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Some of this has to be biased by the fact that there's no Ivy League school with a top CS program, unless you count Stanford, whereas UCB is, perhaps anonymousl
by hga 12y ago
Some of this has to be biased by the fact that there's no Ivy League school with a top CS program, unless you count Stanford, whereas UCB is, perhaps anonymously, one of the 4 (the other two being CMU and MIT).
Hmmm, my vague and out of date memory is that public universities are well represented in 2nd tier CS programs, and I can't remember any Ivies in that list. But that's old, iffy and perhaps obsolete info.
One very obsolete thing is equipment: the wealthier schools used to have a big advantage in being able to supply computer time to their students.
- seanflyon 12y ago> there's no Ivy League school with a top CS program How do you define "top CS program"? I can't find a ranking that doesn't have Cornell or Princeton in the top 10. Defining "top program" as top 5 seems a bit odd (even then Cornell occasionally makes the list)
- hga 12y agoLast time I checked (last decade, I suppose), "everyone" agreed Stanford, UC Berkeley, CMU and MIT had the world's best CS programs, with a big gap before the next "tier". I'm willing to believe, maybe back then, but especially today, that some Ivy's are ranked high in the 2nd tier.
- seanflyon 12y agoI can't find anyone but you who defines "a top CS program" as the top 4 schools, but you are right that the top 4 are better tan the 5th and 6th.