Yale vs UT Austin Honors for CS

momofmusician17
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:58:08 +0000

Mom here of a Yale 2018 grad in CS and Music. If you are looking for an incredible college experience, I would say that Yale is the school for you. My son was upset that his sister wasn’t accepted at Yale because he feels like she will miss out on the many traditions and experiences that Yale offers that have nothing to do with the academics. Mind you, she was accepted at Stanford, Columbia, and top-tiered LACs, so it wasn’t that she didn’t get into phenomenal schools. It is just that he feels like Yale offers an exceptional college experience that is difficult for other schools to replicate. Of course, take that with a grain of salt as he has only been to Yale! ?

FYI - The company where he works paid the tuition for him to take an eleven-week, intensive Hack Reactor class in San Francisco before starting his job. As someone stated above, applicants for these jobs go through the same process. My son’s first round of interviews was basically solving logic problems.

Good luck with your decision.