This is the year to get into CS

[Anonymous]

Practically all CS departments (public, private) have been seeing a decline in CS applications that started in 2024. Numbers from EA interest for the Fall 2026 cohort indicate a further drop.

This seems to be the year to get into CS programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Practically all CS departments (public, private) have been seeing a decline in CS applications that started in 2024. Numbers from EA interest for the Fall 2026 cohort indicate a further drop.

This seems to be the year to get into CS programs.

That is not true.

[Anonymous]

cite your source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:cite your source?

I included a link to https://marketviewedu.com/ data for 2023-2025. Click on it.

The source for this year's continuing decline is via personal access to relevant info. I'm spilling the beans, so to speak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:cite your source?

link is in the original post - a little hard to see but it's there.

i think they need to show other majors to show if it's only computer science

[Anonymous]

The CS jobs have dried up and it is being replaced by AI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The CS jobs have dried up and it is being replaced by AI.

As evidenced by the 5,700 job openings in Washington DC on glass door when you search software engineer.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Job/washington-dc-us-software-engineer-jobs-SRCH_IL.0,16_IC1138213_KO17,34.htm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Practically all CS departments (public, private) have been seeing a decline in CS applications that started in 2024. Numbers from EA interest for the Fall 2026 cohort indicate a further drop.

This seems to be the year to get into CS programs.

Hold on. Depends on the school. CMU, MIT, CalTech, etc. are still receiving record numbers of applications for CS. It is still the TOUGHEST admit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:cite your source?

link is in the original post - a little hard to see but it's there.

i think they need to show other majors to show if it's only computer science

OP. Interestingly, applications across engineering are flat, so there seems to be some flow from CS towards other engineering disciplines.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. Is your EA for the current year from your own knowledge?

I wonder if it's been just so hard go get into CS that many students are not even bothering?

[Anonymous]

The Indian f1 student drop is also helping

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The CS jobs have dried up and it is being replaced by AI.

As evidenced by the 5,700 job openings in Washington DC on glass door when you search software engineer.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Job/washington-dc-us-software-engineer-jobs-SRCH_IL.0,16_IC1138213_KO17,34.htm

What percent of those listings do you think represent actual jobs? (Not just recruiters collecting contacts.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The CS jobs have dried up and it is being replaced by AI.

As evidenced by the 5,700 job openings in Washington DC on glass door when you search software engineer.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Job/washington-dc-us-software-engineer-jobs-SRCH_IL.0,16_IC1138213_KO17,34.htm

What percent of those listings do you think represent actual jobs? (Not just recruiters collecting contacts.)

No idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Practically all CS departments (public, private) have been seeing a decline in CS applications that started in 2024. Numbers from EA interest for the Fall 2026 cohort indicate a further drop.

This seems to be the year to get into CS programs.

Hold on. Depends on the school. CMU, MIT, CalTech, etc. are still receiving record numbers of applications for CS. It is still the TOUGHEST admit.

How much? What was the previous record?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Practically all CS departments (public, private) have been seeing a decline in CS applications that started in 2024. Numbers from EA interest for the Fall 2026 cohort indicate a further drop.

This seems to be the year to get into CS programs.

Hold on. Depends on the school. CMU, MIT, CalTech, etc. are still receiving record numbers of applications for CS. It is still the TOUGHEST admit.

What you say is still true, but there’s a more important part of the reality that you are omitting. Our DC graduated from CMU 2 years ago (non-CS degree) and none of his friends (who did graduate w/ CS degrees) have jobs - they’re now looking at grad school as all those lovely entry level jobs have all but disappeared and been replaced with AI.