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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a great computer science program, you should really look at GMU.

The others are not really known for their computer science program from what I understand.

You may have to focus on just a couple of your other questions because you gave too many in your initial post.

Is this first child who’s a senior? Do they have any gut feel on which of these they’d like to attend?

You forgot one of the more important questions, are they in-state in Virginia or Maryland?  [/quote]

Thank you. My first child is a junior and thinking about at schools to apply to. We are in VA but can afford OOS tuition in MD. DD is mixed. I am white and my husband is black. likes these schools due to their diversity as it pertains to black people. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be particularly diverse. [/quote].
"Won't be particularly diverse" --> please check your racism at door of the cs class - CS is plenty diverse just may not have as many african americans as you prefer b/c of your racist views[/quote]

Are you slow? The poster said her kid "likes these schools due to their diversity [b]as it pertains to black people[/b]. She understands that the students in the CS major won't be [b]particularly diverse[/b]. She is talking about black people not diversity as a whole. And the truth is computer science is not diverse when it comes to black people. Stating a fact is not racist. I am a Hispanic female who majored in computer science. It's a bunch of white, asian, and south/southeast asian men. It is NOT diverse when it comes to women of any race, hispanic people of any gender or black people of any gender. These are all facts.

OP of the schools mentioned, I think GMU/UMDBC are best choices and tied. As for VA Tech and UVA and UMDCP, I'd rank UMDCP > VA Tech > UVA for computer science. UVA is the the better school in terms of name drop and in general but UMDCP and VATech have better computer science programs.[/quote]
+1 spot on

- another female in tech[/quote]

It's still a racist statement to make because it implies it's only diverse when you meet your quota of black students. Diversity means a range, not just one specific race, which is something quite a few activists would do well to remember.[/quote]

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