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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brown and cornell turned down by 3 kids we know. They are going to:

Carnegie mellon (x2) for computer science
Yale 
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^ C-M makes sense.  Maybe they don't game the USNWR rankings, but people in the know *know* they are studs on CS, quantum computing, etc.[/quote]

It does (although they are always top 3 when you look at USNWR rankings by different majors), but my kid knows several unhappy people at CMU.  A horrible grind with tons of work and joyless.  This seems to be a common theme with CS programs that are more theoretical and more math-based.

You also have many kids rejected at MIT, where CMU is their 2nd choice...so there is that element.[/quote]

Not everyone should be in a theoretical math based CS program.  Some kids would be a lot happier learning how to hone their skills and to take enough math to be good and to be able to use CS as a tool.  And more practical math rather than proof based versions of the same classes.  Lots of need for those types of people and lots and lots of opportunities, including very highly paid, for them.  Those that are going to continue to revolutionize the field though, do need the theoretical math based curriculum.  CMU is right (IMO) to insist on it.   It keeps them on the cutting edge, research wise, and is what keeps their profs engaged.   MIT, for what its worth, does the same.  I just wish more people realized the difference in the type of programs up front.  And applied appropriately rather than by "rank".   For the record, if your kid's goal is to have a well paying job, that doesn't mean they are any less "smart" for not wanting to focus on the theoretical.  In fact, they will likely be the boss of the person that is coming up with the transformative ideas.  [/quote]

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