UMD CS or UVA CS?

[Anonymous]

UMD for the more serious student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD for the more serious student.

Hmm I know students there who are most definitely not serious students and would never have gotten into UVA even if they were in state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD for the more serious student.

Hmm I know students there who are most definitely not serious students and would never have gotten into UVA even if they were in state.

hm.. we are talking about CS. Serious CS students go to UMD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, stop arguing. It's not a good look. It has been established that UMD is better for CS but UVA is better overall. Better as in rankings in both cases but also of course it is individual preference. There is no need to bicker back and forth like you are doing. You sound an awful lot like the Tech booster, perhaps you are one and the same I dunno, but this thread should be over and done right now. Go to UMD if the kid wants CS and likes the school. If they like UVA, they are not going to graduate unemployed.

Those two things are not established. They are assertions usually based on some ranking.

but rankings are important when it shows UVA is top tier, but not important when it shows UVA isn't top tier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD for the more serious student.

Hmm I know students there who are most definitely not serious students and would never have gotten into UVA even if they were in state.

That's only because UVA likes to "check the box" for something silly like 4th year of foreign language or bypassing AP Lit. Crucial for CS majors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD for the more serious student.

Hmm I know students there who are most definitely not serious students and would never have gotten into UVA even if they were in state.

That's only because UVA likes to "check the box" for something silly like 4th year of foreign language or bypassing AP Lit. Crucial for CS majors.

+1

Why do UVA boosters continue to act like UVA CS is top 20. It's not. You're better of going to Purdue for Top 20 for CS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, stop arguing. It's not a good look. It has been established that UMD is better for CS but UVA is better overall. Better as in rankings in both cases but also of course it is individual preference. There is no need to bicker back and forth like you are doing. You sound an awful lot like the Tech booster, perhaps you are one and the same I dunno, but this thread should be over and done right now. Go to UMD if the kid wants CS and likes the school. If they like UVA, they are not going to graduate unemployed.

Those two things are not established. They are assertions usually based on some ranking.

but rankings are important when it shows UVA is top tier, but not important when it shows UVA isn't top tier.

Sauce for the goose IS sauce for the gander. My point was rankings are data points, but they should not be put forth as definitive evidence. People should decide based on what is important to them.

[Anonymous]

Is safety important for you? UVA had so many shootings on campus or in a near proximity, a lot of sexual assaults' committed on campus. Several students were either killed or injured.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD for the more serious student.

Hmm I know students there who are most definitely not serious students and would never have gotten into UVA even if they were in state.

That's only because UVA likes to "check the box" for something silly like 4th year of foreign language or bypassing AP Lit. Crucial for CS majors.

Not for engineering and computer science. Additionally, there is no undergrad foreign language requirement at UVA for the BS in computer science

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is safety important for you? UVA had so many shootings on campus or in a near proximity, a lot of sexual assaults' committed on campus. Several students were either killed or injured.

Exactly the football students were shot by the same student. There is an independent investigation ongoing. Nothing else has happened there. College Park is much more dangerous than Charlottesville- it gets an F for overall safety on crime data.org. I would walk UVA’s campus at night. I would never walk the College Park campus alone at night.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is safety important for you? UVA had so many shootings on campus or in a near proximity, a lot of sexual assaults' committed on campus. Several students were either killed or injured.

Exactly the football students were shot by the same student. There is an independent investigation ongoing. Nothing else has happened there. College Park is much more dangerous than Charlottesville- it gets an F for overall safety on crime data.org. I would walk UVA’s campus at night. I would never walk the College Park campus alone at night.

^^ “Exactly three students …”

[Anonymous]

My DS got into both schools for CS last year. He ultimately chose UVA, even though I wanted him to go to UMD since it’s closer to home. They’re both good schools, and there isn’t a significant difference between the two programs that I’ve seen besides a few places here and there in rankings. One of the few things I’ll note is that UVA’s CS curriculum was recently redesigned, and it seems to have more requirements than UMD’s. (For example, UVA BSCS requires two semesters of software development/engineering courses.) At the end of the day, they’re both good schools and fine choices for CS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS got into both schools for CS last year. He ultimately chose UVA, even though I wanted him to go to UMD since it’s closer to home. They’re both good schools, and there isn’t a significant difference between the two programs that I’ve seen besides a few places here and there in rankings. One of the few things I’ll note is that UVA’s CS curriculum was recently redesigned, and it seems to have more requirements than UMD’s. (For example, UVA BSCS requires two semesters of software development/engineering courses.) At the end of the day, they’re both good schools and fine choices for CS.

Even before the redesign, UVA has more core requirements in tough classes -- operating systems and a higher level algorithms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD for the more serious student.

Hmm I know students there who are most definitely not serious students and would never have gotten into UVA even if they were in state.

That's only because UVA likes to "check the box" for something silly like 4th year of foreign language or bypassing AP Lit. Crucial for CS majors.

Not for engineering and computer science. Additionally, there is no undergrad foreign language requirement at UVA for the BS in computer science

Talking about acceptance into the school. Never mentioned a foreign language requirement for undergrads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD for the more serious student.

Hmm I know students there who are most definitely not serious students and would never have gotten into UVA even if they were in state.

That's only because UVA likes to "check the box" for something silly like 4th year of foreign language or bypassing AP Lit. Crucial for CS majors.

Not for engineering and computer science. Additionally, there is no undergrad foreign language requirement at UVA for the BS in computer science

Talking about acceptance into the school. Never mentioned a foreign language requirement for undergrads

Not true - UVA cares less about an applicant coming having the four years of a single language if that applicant is clearly stem oriented and has exhausted the most rigorous curriculum in their respective field in the sciences. After all, Dean J has been clear that only two years of foreign language is required but four years is recommended. You can see this pattern in the ED and EA acceptances at UVA here this year and in Reddit and College Confidential. Four years is not a mandatory requirement