What are the best colleges for computer science?

Sam_Lee
Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:29:22 +0000

sakky,

I am a little confused with what your position is? Are you just merely describing what happens in reality or are you supporting it? Yes, I guess there are many people who can’t resist the prestige of Harvard. But that’s not necessarily the best way to go about picking college–such as trying to major in CS which CMU is amazing but pick Harvard instead because of prestige.

Earlier you said picking GA Tech over Duke is like picking Harvard over UIUC. Well, not quite. First of all, Duke, while pretty prestigious, is no Harvard. There’s “H-bomb” but not “D-bomb” you can throw around, LOL! Conversely, GA Tech is definitely more prestigious in the engineering circle. Even with BME, GA Tech is ranked higher in the 2006 graduate ranking. For all other engineering disciplines, GA Tech is ranked pretty high while Duke isn’t. While in reality, still more perspective engineering majors may pick Duke over GA Tech, I can totally see how many would do otherwise. It’s also a lot cheaper to go to GTech. But for those that aren’t sure about engineering and may switch to humanities/social science…etc, Duke is probably a better choice because it’s more well-rounded.