UC Merced vs UCR vs SJSU

PhantomVirgo
Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:23:49 +0000

Yeah, it’s a pretty high-stakes and high-stress situation when there’s competitive admission like that.

I don’t go to SJSU, so I’m not sure about the re-applying for your major thing. I just know that more in-demand majors have a strict application process.

Option 2 seems like the safe bet. UCM and UCR both have good CS programs. They just don’t have the advantage of being right in the heart of Silicon Valley.

There’s also option 4: Go to SJSU and attempt to switch into the software engineering major. I’m not sure how competitive it is compared to CS though, so I’m not sure how much safer that would be. And this only really applies if you know you want to go into software development after college (as opposed to grad school, where CS would probably be the better bet).