I went to one of these schools. I disagree with fellow HNers who say that the students are great engineering minds or have the right motivations from before han

I went to one of these schools. I disagree with fellow HNers who say that the students are great engineering minds or have the right motivations from before hand. These institutions do a damn good job at making you very very strong on your foundations of CS and problem solving and architecture. They deserve a ton of credit. They focus much lesser on teaching you cool and trendy stuff, and much more on grounded understanding of everything that forms the foundational basis of computing technology, especially in the first 2 years of the 4 year programs.