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Ivy League Computer Science Curricula Exposed
Doug Treadwell writes "Many people have wondered what the difference is between the Computer Science education given in the average public university versus one given in an Ivy League university (or a top level public university). There have also been discussions here on Slashdot about whether any Computer Science curriculum gives students the knowledge they need for the working world. As a computer science student both questions are very important to me, so I decided to answer them for myself and build a website to share what I found. I was able to find the required reading for hundreds of courses at Stanford, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, and Berkeley; along with some other institutions. This should also help answer some of those 'What should I read?' questions."
I went from my undergrad CS degree straight into a Ph.D, and then on to research.
Friends who took exactly the same choices as I went into telecoms, web design, databases and airlines (piloting, beats me what the connect was, but he did it).
Bottom line is, in my opinion, its more about how well you study, and how much time you spend just exploring each of the subjects covered in your own time.
A wide ranging understanding of the topics in computer science is important. You can then pick a decent final year dissertation to put the required polish on your academic record.
This can be achieved at any university, not just an Ivy League one. If you're geared to succeed, all you need is a decent library and a course that covers things your interested in.
Either that or he has altered the text size... CTRL+0 on FF..
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