<p>im not sure if any of the 3 are any good for cs but i gotta pick one for my backup school.</p>
<p>Pay a lil extra and pick all 3!</p>
<p>Actually UCR is not THAT bad. I keep hearing how ****ty it is,but its engineering dept isn’t that bad. I plan on putting it at my safety school for 2012 in SoCal if I cant get into UCSB or UCSD. Have you seen the new research rankings? Riverside is steadily doing well, graduates work at Intel, Google, and get accepted into top research grad schools.</p>
<p>UCSC. Period.
Their Jack Baskin’ School of Engineering is amazing. Plus, along with UCI and USC, they have the CS Game Design Program. And their location is the most appealing factor: right next to Silicon Valley. You can expect to get a really good internship there.</p>
<p>But well then, as the above poster said, gotta pay a lil’ extra for back up. I’d recommend all 3, unless you have GPA around 3.3~3.4</p>
<p>Actually, UCR and UCSC are both really good for CS. Their grad rankings for Computer Science are both #53 in the nation. (Higher than Vanderbilt and Michigan State, and they are supposedly known for their CS programs) UC Merced is new for their CS program, but it’s still a UC school and most classes are small.</p>
<p>UCSC has a location advantage – computer companies in the San Jose area may go to its career center because it is convenient. Even if they do not, your proximity can help you better find companies to apply to, and get to interviews for internships and post-graduation jobs without having to get on a plane. (San Jose State has a similar location advantage if you are also looking at various CSUs.)</p>
<p>took a peek at the UCSC computer game science program and wow apparently it a very selective major, but it not impacted by Tag?</p>
<p>Be aware that computer gaming is a small, specialized niche of the computer software industry. According to UCSC’s [url=<a href=“Computer Science and Engineering – Baskin School of Engineering”>Computer Science and Engineering – Baskin School of Engineering]FAQ[/url</a>] on the major, “the average nationwide salary for game developers with less than three years experience is $57,665, with salaries in the San Francisco Bay Area generally being higher than the average.” This figure is lower than what one usually sees for computer science graduates.</p>
<p>It may be worth looking into a normal computer science major with the usual courses in operating systems, networks, algorithms, software engineering, databases, and security and add in electives in graphics, artificial intelligence, art, and animation, in order to prepare for both game jobs and non-game jobs if the game jobs are not available or not satisfactory.</p>
<p>yeah i don’t really mind either one, since my teacher introduced me to CGS at UCI during their open house this year and i really enjoy the program while i was there. I believe uci CGS is more about programming though versus UCSC everything about games put together</p>
<p>down to UCSC and UCR. not going to apply to UCM for backup.</p>
<p>dude, just apply to both?</p>
<p>CS is under Bourns Engineering in UCR. and the UCR engineering program is actually pretty good. I’d say UCR?</p>
<p>Why not apply to both or all three and decide later (if you get accepted to more than one)?</p>
<p>I’ve only visited the UCR area (near the school, though), and I have to say I was really surprised by how dead it is there 
When I was thinking about college (both during high school and after), I never took location into consideration too much, but it really is pretty important. </p>
<p>Sorry this isn’t a super informative post about academics, but I thought I’d throw this in :)</p>