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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is a junior at Cornell Engineering, majoring in computer science.  I would not call the College of Engineering cut throat.  Its not like the students try to undermine each other.  She has friends with whom she has formed study groups and they help each other.  However, the program is intense for multiple reasons: 1) the students are top-notch so its a lot of work just to be average; 2) the workload is huge; 3) there are not enough slots on the project teams so it is competitive to get onto a project team.  There is a sink or swim culture; not a lot of hand-holding.  The teaching is ok, but at least in CS, classes are huge and its hard to get near a professor.  Being able to teach yourself is key.  While the program is intense, I think the students graduate able to perform at a high level.  Might be a better experience for other majors.  She had a friend that majored in material science, which is a smaller department in which they seem able to pay more attention to the undergraduates.  For my daughter, it is a 4-year grind.[/quote]

I went to Cornell for biology and three of my suite mates were CS majors. This is very accurate. 
About the independent learning - we used to joke that we were actually going to YouTube University. 
But my friends are now all at FAANG companies and making great money, so seems worth it. You do have to be able to handle pressure though and I did know some folks who cracked (dropped out entirely or dropped into easier majors)[/quote]

plenty of kids go to FAANG companies from other universities, ones that actually teach their students. Also there are plenty of other awesome employers who pay exceedingly well if you don't get FAANG.  With a CS degree you will be paid well no matter where you graduated.  
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