<p>Should I consider myself one of the more fortunate CS majors?</p>
<p>In my school, the CS program is not in the School or Engineering, it's in the School of Arts/Sciences. So the curve isn't as low as it would be if it was in the School of Engineering. The average GPA is much higher therefore. </p>
<p>And you might be thinking, you are probably in a weak CS program then....However, it's ranked Top 5 in the country...</p>
<p>So Top 5 program, with a high average GPA curve........perfect?</p>
<p>what school is it? UIUC?</p>
<p>Yeah which school is it?</p>
<p>In my opinion, CS should be under the Math faculty.</p>
<p>/unqualified opinion without the benefit of experience</p>
<p>University of Washington. Backyard of Microsoft.</p>
<p>Yeah it’s Top 5 in the latest rankings. And though the curve is set higher, it is still very competitive to get admission in the first place. </p>
<p>But if you are in, you should be happy because most CS programs are in the Engineering Depeartment, meaning harsher curve. But since its in the School of A/S, nicer curve. You still do and learn a lot though, since it’s Top 5.</p>
<p>Seems like the perfect combo, of receiving a Top education on the major, while having good grades than other schools would give CS majors.</p>
<p>I’m probably going to UW (in-state yaaayyyy). Is the CS program really that competitive? It’s kinda discouraging to hear that since I’m not even set on it and I’m not entirely sure I even enjoy programming yet.</p>
<p>Yeah its pretty tough. WHen are you going? </p>
<p>You will find out if you want to be a CS major or not if you survive CSE 142, and if you survive that, CSE 143. Really tough programming classes that will challenge you. If you survive, you are good enough to be a CS major. By “survive”, I mean do well lol…</p>
<p>Better would be a harsh curve that you were at the top of…</p>
<p>what is this curve you speak of</p>
<p>There is a huge gap between top 3 and other schools though.</p>
<p>at uw, computer science is not in college of engineering. Computer engineering, however, is.
And CS majors and CE majors take almost identical schedules… (at uw there is CSE not ECE).</p>
<p>So the grading curve has nothing to do w/ engineering vs. non engineering. I think.</p>
<p>Actually, I checked the School of Engineering has an average GPA of 3.0 or something (don’t quote me on this, but it was somewhere around the 2.9-3.1 range i think)</p>
<p>And I asked the CS department, what is the average GPA in their major classes…they said 3.57. So definately, there is a difference. Also, that’s what I meant rsla…</p>
<p>IF you ever get DS as a TA or guest/substitute lecturer at Udub, you’d better know your stuff. :)</p>
<p>Just for clarification, that discrepancy is mostly based on the classes you take as either a CS and a CE major. If you look at the requirements, CE majors are required to take more senior CSE requirements, on top of tech writing (HCDE 231, 333), physics 122, and EE 215, which have high potential towards dragging down GPA. In CS, you have more gen. ed distributions like the arts and sciences writing classes and visual/performance arts, which tend to be easier than the CSE core 4xx level classes.</p>
<p>In the end, it depends on what you take in your career at UW that makes the difference. You can make it easier on yourself in CS by taking less senior electives, or more challenging (and imo, learn more and get more out of your education at “a Top 5” school) by taking more.</p>
<p>I’m confused. What is the difference between computer engineering, under school of eng, computer science, under school of eng, and computer science, under arts and science? </p>
<p>If one wanted to design medical equipment using computer applications, would you major in comp eng or comp science? And if you major in comp sci, would it make a difference if it was from an eng school or an arts/science school?</p>
<p>if you want to be oh so specific in what precisely you will be doing, then yea comp eng.
(medical equipment that uses comp applications?, im guessing this is the design of the equipment itself…i would imagine though some of the imaging that is rendered is pretty complex stuff)</p>
<p>at the end of the day, people from all over the spectrum will be working on such a thing.</p>
<p>This is cool because I’m currently interested in doing exactly what Montegut mentioned (both BME and CE). However, I’m more interested in the molecular stuff in BME, so I’ll have to see how this works out.</p>
<p>By the way, which rankings are you referring to, NBAFan? I can’t find anything showing UW to be #5 in CS.</p>
<p>(Also, any tips on CSE 142? I’m taking that Fall Quarter at UW this year)</p>
<p>Hmm sumzup, I tried looking for it, I got them at #6
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<p>Maybe I meant to say, “Top 5 caliber”, since #6 is pretty close to Top 5…</p>
<p>CSE 142? Well first of all, a lot of it depends on if you have had any previous programming experience. If you do, you’ll do very well. If you don’t, you can still do good (I didn’t have any). CSE 143 gets a little harder and you actually have to try. </p>
<p>Tips? Um, make sure you do well on the assignments, they are worth 40% of your grade. And taking CS exams are like no other. You have to be very creative on the spot. It’s like solving a logic puzzle with a tight time limit. Yes you can just imagine the scenario and pressure. </p>
<p>But overall, they are pretty tough classes, and had low averages. I think average was like 2.1 for 142 or something.</p>
<p>By the way, I think people are getting the wrong idea. I was just showing people a rare combination of an engineering type major, with a high GPA average, while still being legit. You don’t see that too often with engineering-related majors.</p>
<p>You are pretty fortunate, I’d say, for that.</p>
<p>I know here at Seattle Pacific University, the CS major is part of the Engineering program and the GPA is far lower than many other majors.</p>