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Anonymous wrote:MIT, CMU, Stanford, Cal Tech

Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, CMU.

Hire in the sector MIT, CMU and Stanford are drastically different than other programs. They are theoretical/conceptual, not skill based. For instance, CMU has kids learn a fake computer language so they can't get the answers anywhere on line. They aren't learning how to code, they are learning how to create.

Most CS programs are concept based and are not coding camps. Most intelligent people can pick up any coding language and become reasonably proficient in 6 months or so. A CS program and lasts 3-4 years with several abstract math and computing courses. Even at UVA (for the poster that will now show up to pick on UVA).

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure someone in VA will say that this list is BS since UMD is above UVA by a fair amount.

Did d you notice that not be person picked up on your comment? That means you have issues with UVA that no one else has.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, CMU, Stanford, Cal Tech

Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, CMU.

Hire in the sector MIT, CMU and Stanford are drastically different than other programs. They are theoretical/conceptual, not skill based. For instance, CMU has kids learn a fake computer language so they can't get the answers anywhere on line. They aren't learning how to code, they are learning how to create.

Most of the good CS programs are like that teaching how to solve problems and create.
Programming languages and coding are tools.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, CMU, Stanford, Cal Tech

Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, CMU.

Hire in the sector MIT, CMU and Stanford are drastically different than other programs. They are theoretical/conceptual, not skill based. For instance, CMU has kids learn a fake computer language so they can't get the answers anywhere on line. They aren't learning how to code, they are learning how to create.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just curious. How're these few schools differentiating themselves with the rest? Is it the quality of students, faculty and facilities or any other factors?

Just looking where top tech companies go to recruit is the best way.
In that sense geography helps too.
Look at UW it is near Microsoft and Amazon headquarters that helps with internship then employment.

Any college in the SV area is a target for FAANG hiring. The farther away you go, the more selective the college needs to be.

Anonymous wrote:I'm just curious. How're these few schools differentiating themselves with the rest? Is it the quality of students, faculty and facilities or any other factors?

Just looking where top tech companies go to recruit is the best way.
In that sense geography helps too.
Look at UW it is near Microsoft and Amazon headquarters that helps with internship then employment.

Anonymous wrote:MIT, CMU, Stanford, Cal Tech

Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, CMU.

MIT, CMU, Stanford, Cal Tech

Anonymous wrote:I'm just curious. How're these few schools differentiating themselves with the rest? Is it the quality of students, faculty and facilities or any other factors?

Top faculty is #1. The truly elite schools have the top faculty. This goes for every discipline. That’s why a school like Berkeley is woefully underrated.

MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, CMU.

I'm just curious. How're these few schools differentiating themselves with the rest? Is it the quality of students, faculty and facilities or any other factors?

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Anonymous wrote:Umd in state vs full pay at a top 5 cs school which would you choose ?

There is no top five but top four. Cornell is and has been since the 80s a notch below the top four.

I have to agree with the above statement. MIT, CMU, Stanford, and Berkeley are the gold standard in CS.

I would agree but it would be Stanford, Berkeley, MIT and CMU.

Hehe. Ok!

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Anonymous wrote:Umd in state vs full pay at a top 5 cs school which would you choose ?

There is no top five but top four. Cornell is and has been since the 80s a notch below the top four.

I have to agree with the above statement. MIT, CMU, Stanford, and Berkeley are the gold standard in CS.

I would agree but it would be Stanford, Berkeley, MIT and CMU.