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Given most of the post is about the quantity of Michigan students at hackathons or other events, I think it's worthwhile to mention how the school is also uniqu
by octopi 13y ago
Given most of the post is about the quantity of Michigan students at hackathons or other events, I think it's worthwhile to mention how the school is also unique because it has the advantage of size: there are just so many students there.
I find Penn's breakout achievements far more impressive given their much smaller student body, as well as what Columbia/NYU have done with hackNY.
- chriwend 13y agoThere are many state schools as large as Michigan, such as Penn State, Ohio State, University of Illinois. Illinois in particular actually has a larger CS department but their hackers don't come anywhere close to the turnout Michigan gets. None of the other large schools do. That being said, this shows how impressive of a feat this is for Penn and other small private schools.