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For CS Majors, How Important Is the "Where?"

Posted by kdawson on from the location-location-location dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I'm a high school senior who is trying to pick a college to attend. I've been accepted by two comparably selective schools. One is a highly regarded tech school, and the other is a highly regarded liberal arts institution. I prefer the liberal arts college, but the computer science program is small, graduating about a dozen students a year. The course load is heavily theory based; programming languages are taught in later years. How much would the tech school vs. non tech school matter? Are CS majors from non-tech school considered inferior? What would an HR department think? What would you think if you were hiring?"

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  1. OH NOES! by Plazmid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never ever go to a liberal arts college, they make you write PAPERS about POEMS some DEAD GUY wrote.

    1. Re:OH NOES! by Plazmid · · Score: 4, Funny

      Although you might develop some 1337 Markov Chain skills at liberal arts colleges, given the amount of papers you have to write. In fact, I used Mark V. Shaney to write my English papers for me in highschool. They never caught on that my papers were algorithmically generated, and I received A's on all of them.

  2. depends... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    do you want to go to school with a bunch of geeks or a bunch of hippies?

    that is the dilemma you are facing. it's a double-edged sword.

    1. Re:depends... by gbjbaanb · · Score: 5, Funny

      liberal art school... full of, well, girls. All of which have their heads filled with romance, poetry, and a total lack of understanding about anything real world. Go there :-)

    2. Re:depends... by vain+gloria · · Score: 5, Funny

      do you want to go to school with a bunch of geeks or a bunch of hippies?

      that is the dilemma you are facing. it's a double-edged sword.

      Either way the smell is going to be terrible.
    3. Re:depends... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'm in a CS program at a UC, and I can tell you that the smell is a huge issue for me. I can't stand working around most of my classmates. They reek like they've just got off a 20 hour WoW raid... ALL THE TIME!!

  3. Re:Where will you be in 20 years? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    meanwhile in reality...

    both the liberal arts and tech grads are stuck in cubicles, but the liberal arts grad can make wittier whips at the water tank and has an extra smirk when he sips his latte.

  4. Re:Not very by xtracto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here,

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    take some of them

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  5. Maybe a story will help. by DieByWire · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe the story of an invention will shed a little light.

    Once upon a time there was an invention.

    The inventors showed it to a scientist. He said, "Cool, why does it work?"

    Then they showed it to a engineer. He said, "Cool, how does it work?"

    Then they showed it to a business major. He said, "Cool, how much can we sell it for?"

    Then they showed it to a liberal arts major. She said, "Cool..."

    "You want fries with that?"

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  6. The "Where?" by csrster · · Score: 2, Funny

    The "Where?" is important, but the "Select" and "From" are equally important.

  7. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tech schools have girls?

  8. Re:What? by Aqualung812 · · Score: 3, Funny

    What? You can finally major in Counter Strike?

    Yes. I have a PhD in CS with a focus on pwning n00bs. You're welcome to attend any of my courses:

    CS 100: Strategic Placement (Camping)

    CS 200: Circuits & Timers (Bomb Defusing)

    CS 300: Psychology (Greifing)

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  9. Re:Great programmers have formal training by ciggieposeur · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're not going to get the plum job at Google unless you know what a fixed-point function is and what it's good for.

    What is a "fixed-point function" ?

  10. Not true. by raehl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Women at the technical college will be hotter. But then again, fantasy women always are.

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  11. Got me. by raehl · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I don't work at Google.

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  12. Re:Liberal Arts Has Its Place by dheltzel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pansy. In my day we did CS 24/7 and liked it. You youngsters are too soft, you need that to toughen you up.

  13. Re:Liberal Arts Has Its Place by hesiod · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other words, "GET OUT NOW, IT WILL KILL YOU!!!!! But have fun, it'll be great."