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Take a look at US World News & Reports and their top 10 list. Any of those would be good choices. There was a syndicated article featured on Yahoo a while back
by caw 14y ago
Take a look at US World News & Reports and their top 10 list. Any of those would be good choices. There was a syndicated article featured on Yahoo a while back about best value colleges, and Georgia Tech was top value (cost vs avg salary when you get out). I know they are in the top 10 for undergrad CS.
There are undergraduate research opportunities available, where you basically take research as a class. At GT it's called UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program). I know a few people who did it for CS, and they offer it in their other programs of study as well.
As far as language goes, I think I had 2-3 classes at most in a particular language. Some didn't have a language requirement, it was whatever. In no particular order, I used: C, C++, Cg, Java, Smalltalk, Ruby, Bash, Perl, PHP, HTML/CSS/JS, Matlab, Python, Processing, and SQL (if you count that). I also didn't know how to program before I went to college.
As far as paying for colleges go, you may want to check into reciprocal in-state tuition agreements between states. I think most of the time it's for bordering states if your state doesn't have a good program of study. Otherwise, I'd highly recommend work-study, co-op, or internship programs since you'll earn money and get experience as well.
- gamechangr 14y agoI am tried to avoid looking at college rankings, as I know that doesn't really measure learning...just prestige. I have looked at GT and heard from friends that it was hard (in a busy work negative way), but well priced. It's on my list of potentials.
- caw 14y agoAbout the prestige - Why do you think they're considered prestigious? Is it simply word of mouth, or is there something behind it? Not saying you can't find something on the top X list that provides a good learning experience without the prestige. I never really felt that my classes at GT were at busy work. Definitely difficult, until you look back later and ask yourself why you ever struggled with that, it was so easy compared to what you're doing now.
- gamechangr 14y agoGood to hear that you thought the work was useful. GT just went up a few points! I hate to make generalizations with so little data.
- caw 14y agoFeel free to email me questions or whatever about GT. I graduated not too long ago, still have friends who haven't yet graduated, and I won't necessarily give you the politically correct answers they give in the tour.