Syracuse vs. UMASS vs. UCONN

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe the OP indicated the prospective major was information science, not computer science.

Yes, but it's a related field and my point was only that UConn's early investments there are spinning reinvestments which I would expect likely permeate other aspects of IS. IS is a broad term that encompasses everything from CS to library science to psych. But the heart of it seems to me to be the ability of organizations to amass and utilize large amounts of data -- which was only made possible via CS.

UConn has a small informatics major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe the OP indicated the prospective major was information science, not computer science.

Yes, but it's a related field and my point was only that UConn's early investments there are spinning reinvestments which I would expect likely permeate other aspects of IS. IS is a broad term that encompasses everything from CS to library science to psych. But the heart of it seems to me to be the ability of organizations to amass and utilize large amounts of data -- which was only made possible via CS.

UConn has a small informatics major.

I think you are thinking of UMass. And I'm not sure it's small per se.

[Anonymous]

You really need to visit all 3 places in person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

Strongly disagree. Syracuse is somewhat uneven. I don't know a ton about the information science program, but assuming it's strong, it's a great place to go to school. It has a little bit of everything. Although it has a party culture, there is SO MUCH to do if you're not into that.

I don't have personal experience with UMass or UConn, but I would guess that UConn would be a very strong option for your child. Put them all on the list and keep us posted!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

+1

Based on what metric?

On rankings?

Syracuse #59
GW #63
SMU #68

I doubt you think #59 is "a step down" from #s 63 & 68, so you must be using some other metric. What is it?

[Anonymous]

Our son was interested in both UMass and Syracuse and applied EA to the latter. (Not for information science) He was admitted to UMass very early, and was offered merit scholarship and admission to honors college. While he ended going elsewhere, he liked UMass -0 Amherst is nice. The UMass president is aggressively courting kids with superior academic stats into order to boost the profile of the school -- and also courting OOS kids who will pay higher tuition than in state kids (the latter is not a factor for Syracuse) (My impression is that, although a flagship state U, UMass loses out on alot of top in-state kids to the myriad elite private universities in Mass and so has to try harder to make up.) We visited Syracuse and were impressed by the campus -- he was thinking of applying but did not end up doing so can't really comment on it.

[Anonymous]

PP Sorry -- he applied EA to the former, UMass, not the latter, Syracuse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

+1

Based on what metric?

On rankings?

Syracuse #59
GW #63
SMU #68

I doubt you think #59 is "a step down" from #s 63 & 68, so you must be using some other metric. What is it?

This isn't even worth the discussion from a rankings standpoint. I know several kids who got into schools ranked around here, but are going to schools ranked around 100 for whatever reason. I'd rather my kid pick a school where he's happy then end up seeing him transfer after freshman year, which happens more than people realize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

+1

Based on what metric?

On rankings?

Syracuse #59
GW #63
SMU #68

I doubt you think #59 is "a step down" from #s 63 & 68, so you must be using some other metric. What is it?

The middle 50% of SAT & ACT scores barely overlap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

+1

Based on what metric?

On rankings?

Syracuse #59
GW #63
SMU #68

I doubt you think #59 is "a step down" from #s 63 & 68, so you must be using some other metric. What is it?

The middle 50% of SAT & ACT scores barely overlap

No school could ever manipulate that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

+1

Based on what metric?

On rankings?

Syracuse #59
GW #63
SMU #68

I doubt you think #59 is "a step down" from #s 63 & 68, so you must be using some other metric. What is it?

The middle 50% of SAT & ACT scores barely overlap

No school could ever manipulate that.

all three schools are test optional and superscore yet one is noticeably worse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

+1

Based on what metric?

On rankings?

Syracuse #59
GW #63
SMU #68

I doubt you think #59 is "a step down" from #s 63 & 68, so you must be using some other metric. What is it?

The middle 50% of SAT & ACT scores barely overlap

No school could ever manipulate that.

all three schools are test optional and superscore yet one is noticeably worse

So it's a worthless metric.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you looking at out-of-state flagships and not at any SUNY’s?

The OP indicated they are from Connecticut.

Thanks. I didn’t look past NYC. My bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse is a step down from SMU and GW

No, it isn’t.