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> The CS program for undergrad in Havard is exactly the same as your closer public college. No. Not even close. Unless you're taking about flagships like uiuc
by throwawayjava 7y ago
> The CS program for undergrad in Havard is exactly the same as your closer public college.
No. Not even close. Unless you're taking about flagships like uiuc and Berkeley (which are not local for 99%).
This may be true in the humanities but is nowhere near true in the mathematical sciences.
My final year analysis course at college only covered a fraction of the content in the FIRST year advanced math sequence at Harvard.
As someone who went to one of those truly local state schools then taught at a #1 CS school: the quality difference in CS educations is absolutely insane. See also the "Java Schools" rant.
- brutus1213 7y agoI searched through your comment history for the "Java schools rant" but to no avail. Pointer? I went to school just as Java hit .. saw the old C days and then Java (in my OS course .. the horror!). I feel Java for OS stunted me to this day. Curious what your thoughts are on this.
- throwawayjava 7y agoSorry, not my rant. See here: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/12/29/the-perils-of-javaschools-2/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/12/29/the-perils-of-java... (Also, don't read anything into my user name. I just happened to make my first comment about something related to java and then never logged out.)