
<p>Another option is a hybrid of formal education and self education, where one takes the introductory level CS courses* at a low cost community college and uses that as a base for further self-education in CS. Perhaps also look for opportunities to take a few more advanced CS courses** as a non-matriculated student at a four year school if desired.</p>
<p><em>Covering topics like use of various programming languages, data structures, computer organization and machine structures, and discrete math.
*</em>Such as operating systems, networks, databases, algorithms.</p>