I’ve been exploring LACs and many of the top colleges seem to be “test optional” which is a great thing for me. What are the best Computer Science LACs?
thanks in advance
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/19190340/#Comment_19190340 may be helpful, but some colleges’ CS offerings may have changed since then.
thanks @ucbalumnus you have truly aided me through the brutal college process!
In a coding competion that included other highly selective LACs (Middlebury, Wellesley), Hamilton finished first among 31 colleges in total:
https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/comp-sci-department-hosts-college-computing-conference
There were a couple of HUGE threads on this topic a short time ago and the consensus seemed to be Harvey Mudd, if you are looking for an LAC analogue to MIT or Caltech, but, that for general purposes of employability as a software engineer, any of the top LACs will get you where you want to go. A larger LAC like Wesleyan or Carleton will have 8-10 upper level electives above and beyond programming in any given year.