Anonymous
07/12/2013 17:21
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My senior-to-be is interested in studying for CS. Are there big difference in training and employment opportunities between UVA, UMD, GWU, GMU? Are the admission for CS and engineering similar? I mean is CS harder to get in than engineering? Thanks!
He should be looking at Virginia Tech for Computer Science. Wouldn't consider any of the others.
Thanks. Will definitely consider Tech too. Between CS and engineering, which one do you think is better? My DC could not decide between the two.
CS is easier than engineering in courses work. However, engineering has a higher starting salary than CS. If you DC goes to Va Tech, s/he can starts with engineering and transfer to CS if thing does not work out.
Very true.
Most engineering disciplines require computer programming. CS doesn't require engineering.
Consider majoring in computer engineering, which is basically a discipline of electrical engineering.
Anonymous
07/11/2013 18:18
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Does a 50% tuition remission worth considering? It is from a very expensive school. It is still much more expensive even with the remission compare to our state school
Anonymous
07/11/2013 13:30
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Unless your child gets a major scholarship to cover the tuition, it really is not worth it to pay the OOS tuition. The rankings are not that far apart to justify the cost.
+1
Now, if there is a significant scholarship offer to CMU and/or Harvey Mudd -- then those are options to consider over UVA (VA residents) or UMD (MD residents).
Anonymous
07/11/2013 12:40
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Got in but ds went to Umd for computer science.
Maryland resident here so I love UMD but your son made a mistake.
Not for CS. If he went to UMD over VA Tech for CS, I'd wonder, but UMD is definitely the better CS school over UVA.
I'd pick UMD or UVA in a heartbeat over VT for CS.
Anonymous
07/11/2013 12:36
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Unless your child gets a major scholarship to cover the tuition, it really is not worth it to pay the OOS tuition. The rankings are not that far apart to justify the cost.
Anonymous
07/11/2013 07:45
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Do you mean CS and Computer Engineering or just engineering in general? Engineering covers a very wide range of majors, so it's really not helpful to try and compare it to CS.
DC is considering CS, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering. It seems that UMD is the winnerI heard that if you are admitted to other colleges than college of engineering, it is very difficult to transfer to college of engineering. Is this true?
My guess is VA residents would choose VATech and MD residents UMD. I don't think there's enough difference to pay OOS tuition. That and the fact that for some reason zero kids from my kids' Fairfax County high school go to U Maryland.
Anonymous
07/10/2013 23:37
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UMD: 14th
UVA: 28th
VaTech: 44th
Computer Science (Graduate School) Ranking by USN
Ranked in 2010 | Computer Science
What is UMD ranked for undergrad in 2012?
Go on. We'll wait.
Anonymous
07/10/2013 23:37
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Do you mean CS and Computer Engineering or just engineering in general? Engineering covers a very wide range of majors, so it's really not helpful to try and compare it to CS.
DC is considering CS, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering. It seems that UMD is the winner
I heard that if you are admitted to other colleges than college of engineering, it is very difficult to transfer to college of engineering. Is this true?
Anonymous
07/10/2013 23:35
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UMD: 14th
UVA: 28th
VaTech: 44th
Computer Science (Graduate School) Ranking by USN
Ranked in 2010 | Computer Science
What is UMD ranked for undergrad in 2012?
Anonymous
07/10/2013 22:59
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fine for them. Not fine for the better qualified, hard-working NOVA student who is punished for having the misfortune of living in the wrong part of the state.
So because your child was hard-working they should just be accepted?
You obviously cannot read, PP.
Anonymous
07/10/2013 22:01
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:UMD: 14th
UVA: 28th
VaTech: 44th
Computer Science (Graduate School) Ranking by USN
Ranked in 2010 | Computer Science
Anonymous
07/10/2013 21:53
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
UMD: 14th
UVA: 28th
VaTech: 44th
Computer Science (Graduate School) Ranking by USN
Ranked in 2010 | Computer Science
Rank School name Score
#14 University of Maryland–?College Park
College Park, MD 4.0
#17 Columbia University
New York, NY 3.9
#17 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 3.9
#17 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 3.9
#20 Brown University
Providence, RI 3.7
#20 Purdue University–?West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN 3.7
#20 Rice University
Houston, TX 3.7
#20 University of Massachusetts–?Amherst
Amherst, MA 3.7
#20 University of North Carolina–?Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 3.7
#20 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
#20 Yale University
New Haven, CT 3.7
#27 Duke University
Durham, NC 3.6
#28 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 3.4
#28 New York University
New York, NY 3.4
#28 Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 3.4
#28 Pennsylvania State University–?University Park
University Park, PA 3.4
#28 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–?New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.4
#28 University of California–?Irvine
Irvine, CA 3.4
#28 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 3.4
#35 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 3.3
#35 University of California–?Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 3.3
#35 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 3.3
#35 University of Minnesota–?Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN 3.3
#39 University of California–?Davis
Davis, CA 3.2
#39 University of Colorado–?Boulder
Boulder, CO 3.2
#39 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 3.2
#39 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 3.2
#39 Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 3.2
#44 Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 3.1
#44 Stony Brook University–?SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 3.1
#44 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 3.1
UVA: 28th
VaTech: 44th
Computer Science (Graduate School) Ranking by USN
Ranked in 2010 | Computer Science
Rank School name Score
#14 University of Maryland–?College Park
College Park, MD 4.0
#17 Columbia University
New York, NY 3.9
#17 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 3.9
#17 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 3.9
#20 Brown University
Providence, RI 3.7
#20 Purdue University–?West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN 3.7
#20 Rice University
Houston, TX 3.7
#20 University of Massachusetts–?Amherst
Amherst, MA 3.7
#20 University of North Carolina–?Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 3.7
#20 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
#20 Yale University
New Haven, CT 3.7
#27 Duke University
Durham, NC 3.6
#28 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 3.4
#28 New York University
New York, NY 3.4
#28 Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 3.4
#28 Pennsylvania State University–?University Park
University Park, PA 3.4
#28 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–?New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.4
#28 University of California–?Irvine
Irvine, CA 3.4
#28 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 3.4
#35 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 3.3
#35 University of California–?Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 3.3
#35 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 3.3
#35 University of Minnesota–?Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN 3.3
#39 University of California–?Davis
Davis, CA 3.2
#39 University of Colorado–?Boulder
Boulder, CO 3.2
#39 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 3.2
#39 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 3.2
#39 Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 3.2
#44 Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 3.1
#44 Stony Brook University–?SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 3.1
#44 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 3.1
Anonymous
07/10/2013 20:42
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My senior-to-be is interested in studying for CS. Are there big difference in training and employment opportunities between UVA, UMD, GWU, GMU? Are the admission for CS and engineering similar? I mean is CS harder to get in than engineering? Thanks!
He should be looking at Virginia Tech for Computer Science. Wouldn't consider any of the others.
Thanks. Will definitely consider Tech too. Between CS and engineering, which one do you think is better? My DC could not decide between the two.
Do you mean CS and Computer Engineering or just engineering in general? Engineering covers a very wide range of majors, so it's really not helpful to try and compare it to CS.
Anonymous
07/10/2013 20:40
Subject: Did your senior get into UVA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Got in but ds went to Umd for computer science.
Maryland resident here so I love UMD but your son made a mistake.
Not for CS. If he went to UMD over VA Tech for CS, I'd wonder, but UMD is definitely the better CS school over UVA.
Anonymous
07/10/2013 19:48
Subject: Re:Did your senior get into UVA?
Close proximity is a negative on the prospective college list of pros and cons. These kids have to learn to live on their own without weekly visits.