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[quote=Anonymous]Know a number of Case grads for a variety of reasons and recent/fairly recent grads from other schools.

Unis/Colleges have 3 different approaches to CS -
1) Engineering School
2) Separate CS School
3) Arts & Sciences

Plus other degrees like IM.

For CS -

The Engineering Schools all tend to have an ABET certification, so the first couple semesters look like typical Engineering - lab sciences/continuous math through Diff Eq. and a strong emphasis on software engineering and some hardware engineering though not nearly as much as electricals would.
Separate CS School tend to be more discrete math/algo/etc. 
Arts & Sciences more flexible than either.  Won't be ABET certified, but, if more interested in CS applied to other areas or data science, etc. this or IM/IS may be a better fit than the others.
 
CWRU has two degrees - BS from the Engineering School, BA from Arts and Sciences.  The recent grads I know took the BS route.  Strong in software engineering.  Ask the right questions, good developers, testing, etc.  Tend to be Java/OO.  Projects often have a bio/med slant given the Med school.

vs. VTech - CWRU students more consistently good.  Some Tech grads equivalent, but know some real clunkers from Tech...  Wife knew one she called "X the Ditz" who had gotten her boyfriend to write all her software...
vs. CMU - CWRU students more software engineering, less pure hard core algorithms, etc. Java, not functional languages like ML.  CMU more brilliant, but, depending on the problem...
vs. a couple Ivies known for CS - Not sure where I'd rank CWRU students.  Ivies have had more years under their belts.  With more years, I suspect there wouldn't be all that much difference.
vs. MIT - God forgive us for ever letting MIT'ers do anything, but they sure know they're right.

That said, around DC, whether they should or not, most people would hire from the other listed places first.
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