What are the best colleges for computer science?

im_blue
Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:54:29 +0000

I’m not just talking about any old Harvard math student. I’m talking about a Harvard math student who knows he has an interest in going to a graduate CS program, and would therefore be tailing his undergraduate curricula accordingly. Hence, I would surmise that he would in fact be also taking CS coursework on the side, either at Harvard, or cross-reg’ed at MIT. After all, if you know you want to get a PhD in a particular field, it behooves you to be conscientious about taking undergraduate coursework that will prepare you for it. If you’re not doing that, then you’re probably not serious about getting the PhD anyway.



I agree with you on that, but I still wonder why that person would not just get a BS in CS to begin with. If you’re going to be a math major but still take all the CS classes on the side, then for all practical purposes you are a CS major. Would you not be an official CS major just because Harvard has a weak CS department, and because you believe that a BS in Math would look more credible?