Anonymous
08/29/2022 07:58
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As long as its CS, it's good.
Not many employers care whether its BA or BS.
The field is getting wider.
With BA, you would have more room for a minor.
Minor in things like finance, and it could be even better depends on what you want to do. You woll also have options for good consulting and financial firms.
My kid has BA with media Arts
What is your kid doing now?
Sorry kid is still in college.
I meant to say my kid is majoring in BA in CS with Media Arts.
We specifically looked around for CS programs with rooms for other stuff, so looked mostly BA programs for CS.
Anonymous
08/29/2022 06:09
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
Anonymous wrote:As long as its CS, it's good.
Not many employers care whether its BA or BS.
The field is getting wider.
With BA, you would have more room for a minor.
Minor in things like finance, and it could be even better depends on what you want to do. You woll also have options for good consulting and financial firms.
My kid has BA with media Arts
What is your kid doing now?
Anonymous
08/28/2022 20:34
Subject: CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
Anonymous wrote:Lots of people in tech are snobby about BS vs. BA.
Why handicap yourself? The BS is the stronger signaling device in the job market. If you want to show that you have soft skills, list some of your electives.
I know Harvard and BU ONLY offer BA in CS. Probably doesn't hurt their job prospects.
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:48
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
Does anyone know the math requirements for UVA BACS vs BSCS?
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:28
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which would you pick for the DC area job market or for grad school acceptance:
UVA CS Eng
UVA CS A&S
VTech CS
Georgia Tech CS
If tuition is not a factor just pure choice between these 4?
I’m a UVA CS grad, but GT is definitely the best of that bunch for CS. Not even close.
I agree and my kid went to uva (PPL) but applied to GT
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:27
Subject: CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
r/UVA
has actually professors clearing up what exactly the two programs have to offer and how they differ. I suggest you check it out after searching “BACS BSCS”
has actually professors clearing up what exactly the two programs have to offer and how they differ. I suggest you check it out after searching “BACS BSCS”
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:25
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares if BA or BS especially after a few years of work.
Ok but what about entry level jobs?
If you go to any of the four options listed in CS and graduate you will have many entry-level options and any slight difference is less importance than a) the goodness of fit for student of the degree, b)cost of getting the degree. I agree that if you go to a lower end school, a BS is a more important indicator.
+1 do well in any of those programs and you are looking at the same types of entry level jobs.
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:20
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which would you pick for the DC area job market or for grad school acceptance:
UVA CS Eng
UVA CS A&S
VTech CS
Georgia Tech CS
If tuition is not a factor just pure choice between these 4?
GT
I would pick UVA CS Eng. For the prestige and the flexibility in case I have to change to a different major, e.g. commerce.
Lol no. GT is more prestigious for CS and engineering
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:17
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares if BA or BS especially after a few years of work.
Ok but what about entry level jobs?
Most of the employers don't care.
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:14
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
As long as its CS, it's good.
Not many employers care whether its BA or BS.
The field is getting wider.
With BA, you would have more room for a minor.
Minor in things like finance, and it could be even better depends on what you want to do. You woll also have options for good consulting and financial firms.
My kid has BA with media Arts
Not many employers care whether its BA or BS.
The field is getting wider.
With BA, you would have more room for a minor.
Minor in things like finance, and it could be even better depends on what you want to do. You woll also have options for good consulting and financial firms.
My kid has BA with media Arts
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:10
Subject: CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
GT is the best of the list. Get the BS vs. BA. UVA is still hard to get into - esp if you do not have 4+ years HS language.
Anonymous
08/28/2022 19:04
Subject: Re:CS major, UVA Arts & scienses school or Engineering school?
What are the math requirements for BACS vs BSCS?