if you hire people with computer science BSes

[Anonymous]

If you hire people with a Bs in computer science, are there schools that are a B student at a good high school might be able to get into that seems to produce productive, well-trained graduates, preferably within a 6 hour drive of DC? Or any schools that have a good CS department that you might not expect to have a good CS department?

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I don't hire but what about Carnegie Mellon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't hire but what about Carnegie Mellon?

Carnegie Mellon isn't a school for B students. I was going to say Pitt instead, but the average weighted GPA of this fall's entering class was 3.98.

Maybe George Mason or Temple?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't hire but what about Carnegie Mellon?

Carnegie Mellon isn't a school for B students. I was going to say Pitt instead, but the average weighted GPA of this fall's entering class was 3.98.

Maybe George Mason or Temple?

I recommended Carnegie Mellon because my nephew was admitted with a B/B+ average, 2250 SAT, unhooked, and a powerhouse in math and sciences. Humanities was his Achilles heel but I guess CMU overlooked it.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't hire but what about Carnegie Mellon?

Carnegie Mellon isn't a school for B students. I was going to say Pitt instead, but the average weighted GPA of this fall's entering class was 3.98.

Maybe George Mason or Temple?

I recommended Carnegie Mellon because my nephew was admitted with a B/B+ average, 2250 SAT, unhooked, and a powerhouse in math and sciences. Humanities was his Achilles heel but I guess CMU overlooked it.

The computer science at CM is very tough to get into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you hire people with a Bs in computer science, are there schools that are a B student at a good high school might be able to get into that seems to produce productive, well-trained graduates, preferably within a 6 hour drive of DC? Or any schools that have a good CS department that you might not expect to have a good CS department?

It is really important that use advice here discriminately. No one can definitively say where you will or will not be admitted though there are some specific guidelines. Pick up a Fiske Guide to Colleges which reviews 400 colleges. Peterson's Guide reviews over 2900 colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't hire but what about Carnegie Mellon?

Carnegie Mellon isn't a school for B students. I was going to say Pitt instead, but the average weighted GPA of this fall's entering class was 3.98.

Maybe George Mason or Temple?

I recommended Carnegie Mellon because my nephew was admitted with a B/B+ average, 2250 SAT, unhooked, and a powerhouse in math and sciences. Humanities was his Achilles heel but I guess CMU overlooked it.

The computer science at CM is very tough to get into.

Yes, but not impossible.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't hire but what about Carnegie Mellon?

Carnegie Mellon isn't a school for B students. I was going to say Pitt instead, but the average weighted GPA of this fall's entering class was 3.98.

Maybe George Mason or Temple?

I recommended Carnegie Mellon because my nephew was admitted with a B/B+ average, 2250 SAT, unhooked, and a powerhouse in math and sciences. Humanities was his Achilles heel but I guess CMU overlooked it.

The computer science at CM is very tough to get into.

Yes, but not impossible.

CMU will be very very difficult for a B student - how about VTech, UMD, Penn State, Pitt, WVa, UMBC. Mason and Temple recommendation is a good one too.

[Anonymous]

OP, we received this guide in the mail. Send off for it. You got to be in it to win it!

https://www.collegexpress.com/science-colleges

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Anonymous wrote:I don't hire but what about Carnegie Mellon?

Carnegie Mellon isn't a school for B students. I was going to say Pitt instead, but the average weighted GPA of this fall's entering class was 3.98.

Maybe George Mason or Temple?

I recommended Carnegie Mellon because my nephew was admitted with a B/B+ average, 2250 SAT, unhooked, and a powerhouse in math and sciences. Humanities was his Achilles heel but I guess CMU overlooked it.

The computer science at CM is very tough to get into.

Yes, but not impossible.

CMU will be very very difficult for a B student - how about VTech, UMD, Penn State, Pitt, WVa, UMBC. Mason and Temple recommendation is a good one too.

Not as a CS major coming in. Those schools are hard to get into for a CS major.

[Anonymous]

George Mason has an up-and-coming computer science department. I know of a number of TJ grads from the past few years who went there on full scholarship who are very happy with the education they are getting. A B student likely wouldn't be scholarshipped, but may be accepted and be able to take advantage of the top-flight courses and professors there. It's worth researching further for your child.

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http://time.com/money/4203233/great-science-colleges-for-good-students/

Here are some additional schools.

[Anonymous]

Thank you all so much for the feedback!

[Anonymous]

DS is a Sr at Salisbury as a comp sci major. He was a B HS student. He has made the most of his time there. Starting with his freshman summer, he was able to secure internships in Silicon Valley. He's been given an opportunity to teach programming to elementry kids. He's competed in a number of competitions and has a job starting in July.

Nope, Salisbury is not a comp sci powerhouse and not a name you think of. However I've been very impressed with the education, opportunities, and level of both teacher and career guidance offered to my son.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a Sr at Salisbury as a comp sci major. He was a B HS student. He has made the most of his time there. Starting with his freshman summer, he was able to secure internships in Silicon Valley. He's been given an opportunity to teach programming to elementry kids. He's competed in a number of competitions and has a job starting in July.

Nope, Salisbury is not a comp sci powerhouse and not a name you think of. However I've been very impressed with the education, opportunities, and level of both teacher and career guidance offered to my son.