Big State Schools for CS

[Anonymous]

DS wants to study CS but he wants to also go to big state schools. He has a 1540 SAT and a 4.62 GPA (LoCo)

So far his schools are

UC Berkeley
UIUC
UT Austin
Michigan
Wisconsin
Purdue
UMD
UVA
VT

Any other recommendations?

[Anonymous]

Georgia Tech

[Anonymous]

UW-Seattle

[Anonymous]

UCB and CMU are the best.

[Anonymous]

One of the Cal Techs?

[Anonymous]

Cornell (though the CS dept is not public)

[Anonymous]

I know this is not a big state school but has a great sports team, but what do people think of Duke for CS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this is not a big state school but has a great sports team, but what do people think of Duke for CS?

My first question would be why would you?

[Anonymous]

SAT IIs scores? APs? Any national recognition? Work experience? ECs and leadership? Volunteer work?

Isn't Cal-Berkeley CS an impacted major?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the Cal Techs?

You're funny

[Anonymous]

You have a great list and then the others mentioned, GT and UW. That's really got all the big state schools covered. You could add UCLA, UCSD, and Texas A&M. The nice thing is that you know that your DS wants a big state school, so you have the culture part figured out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is not a big state school but has a great sports team, but what do people think of Duke for CS?

My first question would be why would you?

Are you restating my question or trying to answer it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is not a big state school but has a great sports team, but what do people think of Duke for CS?

My first question would be why would you?

Are you restating my question or trying to answer it?

I will answer it. If you are good enough to get into Duke, there are a lot of better choices for CS. Now, what's so special about Duke CS that made you even consider?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is not a big state school but has a great sports team, but what do people think of Duke for CS?

My first question would be why would you?

Are you restating my question or trying to answer it?

I will answer it. If you are good enough to get into Duke, there are a lot of better choices for CS. Now, what's so special about Duke CS that made you even consider?

Too much focus on CS here. Over half of students will change majors and less than half of classwork is typically in a major. The college's name will be more prominent than major in differentiating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is not a big state school but has a great sports team, but what do people think of Duke for CS?

My first question would be why would you?

Are you restating my question or trying to answer it?

I will answer it. If you are good enough to get into Duke, there are a lot of better choices for CS. Now, what's so special about Duke CS that made you even consider?

Too much focus on CS here. Over half of students will change majors and less than half of classwork is typically in a major. The college's name will be more prominent than major in differentiating.

Because that's what OP asked.