What's up with Santa Clara University?

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Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again: the Silicon Valley is a very boring place in a lot of ways. Very.

Think endless miles of strip malls and office buildings intermixed. You drive a few miles, and don't realize you're in another city because it all looks the same. The weather is great, but I don't think I'd dig SCU as a young person of 18 or 19.

Even my spouse who grew up there fled for college elsewhere in CA and never moved back. I find the SV leaves me cold as a location. It's just sort of...dull and uninspiring as a place.

Sorry, but I drive a few miles here in Rockville, end up in another town, and it all looks the same.

I used to live in the Silicon Valley, not too far from SCU.

OP, I would not pay that much money for a STEM degree at SCU. I get your kid loves CA, especially the weather. I so miss it; I just got back from CA for spring break. My kid would love to go to school in CA. But, I'm not paying those prices for a mediocre school. Unless finances is not an issue at all for you, this would be a dumb move.

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Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again: the Silicon Valley is a very boring place in a lot of ways. Very.

Think endless miles of strip malls and office buildings intermixed. You drive a few miles, and don't realize you're in another city because it all looks the same. The weather is great, but I don't think I'd dig SCU as a young person of 18 or 19.

Even my spouse who grew up there fled for college elsewhere in CA and never moved back. I find the SV leaves me cold as a location. It's just sort of...dull and uninspiring as a place.

Sorry, but I drive a few miles here in Rockville, end up in another town, and it all looks the same.

I used to live in the Silicon Valley, not too far from SCU.

OP, I would not pay that much money for a STEM degree at SCU. I get your kid loves CA, especially the weather. I so miss it; I just got back from CA for spring break. My kid would love to go to school in CA. But, I'm not paying those prices for a mediocre school. Unless finances is not an issue at all for you, this would be a dumb move.

But why? I think a lot of us used to live in SV, although I was not clued into the local university situation. I was a person who really didn't pay attention to where people went to college - it wasn't talked about a lot. But the stats on SCU are very very good, especially on pay. So if this is about finances only, I'd pick SCU over a bunch of other T50 colleges.

[Anonymous]

Why not look at HMC?

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Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again: the Silicon Valley is a very boring place in a lot of ways. Very.

Think endless miles of strip malls and office buildings intermixed. You drive a few miles, and don't realize you're in another city because it all looks the same. The weather is great, but I don't think I'd dig SCU as a young person of 18 or 19.

Even my spouse who grew up there fled for college elsewhere in CA and never moved back. I find the SV leaves me cold as a location. It's just sort of...dull and uninspiring as a place.

Sorry, but I drive a few miles here in Rockville, end up in another town, and it all looks the same.

I used to live in the Silicon Valley, not too far from SCU.

OP, I would not pay that much money for a STEM degree at SCU. I get your kid loves CA, especially the weather. I so miss it; I just got back from CA for spring break. My kid would love to go to school in CA. But, I'm not paying those prices for a mediocre school. Unless finances is not an issue at all for you, this would be a dumb move.

But why? I think a lot of us used to live in SV, although I was not clued into the local university situation. I was a person who really didn't pay attention to where people went to college - it wasn't talked about a lot. But the stats on SCU are very very good, especially on pay. So if this is about finances only, I'd pick SCU over a bunch of other T50 colleges.

SV pay is not the same as pay in other parts of the country, and neither is the col there. If your kid wants to major in CS and stay in SV, then maybe, but even then, the high pay will quickly get eaten up by the hcol there.

The ROI just isn't there. You might as well go to SJSU if the goal is to get a tech job in SV.

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Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again: the Silicon Valley is a very boring place in a lot of ways. Very.

Think endless miles of strip malls and office buildings intermixed. You drive a few miles, and don't realize you're in another city because it all looks the same. The weather is great, but I don't think I'd dig SCU as a young person of 18 or 19.

Even my spouse who grew up there fled for college elsewhere in CA and never moved back. I find the SV leaves me cold as a location. It's just sort of...dull and uninspiring as a place.

Sorry, but I drive a few miles here in Rockville, end up in another town, and it all looks the same.

I used to live in the Silicon Valley, not too far from SCU.

OP, I would not pay that much money for a STEM degree at SCU. I get your kid loves CA, especially the weather. I so miss it; I just got back from CA for spring break. My kid would love to go to school in CA. But, I'm not paying those prices for a mediocre school. Unless finances is not an issue at all for you, this would be a dumb move.

But why? I think a lot of us used to live in SV, although I was not clued into the local university situation. I was a person who really didn't pay attention to where people went to college - it wasn't talked about a lot. But the stats on SCU are very very good, especially on pay. So if this is about finances only, I'd pick SCU over a bunch of other T50 colleges.

SV pay is not the same as pay in other parts of the country, and neither is the col there. If your kid wants to major in CS and stay in SV, then maybe, but even then, the high pay will quickly get eaten up by the hcol there.

The ROI just isn't there. You might as well go to SJSU if the goal is to get a tech job in SV.

But COL is high in NYC too. And also the payscale info show it's more than the CS kids who are doing well out of SCU. No dog in this, but a humanities kid who gets a first job at Google etc is 100x better positioned than a humanities kid who does not, even if they went to Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anyone’s child from the DMV admitted to SCU this round? I’d be curious to know stats: coming from public/private, unweighted GPA (our kid is at a private that doesn’t weight), SAT/ACT, and what round your kid applied. Looking at it for our junior, but it may be out of reach. We know ED is the way to go at SCU if it’s a clear first choice.

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The thing about a lot of these schools and comparison points is that a lot of it is relative.

SCU's pay outranks a lot of great schools. That's great! But, is this because a lot of those new grads are working in SV, making 150K, but still not really living large because it's SV?

I want my kid to be happy and well-positioned in life. We are a dual-professional degree family with good jobs and good degrees but due to our age (millennials) and lots of working years (or under/not working years) during recessions we've seen struggle. I don't want that for my kid. And as beautiful as California and NYC and Seattle and other places are, I am not sold that the QOL is all that good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thing about a lot of these schools and comparison points is that a lot of it is relative.

SCU's pay outranks a lot of great schools. That's great! But, is this because a lot of those new grads are working in SV, making 150K, but still not really living large because it's SV?

I want my kid to be happy and well-positioned in life. We are a dual-professional degree family with good jobs and good degrees but due to our age (millennials) and lots of working years (or under/not working years) during recessions we've seen struggle. I don't want that for my kid. And as beautiful as California and NYC and Seattle and other places are, I am not sold that the QOL is all that good.

I don’t think you have to sign up for a lifetime in any area. But internships are helpful and , more to the point, does dropping 300k on a place like grinnell make you feel a lot better bcs the qol may be higher?

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Anonymous wrote:You might as well go to SJSU if the goal is to get a tech job in SV.

SJSU admits from OOS might not be trivial, suggest checking their admission stats. Maybe apply to SJSU and SCU, then pick after offers come out. Student might be accepted at one but not the other.

[Anonymous]

It almost seems like you haven't heard of Google.

https://www.gradreports.com/colleges/santa-clara-university

do yourself a favor and use google

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If kid is interested in CS and STEM - SCU is an amazing place. As others have said - the location cant be beaten.

Btw getting into CS here is not a cake walk. All the CS track kids who didnt get into the UCs apply here as back up

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Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again: the Silicon Valley is a very boring place in a lot of ways. Very.

Think endless miles of strip malls and office buildings intermixed. You drive a few miles, and don't realize you're in another city because it all looks the same. The weather is great, but I don't think I'd dig SCU as a young person of 18 or 19.

Even my spouse who grew up there fled for college elsewhere in CA and never moved back. I find the SV leaves me cold as a location. It's just sort of...dull and uninspiring as a place.

Sorry, but I drive a few miles here in Rockville, end up in another town, and it all looks the same.

I used to live in the Silicon Valley, not too far from SCU.

OP, I would not pay that much money for a STEM degree at SCU. I get your kid loves CA, especially the weather. I so miss it; I just got back from CA for spring break. My kid would love to go to school in CA. But, I'm not paying those prices for a mediocre school. Unless finances is not an issue at all for you, this would be a dumb move.

But why? I think a lot of us used to live in SV, although I was not clued into the local university situation. I was a person who really didn't pay attention to where people went to college - it wasn't talked about a lot. But the stats on SCU are very very good, especially on pay. So if this is about finances only, I'd pick SCU over a bunch of other T50 colleges.

SV pay is not the same as pay in other parts of the country, and neither is the col there. If your kid wants to major in CS and stay in SV, then maybe, but even then, the high pay will quickly get eaten up by the hcol there.

The ROI just isn't there. You might as well go to SJSU if the goal is to get a tech job in SV.

But COL is high in NYC too. And also the payscale info show it's more than the CS kids who are doing well out of SCU. No dog in this, but a humanities kid who gets a first job at Google etc is 100x better positioned than a humanities kid who does not, even if they went to Harvard.

Doesn't matter if it's a CS pay or not. The pay in SV is higher for almost all jobs (hello minimum wage fast food worker), but the col is higher than almost anywhere else.

A humanities major from SCU who gets a job at Google still has to pay SV prices for goods and services. If you want to live in NYC after graduation, you definitely don't want to pick SCU with SCU prices.

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Anonymous wrote:You might as well go to SJSU if the goal is to get a tech job in SV.

SJSU admits from OOS might not be trivial, suggest checking their admission stats. Maybe apply to SJSU and SCU, then pick after offers come out. Student might be accepted at one but not the other.

of course, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper than SCU, even for oos, and those two schools are 10min apart.

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Anonymous wrote:Previous poster again: the Silicon Valley is a very boring place in a lot of ways. Very.

Think endless miles of strip malls and office buildings intermixed. You drive a few miles, and don't realize you're in another city because it all looks the same. The weather is great, but I don't think I'd dig SCU as a young person of 18 or 19.

Even my spouse who grew up there fled for college elsewhere in CA and never moved back. I find the SV leaves me cold as a location. It's just sort of...dull and uninspiring as a place.

Sorry, but I drive a few miles here in Rockville, end up in another town, and it all looks the same.

I used to live in the Silicon Valley, not too far from SCU.

OP, I would not pay that much money for a STEM degree at SCU. I get your kid loves CA, especially the weather. I so miss it; I just got back from CA for spring break. My kid would love to go to school in CA. But, I'm not paying those prices for a mediocre school. Unless finances is not an issue at all for you, this would be a dumb move.

But why? I think a lot of us used to live in SV, although I was not clued into the local university situation. I was a person who really didn't pay attention to where people went to college - it wasn't talked about a lot. But the stats on SCU are very very good, especially on pay. So if this is about finances only, I'd pick SCU over a bunch of other T50 colleges.

SV pay is not the same as pay in other parts of the country, and neither is the col there. If your kid wants to major in CS and stay in SV, then maybe, but even then, the high pay will quickly get eaten up by the hcol there.

The ROI just isn't there. You might as well go to SJSU if the goal is to get a tech job in SV.

But COL is high in NYC too. And also the payscale info show it's more than the CS kids who are doing well out of SCU. No dog in this, but a humanities kid who gets a first job at Google etc is 100x better positioned than a humanities kid who does not, even if they went to Harvard.

Doesn't matter if it's a CS pay or not. The pay in SV is higher for almost all jobs (hello minimum wage fast food worker), but the col is higher than almost anywhere else.

A humanities major from SCU who gets a job at Google still has to pay SV prices for goods and services. If you want to live in NYC after graduation, you definitely don't want to pick SCU with SCU prices.

that's missing the point. if you go to NYU stern, you might get paid plenty in nyc finance. if you go to SCU, you might get paid plenty in SV. we're talking years from age 22-26. most kids aren't buying houses or making huge contributions to their roth, 5 or 10k maybe. they're getting paid more and spending more, that's true. but if you're 26 and have 4 years in at google in SV or JPM in nyc, you are really in a very good position for the rest of your life. moving to Austin or chicago or Cleveland or wherever after that is simple and, generally, your salary doesn't go down at that late early stage career point.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they still have the booster vax mandate in place?

I think if you got the original two shots and then a booster, you’re fine. Everybody got COVID this fall anyway and was hacking all over the place. Incoming parents need to band together once admitted and declare, as a group, that they’re not enrolling their children unless the mandate is dispensed with.

You're nuts. Colleges can put in place their own public health policies.

BTW, did you realize that your buddy Trump gets every booster that comes along? Saying no to vaccines is something he pushes onto chumps like you.

Totally agree on the Trump point. He gets every vaccine as soon as it comes out.

But for you, his followers, he suggests cleansing your insides with bleach. Or maybe try malaria pills. Unbelievable how dumb some people are.