UVA vs VT for CS

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Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks VT higher for CS. UVA has more prestige. Which would you pick?

Last time I checked a few months ago VT was about 10 spots lower than UVA but neither are stellar. Curiously GMU was higher than VT.

Huh? Last time you checked? USNWR issues an annual ranking each September and no Mason is not higher than either school.

VT is 30 per USNWR for engineering, UVA shortly behind at 37 and GMU at 82

OMG. This thread is about CS.
VT 27
UVA 33
GMU 100

Curious if anyone has the rankings for 2025? Looks like US News now wants us to sign up for a subscription to see them

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks VT higher for CS. UVA has more prestige. Which would you pick?

Last time I checked a few months ago VT was about 10 spots lower than UVA but neither are stellar. Curiously GMU was higher than VT.

Huh? Last time you checked? USNWR issues an annual ranking each September and no Mason is not higher than either school.

VT is 30 per USNWR for engineering, UVA shortly behind at 37 and GMU at 82

OMG. This thread is about CS.
VT 27
UVA 33
GMU 100

Curious if anyone has the rankings for 2025? Looks like US News now wants us to sign up for a subscription to see them

25 USNWR Undergrad CS ranking
VT 29
UVA 34
WM 64
GMU 73
VCU 162
ODU 177

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Pick for the school and not for the major would be my recommendation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wherever your kid wants to go without your influence.

This. We've lost our minds around here. It's the kid's life!

This is such awful parenting advice.

Telling a 17 year old "you decide" is not good parenting.
Giving advice advice to your children is an important part of parenting and "you decide" without your influence is not good advice.
Kids are myopic. They might only consider USNWR and pick a school that is a horrible fit because they think it's more :LEET
They might want the fanciest school without considering how it will affect your ability to help them out with grad school.
They might want to party for 4 years.
Be their parent, not their buddypal

[Anonymous]

CS is becoming oversaturated. Do a CS minor with a different major or a CS double major with something else they like. Pick UVA because the degree means a lot more from there, to a better tier of jobs and grad schools.

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Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks VT higher for CS. UVA has more prestige. Which would you pick?

Last time I checked a few months ago VT was about 10 spots lower than UVA but neither are stellar. Curiously GMU was higher than VT.

Huh? Last time you checked? USNWR issues an annual ranking each September and no Mason is not higher than either school.

VT is 30 per USNWR for engineering, UVA shortly behind at 37 and GMU at 82

OMG. This thread is about CS.
VT 27
UVA 33
GMU 100

Curious if anyone has the rankings for 2025? Looks like US News now wants us to sign up for a subscription to see them

Yes, but if your kid might change majors (as my aerospace kid did at UVA) which 80% of all students do at least once, you want to be at UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wherever your kid wants to go without your influence.

This. We've lost our minds around here. It's the kid's life!

This is such awful parenting advice.

Telling a 17 year old "you decide" is not good parenting.
Giving advice advice to your children is an important part of parenting and "you decide" without your influence is not good advice.
Kids are myopic. They might only consider USNWR and pick a school that is a horrible fit because they think it's more :LEET
They might want the fanciest school without considering how it will affect your ability to help them out with grad school.
They might want to party for 4 years.
Be their parent, not their buddypal

Could not agree more.

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Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks VT higher for CS. UVA has more prestige. Which would you pick?

Last time I checked a few months ago VT was about 10 spots lower than UVA but neither are stellar. Curiously GMU was higher than VT.

Huh? Last time you checked? USNWR issues an annual ranking each September and no Mason is not higher than either school.

VT is 30 per USNWR for engineering, UVA shortly behind at 37 and GMU at 82

OMG. This thread is about CS.
VT 27
UVA 33
GMU 100

Curious if anyone has the rankings for 2025? Looks like US News now wants us to sign up for a subscription to see them

Yes, but if your kid might change majors (as my aerospace kid did at UVA) which 80% of all students do at least once, you want to be at UVA

My kid is at VT and changed majors with no difficulty whatsoever.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CS is becoming oversaturated. Do a CS minor with a different major or a CS double major with something else they like. Pick UVA because the degree means a lot more from there, to a better tier of jobs and grad schools.

Wow. The ignorance - and arrogance - is pretty astounding. And kind of amusing, too.

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Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks VT higher for CS. UVA has more prestige. Which would you pick?

Last time I checked a few months ago VT was about 10 spots lower than UVA but neither are stellar. Curiously GMU was higher than VT.

Huh? Last time you checked? USNWR issues an annual ranking each September and no Mason is not higher than either school.

VT is 30 per USNWR for engineering, UVA shortly behind at 37 and GMU at 82

OMG. This thread is about CS.
VT 27
UVA 33
GMU 100

Curious if anyone has the rankings for 2025? Looks like US News now wants us to sign up for a subscription to see them

Yes, but if your kid might change majors (as my aerospace kid did at UVA) which 80% of all students do at least once, you want to be at UVA

My kid is at VT and changed majors with no difficulty whatsoever.
DP

I don't think he is talking about going from CS to A double major in electrical engineering and math.

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Pretty sure the dept rankings on US News are purely based on the reputation survey. Survey goes to presidents, provosts, deans of admissions at colleges. Not industry?

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Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks VT higher for CS. UVA has more prestige. Which would you pick?

Last time I checked a few months ago VT was about 10 spots lower than UVA but neither are stellar. Curiously GMU was higher than VT.

Huh? Last time you checked? USNWR issues an annual ranking each September and no Mason is not higher than either school.

VT is 30 per USNWR for engineering, UVA shortly behind at 37 and GMU at 82

OMG. This thread is about CS.
VT 27
UVA 33
GMU 100

Curious if anyone has the rankings for 2025? Looks like US News now wants us to sign up for a subscription to see them

Yes, but if your kid might change majors (as my aerospace kid did at UVA) which 80% of all students do at least once, you want to be at UVA

My kid is at VT and changed majors with no difficulty whatsoever.
DP

I don't think he is talking about going from CS to A double major in electrical engineering and math.

You know VT has an entire liberal arts and sciences college, right?

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Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks VT higher for CS. UVA has more prestige. Which would you pick?

Last time I checked a few months ago VT was about 10 spots lower than UVA but neither are stellar. Curiously GMU was higher than VT.

Huh? Last time you checked? USNWR issues an annual ranking each September and no Mason is not higher than either school.

VT is 30 per USNWR for engineering, UVA shortly behind at 37 and GMU at 82

OMG. This thread is about CS.
VT 27
UVA 33
GMU 100

Curious if anyone has the rankings for 2025? Looks like US News now wants us to sign up for a subscription to see them

Yes, but if your kid might change majors (as my aerospace kid did at UVA) which 80% of all students do at least once, you want to be at UVA

100% Agree. My kid did that and now graduating with double major from UAV with 2 job offer in hand.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a smaller school. If your child goes to VT, they are competing against a lot more CS students. I’d take the UVA route personally.

Yes, but you will be paying $10K/year more at UVA for the same degree.

The same degree, not the same experience, and not the same network. Dive into what that 10,000 extra brings. I’m sure you can easily find the difference if you explore both school tours.

Keep drinking the prestige kool-aid that we are better than everyone. UVA engineering students don't have access to the largest engineering expo for full-time employment and internship opportunities right on campus, https://www.sec.vt.edu/expo.html.

It's large because VT has a larger engineering enrollment. UVA engineering grads do very well in job placement. At the recruiting fair, there's often just as many companies represented as students attending.