UMDCP vs Northeastern.in - CS Major

[Anonymous]

Do they want to graduate in 4 or 5 years? NE is 5 years for kids who do coops, and there really isn’t a reason to chose them if the student doesn’t want the coops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they want to graduate in 4 or 5 years? NE is 5 years for kids who do coops, and there really isn’t a reason to chose them if the student doesn’t want the coops.

No, you can do 4 years or 5 years.
Everyone wants to do meaningful internship which is same thing as coop

[Anonymous]

I’m from the Boston area and am familiar with both UMD and NEU. I would pick UMD for CS. Way better!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMDCP has better CS program

Not significant enough to be a big factor.

It's one of the most competitive in the country. NEU doesnt even come close. College Park has improved aestheticically in the past decade. I love Boston but would not want to deal with their winters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m from the Boston area and am familiar with both UMD and NEU. I would pick UMD for CS. Way better!

That's your imagination

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they want to graduate in 4 or 5 years? NE is 5 years for kids who do coops, and there really isn’t a reason to chose them if the student doesn’t want the coops.

No, you can do 4 years or 5 years.
Everyone wants to do meaningful internship which is same thing as coop

If you do the coops, it takes 5 years. Yes, you could do it without the coops in 4 years. Source, my nephew who is a cs major at NE. I don’t know why anyone would chose NE of they weren’t interested in going the coop route.

[Anonymous]

You are incorrect. The kids can do it in 4 years, with summer sessions and 2 co-ops. If you do more than 2, yes, could take another year. But you are not paying tuition while out on co-op, and frequently, the students are paid during co-op

[Anonymous]

UMD CS is a top program for at least three decades. So the name recognition is hard to overcome within CS circles. NEU was mostly considered a commuter school till about 15 years ago. However in the last 10 years they have been buiding a strong CS program. But it is no match UMD CS (or other flagship top CS schools like Michigan, Washington, Massachusetts, and Illinois) who have been at this game for the past five decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are incorrect. The kids can do it in 4 years, with summer sessions and 2 co-ops. If you do more than 2, yes, could take another year. But you are not paying tuition while out on co-op, and frequently, the students are paid during co-op

Summer sessions are not typically when kids are in school, so yes, it adds a year or your kid will give up their summers. No matter how you slice it, the coop model adds time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD CS is a top program for at least three decades. So the name recognition is hard to overcome within CS circles. NEU was mostly considered a commuter school till about 15 years ago. However in the last 10 years they have been buiding a strong CS program. But it is no match UMD CS (or other flagship top CS schools like Michigan, Washington, Massachusetts, and Illinois) who have been at this game for the past five decades.

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[Anonymous]

College Park is gross and sketchy. Go to Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are incorrect. The kids can do it in 4 years, with summer sessions and 2 co-ops. If you do more than 2, yes, could take another year. But you are not paying tuition while out on co-op, and frequently, the students are paid during co-op

Summer sessions are not typically when kids are in school, so yes, it adds a year or your kid will give up their summers. No matter how you slice it, the coop model adds time.

Unless you don't plan to do internships in Summers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD CS is a top program for at least three decades. So the name recognition is hard to overcome within CS circles. NEU was mostly considered a commuter school till about 15 years ago. However in the last 10 years they have been buiding a strong CS program. But it is no match UMD CS (or other flagship top CS schools like Michigan, Washington, Massachusetts, and Illinois) who have been at this game for the past five decades.

Totally wrong.

https://csrankings.org/#/fromyear/2012/toyear/2022/index?all&us

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD CS is a top program for at least three decades. So the name recognition is hard to overcome within CS circles. NEU was mostly considered a commuter school till about 15 years ago. However in the last 10 years they have been buiding a strong CS program. But it is no match UMD CS (or other flagship top CS schools like Michigan, Washington, Massachusetts, and Illinois) who have been at this game for the past five decades.

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Nope. Northeastern has not been a commuter school for at least 35 years. Like it or not. But keep coming on here and spouting your nonsense.

OP, be sure to get your information from people who have actually been to each campus, not someone who claims to.

Northeastern has been a top CS and Engineering school since the inception of their programs (well before you were born).

[Anonymous]

NEU? Lol… CP!