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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If you really want a top CS program, you'd do CS at Princeton, not Yale, but it's very demanding[/quote]
Been there, done that. It’s way too theoretical, very disconnected from the real world. Lots of “rigor” for very little real world skill building.  [/quote]

If your kid wants to do CS, neither Yale nor Princeton is a good choice. [/quote]

Princeton is top 10 for CS.[/quote]

Well, the Princeton CS grad I was responding to clearly did not feel that the training had any real world relevance even if Princeton is rated top 10 for CS. [/quote]

Nonsense.[/quote]

I've heard the same thing from a Caltech grad. They are theoretical - heavy on theory with no hands-on trainings. If you ask the young Sheldons to connect printers to PC for you in the office, they are totally lost. Not theoretical enough. [/quote]

I think you meant "Not practical enough."

The question really ought to be whether Princeton CS graduates acquire skills that will benefit them later in their careers and professional lives, not whether they'll make the best IT support staff on the call line.

This line of criticism of CS at Princeton - which OP's son apparently is not considering as a major at Princeton - aligns with a common attack on Yale Law.  It's one of the most prestigious law schools in the country, but its graduates are often criticized as having learned no practical lawyering skills, to the extent where law firm partners would rather trust someone with a paralegal certificate to file a brief rather than leave it up to a Yale graduate.  [/quote]

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