The thing is... most people arn't from the top schools, so obviously this thread will have a concensus agreeing that the school name doesn't matter.. and that "experience" is all that matters.. etc. all garbage..
You would be a fool not to want to transfer, is everything is the same then you should do just as well at the new school right? check back with me once you take your first class:)
I disagree, learning is at every school. It's the depth and rate of learning that is different between schools. The material is not the same...
A simple OS course might be taught on 4th year at one school and a 2nd year course at another...
There is a difference... People like to stress "Experience" but usually coming out of college most kids don't have the industry experience...
Sun Micro doesn't recruit out of school at Michigan State University... they go to the well know school...
Then again where do you want to go after college? Smaller or larger company?
I agree with this... I went to the University of Michigan for Computer Science and the friends/professors I've met there are simply amazing.
I've see courses offered at state schools such as *MSU* and it is not the same material and the depth that you get into is not as deep as UMICH.
Personally, I've would find it really hard to find a job not coming from the school I can from. An example of this would be simply the recruiting that Microsoft/IBM/SUN/etc. does... They simply don't go to smaller schools and in the long run that will hurt people who don't have the name recognition of larger schools.
I suggest you transfer...
-Vinh
65k right out of college may of 2002 working at Siebel... laid off 2 months later..
55k six months later and 20lbs lighter from stress of not having a job
All I have to say is, I wish I was in the bay area...
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The thing is... most people arn't from the top schools, so obviously this thread will have a concensus agreeing that the school name doesn't matter.. and that "experience" is all that matters.. etc. all garbage.. You would be a fool not to want to transfer, is everything is the same then you should do just as well at the new school right? check back with me once you take your first class :)
I disagree, learning is at every school. It's the depth and rate of learning that is different between schools. The material is not the same... A simple OS course might be taught on 4th year at one school and a 2nd year course at another... There is a difference... People like to stress "Experience" but usually coming out of college most kids don't have the industry experience... Sun Micro doesn't recruit out of school at Michigan State University... they go to the well know school... Then again where do you want to go after college? Smaller or larger company?
I agree with this... I went to the University of Michigan for Computer Science and the friends/professors I've met there are simply amazing. I've see courses offered at state schools such as *MSU* and it is not the same material and the depth that you get into is not as deep as UMICH. Personally, I've would find it really hard to find a job not coming from the school I can from. An example of this would be simply the recruiting that Microsoft/IBM/SUN/etc. does... They simply don't go to smaller schools and in the long run that will hurt people who don't have the name recognition of larger schools. I suggest you transfer... -Vinh
65k right out of college may of 2002 working at Siebel... laid off 2 months later.. 55k six months later and 20lbs lighter from stress of not having a job All I have to say is, I wish I was in the bay area...
University of Michigan didn't fair to well, being in 27th position.. We'll have a better showing next year..