Georgia Tech CS vs UVA CS-Eng

[Anonymous]

UVA is not in the same league as GT for CS/ Engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would pick Georgia Tech

Again, I went to UVA for CS. There are many bright kids in the program, but the faculty is blah, and the program is lacking. GA Tech is more highly regarded.

[Anonymous]

My UVA grad had this precise choice for aerospace engineering. She went over her options (Purdue was another) and was swayed by astronaut Kathryn Thornton who ran the UVA aerospace engineering department. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_C._Thornton. Attending UVA turned out to be a great decision for her because she decided to switch majors to Arts & Sciences at the end of first year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My UVA grad had this precise choice for aerospace engineering. She went over her options (Purdue was another) and was swayed by astronaut Kathryn Thornton who ran the UVA aerospace engineering department. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_C._Thornton. Attending UVA turned out to be a great decision for her because she decided to switch majors to Arts & Sciences at the end of first year.

Yes, pretty much for anything other than Engineering or CS, UVA is a better choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My UVA grad had this precise choice for aerospace engineering. She went over her options (Purdue was another) and was swayed by astronaut Kathryn Thornton who ran the UVA aerospace engineering department. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_C._Thornton. Attending UVA turned out to be a great decision for her because she decided to switch majors to Arts & Sciences at the end of first year.

Yes, pretty much for anything other than Engineering or CS, UVA is a better choice.

Pretty much anything STEM, GT is the better choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech by a landslide. Not just for CS but overall experience

That can't be true. UVA is a public ivy, I'm told.

UVA is a public ivy because OOS cost of attendance (82,366 to 83,856 for Engg/Applied Science) is on par with Ivy COA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech by a landslide. Not just for CS but overall experience

That can't be true. UVA is a public ivy, I'm told.

UVA is a public ivy because OOS cost of attendance (82,366 to 83,856 for Engg/Applied Science) is on par with Ivy COA

? So the cost is the only reason why UVA is considered a public ivy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech by a landslide. Not just for CS but overall experience

That can't be true. UVA is a public ivy, I'm told.

UVA is a public ivy because OOS cost of attendance (82,366 to 83,856 for Engg/Applied Science) is on par with Ivy COA

? So the cost is the only reason why UVA is considered a public ivy?

Is there any other reason that you know of?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would pick Georgia Tech

Again, I went to UVA for CS. There are many bright kids in the program, but the faculty is blah, and the program is lacking. GA Tech is more highly regarded.

Most people teaching it don’t work in the field and have book knowledge but not real life experience. Same with other majors too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech by a landslide. Not just for CS but overall experience

That can't be true. UVA is a public ivy, I'm told.

UVA is a public ivy because OOS cost of attendance (82,366 to 83,856 for Engg/Applied Science) is on par with Ivy COA

? So the cost is the only reason why UVA is considered a public ivy?

Yes, I believe so. For the same reason, UMich is also called a public Ivy.

[Anonymous]

cost has nothing to do with being a public ivy. prestige and rankings do.
back to OP, you cannot be serious about debating these two for CS. Anyone who wants to go into CS should know at least that GT is a top 10 program and far superior to UVA in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech by a landslide. Not just for CS but overall experience

That can't be true. UVA is a public ivy, I'm told.

UVA is a public ivy because OOS cost of attendance (82,366 to 83,856 for Engg/Applied Science) is on par with Ivy COA

I can’t even with the ridiculous UVA poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:cost has nothing to do with being a public ivy. prestige and rankings do.
back to OP, you cannot be serious about debating these two for CS. Anyone who wants to go into CS should know at least that GT is a top 10 program and far superior to UVA in this area.

+1

[Anonymous]

GT but prep your kid. If he's used to be the smartest kid in the room there's going to be an awakening. GT promotes its retention rates but several of the programs in the engineering/cs spaces have very high washout rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ga Tech by a landslide. Not just for CS but overall experience

That can't be true. UVA is a public ivy, I'm told.

UVA is a public ivy because OOS cost of attendance (82,366 to 83,856 for Engg/Applied Science) is on par with Ivy COA

I can’t even with the ridiculous UVA poster.

really? why??