Which school for CS?

insanedreamer
Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:44:19 +0000

Drop UW. If you're not direct admit to CS you won't get in.

Considering RPI only $10K more than UCSC and $5K more than Purdue, I'd pick RPI. Very strong CS program - especially in InfoSec. Nerdy culture, diverse and collaborative student body (my D is student there). Very high placement rate - Google/Microsoft/etc. all hire from there and many grads get six figures upon graduation.

Freezing winters as @eyemgh said, but Purdue isn’t much better in winter. Troy has improved a lot in recent years, and has a nice downtown walking distance from campus. Great outdoors in nearby Adirondacks. (Of course if location is a critical factor, you can’t beat UCSC.) If weather is important, than SDSU. I’d also pick RPI over UC Davis/Irvine unless cost differential is painful.

FYI, grad school isn’t necessarily as helpful for CS as some other majors. If there’s a specific advanced field you’re interested in pursuing (like AI) you should do a funded PhD rather than pay for a masters.