Top 100 undergrad CS by US News

[Anonymous]

I wonder where Waterloo and Toronto would fit in...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just looked up the stats for the current CMU SCS freshman class.

Middle 50% SAT: 1570-1580 (770-780V, 800-800M).

Holy Crap.

That’s with ~50/50 gender balance. It’d likely be even higher without that.

[Anonymous]

As a data point, my DD just graduated in computer science from Emory University which is ranked 71in your list and she got offers from Amazon, Google and a few other companies for top salaries. If you are a good student,you will do well. But she did send out 150 resumes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a data point, my DD just graduated in computer science from Emory University which is ranked 71in your list and she got offers from Amazon, Google and a few other companies for top salaries. If you are a good student,you will do well. But she did send out 150 resumes.

Congratulations! That’s exciting!

How was internship placement if you don’t mind my asking? It’s (generally speaking) a lot easier to get a return offer than a regular offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just looked up the stats for the current CMU SCS freshman class.

Middle 50% SAT: 1570-1580 (770-780V, 800-800M).

Holy Crap.

where did you find these?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just looked up the stats for the current CMU SCS freshman class.

Middle 50% SAT: 1570-1580 (770-780V, 800-800M).

Holy Crap.

where did you find these?

https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/undergraduate-admission-statistics — the SCS section

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a data point, my DD just graduated in computer science from Emory University which is ranked 71in your list and she got offers from Amazon, Google and a few other companies for top salaries. If you are a good student,you will do well. But she did send out 150 resumes.

+1

My DD just graduated from VT in CS after spending two years at NVCC. She got an offer from Amazon in Northern Virginia for a salary of 125k/yr. DD is certified in AWS while finishing up her undergraduate degree at VT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a data point, my DD just graduated in computer science from Emory University which is ranked 71in your list and she got offers from Amazon, Google and a few other companies for top salaries. If you are a good student,you will do well. But she did send out 150 resumes.

Congratulations! That’s exciting!

How was internship placement if you don’t mind my asking? It’s (generally speaking) a lot easier to get a return offer than a regular offer.

The internships with companies that she was pursuing last summer all imploded in the Covid environment. She worked remotely for 2 different professors which were resume builders.

[Anonymous]

It’s pretty clear that FAANG+ is doable from any of the top 100 (ofc with varying levels of difficulty)
The question is Jane Street and the other top FinTech firms.
Many of the top firms have 15-20 schools listed on their applications and a rather ominous “other”.
I’m sure many qualified candidates, sadly, get cut by the “other” filter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just looked up the stats for the current CMU SCS freshman class.

Middle 50% SAT: 1570-1580 (770-780V, 800-800M).

Holy Crap.

That’s with ~50/50 gender balance. It’d likely be even higher without that.

Maybe, but most of the gender differential is on the math side of the SAT, and that can't get any higher. The CMU ERW scores I find even more amazing than the math scores (kind of expect near-perfect math for CS majors).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a data point, my DD just graduated in computer science from Emory University which is ranked 71in your list and she got offers from Amazon, Google and a few other companies for top salaries. If you are a good student,you will do well. But she did send out 150 resumes.

Congratulations! That’s exciting!

How was internship placement if you don’t mind my asking? It’s (generally speaking) a lot easier to get a return offer than a regular offer.

The internships with companies that she was pursuing last summer all imploded in the Covid environment. She worked remotely for 2 different professors which were resume builders.

Ahh, I see. Good thinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just looked up the stats for the current CMU SCS freshman class.

Middle 50% SAT: 1570-1580 (770-780V, 800-800M).

Holy Crap.

That’s with ~50/50 gender balance. It’d likely be even higher without that.

Maybe, but most of the gender differential is on the math side of the SAT, and that can't get any higher. The CMU ERW scores I find even more amazing than the math scores (kind of expect near-perfect math for CS majors).

Admittedly, there's not much room to grow, but the acceptance rate for women is 4-5x higher. There's nothing really profound about it, it's just a supply and demand problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a data point, my DD just graduated in computer science from Emory University which is ranked 71in your list and she got offers from Amazon, Google and a few other companies for top salaries. If you are a good student,you will do well. But she did send out 150 resumes.

That will be the key for students not from the top schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a data point, my DD just graduated in computer science from Emory University which is ranked 71in your list and she got offers from Amazon, Google and a few other companies for top salaries. If you are a good student,you will do well. But she did send out 150 resumes.

Yes Emory's program is new but very good, I'm sure they leverage the Emory name well. DS is also at Emory and one of his friends is a CS major and too an offer from Blackrock for low 6 figures. I honestly can't imagine making that much money at 23.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a data point, my DD just graduated in computer science from Emory University which is ranked 71in your list and she got offers from Amazon, Google and a few other companies for top salaries. If you are a good student,you will do well. But she did send out 150 resumes.

+1

My DD just graduated from VT in CS after spending two years at NVCC. She got an offer from Amazon in Northern Virginia for a salary of 125k/yr. DD is certified in AWS while finishing up her undergraduate degree at VT.

People are talking about 300k+ package (base+bonus+RSU), even 400k from FAANG+ for MIT fresh graduates this year.