>>Da Tech is resting on its laurels. With the change from quarters to semesters, they're going to pitch out a lot of instruction. The emphasis is now heavy on liberal arts, not the learning kind, but the experiential kind.
I am a CS student at Tech and I can tell you this is simply not true. MTU had no choice in switching to semesters. Our scarry-in-his-ignorance governer John Engler is forcing all schools to be in semesters, by threatening to cut their funding. This accually means less liberal arts. MTU has been and always will be a very tech-heavy school.
>>The undergrad programs are suffering badly. My youngest just finished up there, just about impossible to get into classes.
I simply have not found this to be the case.
>>The social life is mostly only in the pictures in the course catalog, good for us parents.
HAHAHAHA!!!! I can assure you that Anon. Coward never visits his "youngest." It is rumoured that Jim's foodmart( just up the road) had a world record for selling the most amount of alcohol-per-capita in any given 24 hour period, and it is well documented that MTU was ranked #1 party school in Playboy 3 years in a row. Last year we were taken off the list; they disqualified us because they claimed we were profesionals. (I must note that it is very possible to get away from the noise, and the people who do drink heavily find it difficult to get decent grades.)
>>There are no decent technical employers within a days drive - no cross pollination, and no salary competition either.
Yesterday (tues 12th) was career day. Over 350 companies were here, 35 of which were looking for cs majors. Companies come to US. Ask employers what they think of Tech.
>>My charitable donations don't go to MTU anymore because its a poor school, they go to the other two. Listening, Dr. Kurt?
I would ask you ignore his blatent personal vendeta against Dr. Kurt Paterson. I would hate to believe you would overlook Tech on one parent's problems with one professor. I realy enjoy it here.
>>Da Tech is resting on its laurels. With the change from quarters to semesters, they're going to pitch out a lot of instruction. The emphasis is now heavy on liberal arts, not the learning kind, but the experiential kind.
I am a CS student at Tech and I can tell you this is simply not true. MTU had no choice in switching to semesters. Our scarry-in-his-ignorance governer John Engler is forcing all schools to be in semesters by threatening to cut their funding. This accually means less liberal arts. MTU has been and always will be a very tech-heavy school.
>>The undergrad programs are suffering badly. My youngest just finished up there, just about impossible to get into classes.
I simply have not found this to be the case.
>>The social life is mostly only in the pictures in the course catalog, good for us parents.
HAHAHAHA!!!! I can assure you that Anon. Coward never visits his "youngest." It is rumoured that Jim's foodmart( just up the road) had a world record for selling the most amount of alcohol-per-capita in any given 24 hour period, and it is well documented that MTU was ranked #1 party school in Playboy 3 years in a row. Last year we were taken off the list; they disqualified us because they claimed we were profesionals. (I must note that it is very possible to get away from the noise, and the people who do drink heavily find it difficult to get decent grades.)
>>There are no decent technical employers within a days drive - no cross pollination, and no salary competition either.
Yesterday (tues 12th) was career day. Over 350 companies were here, 35 of which were looking for cs majors. Companies come to US. Ask employers what they think of Tech.
>>My charitable donations don't go to MTU anymore because its a poor school, they go to the other two. Listening, Dr. Kurt?
I would ask you ignore his blatent personal vendeta against Dr. Kurt Paterson. I would hate to believe you would overlook Tech on one parent's problems with one professor. I realy enjoy it here.
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>>Da Tech is resting on its laurels. With the change from quarters to semesters, they're going to pitch out a lot of instruction. The emphasis is now heavy on liberal arts, not the learning kind, but the experiential kind.
I am a CS student at Tech and I can tell you this is simply not true. MTU had no choice in switching to semesters. Our scarry-in-his-ignorance governer John Engler is forcing all schools to be in semesters, by threatening to cut their funding. This accually means less liberal arts. MTU has been and always will be a very tech-heavy school.
>>The undergrad programs are suffering badly. My youngest just finished up there, just about impossible to get into classes.
I simply have not found this to be the case.
>>The social life is mostly only in the pictures in the course catalog, good for us parents.
HAHAHAHA!!!! I can assure you that Anon. Coward never visits his "youngest." It is rumoured that Jim's foodmart( just up the road) had a world record for selling the most amount of alcohol-per-capita in any given 24 hour period, and it is well documented that MTU was ranked #1 party school in Playboy 3 years in a row. Last year we were taken off the list; they disqualified us because they claimed we were profesionals. (I must note that it is very possible to get away from the noise, and the people who do drink heavily find it difficult to get decent grades.)
>>There are no decent technical employers within a days drive - no cross pollination, and no salary competition either.
Yesterday (tues 12th) was career day. Over 350 companies were here, 35 of which were looking for cs majors. Companies come to US. Ask employers what they think of Tech.
>>My charitable donations don't go to MTU anymore because its a poor school, they go to the other two. Listening, Dr. Kurt?
I would ask you ignore his blatent personal vendeta against Dr. Kurt Paterson. I would hate to believe you would overlook Tech on one parent's problems with one professor. I realy enjoy it here.
>>Da Tech is resting on its laurels. With the change from quarters to semesters, they're going to pitch out a lot of instruction. The emphasis is now heavy on liberal arts, not the learning kind, but the experiential kind.
I am a CS student at Tech and I can tell you this is simply not true. MTU had no choice in switching to semesters. Our scarry-in-his-ignorance governer John Engler is forcing all schools to be in semesters by threatening to cut their funding. This accually means less liberal arts. MTU has been and always will be a very tech-heavy school.
>>The undergrad programs are suffering badly. My youngest just finished up there, just about impossible to get into classes.
I simply have not found this to be the case.
>>The social life is mostly only in the pictures in the course catalog, good for us parents.
HAHAHAHA!!!! I can assure you that Anon. Coward never visits his "youngest." It is rumoured that Jim's foodmart( just up the road) had a world record for selling the most amount of alcohol-per-capita in any given 24 hour period, and it is well documented that MTU was ranked #1 party school in Playboy 3 years in a row. Last year we were taken off the list; they disqualified us because they claimed we were profesionals. (I must note that it is very possible to get away from the noise, and the people who do drink heavily find it difficult to get decent grades.)
>>There are no decent technical employers within a days drive - no cross pollination, and no salary competition either.
Yesterday (tues 12th) was career day. Over 350 companies were here, 35 of which were looking for cs majors. Companies come to US. Ask employers what they think of Tech.
>>My charitable donations don't go to MTU anymore because its a poor school, they go to the other two. Listening, Dr. Kurt?
I would ask you ignore his blatent personal vendeta against Dr. Kurt Paterson. I would hate to believe you would overlook Tech on one parent's problems with one professor. I realy enjoy it here.