Best for computer science: GMU, UMBC,VCU, or Towson?

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Anonymous wrote:For a great computer science program, you should really look at GMU.

The others are not really known for their computer science program from what I understand.

You may have to focus on just a couple of your other questions because you gave too many in your initial post.

Is this first child who’s a senior? Do they have any gut feel on which of these they’d like to attend?

You forgot one of the more important questions, are they in-state in Virginia or Maryland?

Thank you. My first child is a junior and thinking about at schools to apply to. We are in VA but can afford OOS tuition in MD. DD is mixed. I am white and my husband is black. likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse.

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"Won't be particularly diverse" --> please check your racism at door of the cs class - CS is plenty diverse just may not have as many african americans as you prefer b/c of your racist views

Are you slow? The poster said her kid "likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse. She is talking about black people not diversity as a whole. And the truth is computer science is not diverse when it comes to black people. Stating a fact is not racist. I am a Hispanic female who majored in computer science. It's a bunch of white, asian, and south/southeast asian men. It is NOT diverse when it comes to women of any race, hispanic people of any gender or black people of any gender. These are all facts.

OP of the schools mentioned, I think GMU/UMDBC are best choices and tied. As for VA Tech and UVA and UMDCP, I'd rank UMDCP > VA Tech > UVA for computer science. UVA is the the better school in terms of name drop and in general but UMDCP and VATech have better computer science programs.

+1 spot on

- another female in tech

It's still a racist statement to make because it implies it's only diverse when you meet your quota of black students. Diversity means a range, not just one specific race, which is something quite a few activists would do well to remember.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a great computer science program, you should really look at GMU.

The others are not really known for their computer science program from what I understand.

You may have to focus on just a couple of your other questions because you gave too many in your initial post.

Is this first child who’s a senior? Do they have any gut feel on which of these they’d like to attend?

You forgot one of the more important questions, are they in-state in Virginia or Maryland?

Thank you. My first child is a junior and thinking about at schools to apply to. We are in VA but can afford OOS tuition in MD. DD is mixed. I am white and my husband is black. DD likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse.

DS is at GMU in CS and has mentioned how diverse kids in his major are, mainly Asian I believe. He also sent a snap once of how there were only 2-3 girls in a class of 50 kids. Not sure that’s different elsewhere though. Unfortunately I don’t know the answers to your other questions. Maybe someone else will.

Being mainly Asian is not really diverse. As a PP noted, CS is heavily white/asian male.

The schools itself are diverse, but CS is dominated by white/asians males.

-female Asian in tech

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a great computer science program, you should really look at GMU.

The others are not really known for their computer science program from what I understand.

You may have to focus on just a couple of your other questions because you gave too many in your initial post.

Is this first child who’s a senior? Do they have any gut feel on which of these they’d like to attend?

You forgot one of the more important questions, are they in-state in Virginia or Maryland?

Thank you. My first child is a junior and thinking about at schools to apply to. We are in VA but can afford OOS tuition in MD. DD is mixed. I am white and my husband is black. likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse.

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"Won't be particularly diverse" --> please check your racism at door of the cs class - CS is plenty diverse just may not have as many african americans as you prefer b/c of your racist views

Are you slow? The poster said her kid "likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse. She is talking about black people not diversity as a whole. And the truth is computer science is not diverse when it comes to black people. Stating a fact is not racist. I am a Hispanic female who majored in computer science. It's a bunch of white, asian, and south/southeast asian men. It is NOT diverse when it comes to women of any race, hispanic people of any gender or black people of any gender. These are all facts.

OP of the schools mentioned, I think GMU/UMDBC are best choices and tied. As for VA Tech and UVA and UMDCP, I'd rank UMDCP > VA Tech > UVA for computer science. UVA is the the better school in terms of name drop and in general but UMDCP and VATech have better computer science programs.

+1 spot on

- another female in tech

It's still a racist statement to make because it implies it's only diverse when you meet your quota of black students. Diversity means a range, not just one specific race, which is something quite a few activists would do well to remember.

? did anyone say anything different on here? Yea, I would not want my Asian kids in a school where it is 90%+ dominated by one race, be it Asian, white, black or whatever. They and we like the diversity, ie, a mix of different types of people, not dominated by one type. Most people who want diversity don't have a specific quota of 25% of each group. Most folks like these are just looking for something that is not dominated by one group, that's all.

But, let's be clear, the US and its power structure is still dominated by white people (mostly white males), no matter what the right wing propaganda tells you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a great computer science program, you should really look at GMU.

The others are not really known for their computer science program from what I understand.

You may have to focus on just a couple of your other questions because you gave too many in your initial post.

Is this first child who’s a senior? Do they have any gut feel on which of these they’d like to attend?

You forgot one of the more important questions, are they in-state in Virginia or Maryland?

Thank you. My first child is a junior and thinking about at schools to apply to. We are in VA but can afford OOS tuition in MD. DD is mixed. I am white and my husband is black. likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse.

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"Won't be particularly diverse" --> please check your racism at door of the cs class - CS is plenty diverse just may not have as many african americans as you prefer b/c of your racist views

Are you slow? The poster said her kid "likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse. She is talking about black people not diversity as a whole. And the truth is computer science is not diverse when it comes to black people. Stating a fact is not racist. I am a Hispanic female who majored in computer science. It's a bunch of white, asian, and south/southeast asian men. It is NOT diverse when it comes to women of any race, hispanic people of any gender or black people of any gender. These are all facts.

OP of the schools mentioned, I think GMU/UMDBC are best choices and tied. As for VA Tech and UVA and UMDCP, I'd rank UMDCP > VA Tech > UVA for computer science. UVA is the the better school in terms of name drop and in general but UMDCP and VATech have better computer science programs.

+1 spot on

- another female in tech

It's still a racist statement to make because it implies it's only diverse when you meet your quota of black students. Diversity means a range, not just one specific race, which is something quite a few activists would do well to remember.

But that range at many schools is low in terms of Black, Hispanic and women of all races/ethnicities . So, very important to consider. There are a lot of studies about the negative impact when your race/gender is not well-represented in a CS group because you tend to be excluded from informal study groups and your ideas ignored in organized class groups. This tends to push underrepresented groups out of the major because they feel often like they don't belong. CS is hard enough without having to fight additional battles.

Back to the OP--another vote for GMU. Best CS department and internship/job placement of your options and in-state tuition. There is a commuter contingent that live with their parents, but that's very different from a suitcase school because most of them live very close given how dense the area is around the school and are eager to socialize on the weekends. There are also plenty of students that live on campus. GMU students have also formed a number of social support groups for women in STEM, people of color in STEM that are fairly active and do fun things together and have service projects besides academic support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a great computer science program, you should really look at GMU.

The others are not really known for their computer science program from what I understand.

You may have to focus on just a couple of your other questions because you gave too many in your initial post.

Is this first child who’s a senior? Do they have any gut feel on which of these they’d like to attend?

You forgot one of the more important questions, are they in-state in Virginia or Maryland?

Thank you. My first child is a junior and thinking about at schools to apply to. We are in VA but can afford OOS tuition in MD. DD is mixed. I am white and my husband is black. likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse.

.
"Won't be particularly diverse" --> please check your racism at door of the cs class - CS is plenty diverse just may not have as many african americans as you prefer b/c of your racist views

Are you slow? The poster said her kid "likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse. She is talking about black people not diversity as a whole. And the truth is computer science is not diverse when it comes to black people. Stating a fact is not racist. I am a Hispanic female who majored in computer science. It's a bunch of white, asian, and south/southeast asian men. It is NOT diverse when it comes to women of any race, hispanic people of any gender or black people of any gender. These are all facts.

OP of the schools mentioned, I think GMU/UMDBC are best choices and tied. As for VA Tech and UVA and UMDCP, I'd rank UMDCP > VA Tech > UVA for computer science. UVA is the the better school in terms of name drop and in general but UMDCP and VATech have better computer science programs.

Just want to give you a shout out for being a Hispanic female in Computer Science. My husband, Hispanic as well, graduated from GMU in CS, works for the government and has always been the only Latino. A few White, but lots of Asian and South East Asian men at work as you mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a great computer science program, you should really look at GMU.

The others are not really known for their computer science program from what I understand.

You may have to focus on just a couple of your other questions because you gave too many in your initial post.

Is this first child who’s a senior? Do they have any gut feel on which of these they’d like to attend?

You forgot one of the more important questions, are they in-state in Virginia or Maryland?

Thank you. My first child is a junior and thinking about at schools to apply to. We are in VA but can afford OOS tuition in MD. DD is mixed. I am white and my husband is black. DD likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse.

DS is at GMU in CS and has mentioned how diverse kids in his major are, mainly Asian I believe. He also sent a snap once of how there were only 2-3 girls in a class of 50 kids. Not sure that’s different elsewhere though. Unfortunately I don’t know the answers to your other questions. Maybe someone else will.

How being mainly Asian and mostly men makes it Diverse?