Yale vs UT Austin Honors for CS

Greymeer
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 04:41:58 +0000

“When do you want to start at Google”

salt needed.

I know Turing kids that did not get internships freshmen year. Turing kids tend to be ivy smart but not all Turing kids can actually program or know the tools out of high school so they do not readily pass the technical interviews. You still need to be competent. They do have a better chance at landing an internship than a common CS student. Chance of getting an internship as a common UT CS freshmen ~20%.

Stats:
Around 140 students are offered Turing. Avg SAT 1560. The yield rate on Turing offers is 45%. ~60 students per year. Only 30% complete Turing. 70% drop it. So lots of kids pass on it or quit. The utility of the program is over after the second year.

Another thing is that the first year of CS even for Turing will teach you no more than what you learned in HS CS… if your HS had a decent CS program. So you might be bored.