Choosing program prestige over college prestige
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Anonymous
Im sorry your child couldn't get in friend, maybe in another lifetime. The 42k students who applied this year certainly think it prestigious. And Mind you GT CS isnt even Top5. |
Please list any program Emory is the Top 5 in? We will wait.
Anonymous
| Top tech companies, from startups, research heavy labs, tech consulting, or quant-finance, all prefer the same group of 15-18 schools, ivies and the usual rigorous stem schools, including a couple of publics. Above-Ave-public engineering such as NCSU or VT cannot compete because they are not even considered for most of these jobs. It does not matter that DCUM thinks ivies are "bad" at stem, they are in fact world-class: highly accessible research for undergrads, early on, profs with connections, their students get top sci and tech internships after sophomore year that other students do not have a shot at until junior. |
Anonymous
No, send them to schools that are master of all: T5 to T25 in ALL areas. That is how you win the game in this job market as well as the current rush to med/law/grad school. The same players win. Everyone we know sitting on multiple top-20 admits to MD-phD or phD spots is from an Ivy+ or UCB, or Williams. They are going on admission visits all over. The same group landed top summer jobs all through undergrad. A couple steps down, the T50 uni range, no admissions, maybe one T25, despite 3.95--higher GPA than the top school kids. The undergrad programs and research experience is not as rigorous. Companies understand the differences as do grad programs. |
Anonymous
lol My kid got into ND and Northwestern for privates. Wouldn't think about applying to Emory. Doesn't want to be a nurse. BTW, you do realize Georgia Tech received 68,000 apps this cycle with about 56,000 from OOS. And Mind you GT CS isnt even Top5 And why do you continually feel compelled to not tell the truth on this board. It's strange. 2026 Top Undergrad Schools for CS USNWR 1.MIT 2 CMU 2.Stanford 2. UC Berkely 5. Georgia Institute of Technology 5. Princeton 7. Cornell |
Anonymous
| Other than Nursing, what is Emory Top 5 in? |
Anonymous
Whatever makes you feel better. Emory CS grads are paid more because its a T25. Emory bba is an IB target because its a T25. |
Anonymous
Phds arent well paid degrees for the most part |
Anonymous
Troll |
Anonymous
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school?139658-Emory-University&fos_code=1107&fos_credential=3 Emory CS-166k https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school?139755-Georgia-Institute-of-Technology-Main-Campus&fos_code=1101&fos_credential=3 GT-155k |
Anonymous
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Not sure this poster was aware but taking a quick look GT almost 800 students responded and Emory only 83 for CS. So, meaningless
But what really caught my eye. Overall Median Salaries for both schools and annual cost to attend caught my eye. Wow https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school?139658-Emory-University Median Salary All graduates - $80,137 Average Annual Cost to Attend - $23,911 https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school?139755-Georgia-Institute-of-Technology-Main-Campus Median Salary All graduates - $102,772 Average Annual Cost to Attend $13,289 |
Anonymous
Not exactly, for CS, GT is better than many T25. Even OOS tuition is still much lower than privates. |
Anonymous
Isn't Emory's CS a joint program with GT? |
Anonymous
Yes, ignore the Emory Troll . They appear quite often on this board trying to put down other schools which are clearly better. |
Anonymous
No... they have a graduate biomedical engineering program. |
Anonymous
This isnt the brag you think it is. Emory doesn't have any engineering majors. Its CS program is small like you said. |