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This absolutely enraging, but I'd like to also point out that the author's own alma mater is about equidistant from UNC and Duke and was not visited. Why was th
by akhilcacharya 6y ago
This absolutely enraging, but I'd like to also point out that the author's own alma mater is about equidistant from UNC and Duke and was not visited. Why was that? Its absolutely disgusting that they treated A&T's stop this way but what's the excuse for excluding NC State?
- tptacek 6y agoNC A&T is an HBCU. The subtext isn't that recruiting teams prioritize top-tier schools --- of course every firm does this. Rather, it's that HBCUs get included in these trips, so that HR departments can report metrics about outreach to URMs ("trips made to HBCUs" are an especially straightforward metric), but when those visits actually occur, they're performed with such disrespect that they lay bare the underlying biases.
- rahimnathwani 6y agoI had to look up what HBCU stands for: "Historically black colleges and universities"
- protomyth 6y agoYep, and TCU is the Native American term (Tribal College & University). Both had a victory this year with the Title III funding.
- crispyporkbites 6y agoAs a non American that term sounds outrageous and bizarre
- icelancer 6y agoThe term isn't, but the history of why HBCUs exist sure is.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoI'm not sure how UNC CS can be considered top-tier but NC State CS can be ignored.
- tptacek 6y agoDuke CS is pretty highly ranked.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoBoth UNC and Duke are ranked ~25, but NC State is ranked ~40. You would think that would be enough? It's not ECU or Appalachian.
- justin66 6y agoIn something like the US News and World Report ranking system, a ranking of 25 vs 40 would put them in an entirely different tier.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoAn entirely different tier? Out of how many schools that offer CS as a graduate program? I graduated from State. What exactly about the tier of my undergrad and myself should I know?
- justin66 6y ago> What exactly about the tier of my undergrad and myself should I know? Since you asked me, for some reason: that none of the rest of us are worried about it, and that some random unnamed company not recruiting there might not be something you need to worry about.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoClearly the company is worried about it - for the record, when I graduated I never got an interview or even an email response from the likely company in the story.