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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]strange to be leaning towards the weakest of the options. Tech is the undisputed star for CS in VA but that's not one of your options so the next best would be UVA. [/quote] Undisputed star. Funny. It is not.[/quote] Well I know someone at Tech right now on this major who looked into transferring to UVA and after a lot of research he decided it was not a better program, though probably easier. It’s my understanding that they are very closely ranked.[/quote] I know a student currently in Vatech senior year, frustrated with the quality of choices available for jobs. Sure, many kids will go to big name, but you should evaluate based on options available to avg student. [/quote] Well the kid I know has a FAANG internship this summer so hmm I guess you’re right that others may not be so fortunate. Regardless, Tech is not being considered here so UVA it is as far as I can see out of these options.[/quote] Unfortunately, most of the attention is grabbed by top students and their achievements. My opinion is to evaluate based on avg student opportunities/achievement. Many TJ parents become unintended victim of this phenomenon. 10% kid from there do phenomenally well, but avg kid does poorly in college options if they had stayed at base school. Going off track, but just giving an example of evaluating based on the performance of star kids.[/quote] DP. So are you saying that non-superstars would do better as smaller schools?[/quote] No, I am not saying that. Go by opportunities available to avg student. That is like 50-60% of student body. Based on my research living near a big job hub increases the opportunities available to avg students. UVA is a great university and so close to DC and New York. UVA is a well known full university and attracts technology as well as non technology companies. Forget about FANG and big names, the opportunities available beside that are immense. Do you know that GMU CS has a good recruitment scene for a decent student? U know the reason?? Because it is right in Nova. Recruiter doesn't have to travel to meet a candidate. And if a person is half decent, they will take him/her. Do you know that Google and Apple has disproportionate number of employees from subpar California colleges? The reason is simple, they are closeby and for most of the CS jobs you need an avg IQ person. [/quote] So true! Based on personal observation, there's a disproportionately large number of employees and interns at Apple HQ from San Jose State U and Santa Clara U, in common is that they're both a couple of bus stops from Apple campus. Both also less than 20mins by car from Google. Though at this point I wouldn't call them 'subpar' (maybe by DCUM standards they may seem so). Point is location can make a huge difference on outcomes for the avg student body for a well placed school. [/quote]
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