Comp Sci Decision - UCSC or SJSU

College Search & Selection
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Hello, I’m having trouble deciding which school to go to. I’ve toured both SJSU and UCSC recently and honestly both campuses are nice enough in which I decided that won’t factor into my decision. I currently applied for Computer Science for both schools and got into the school of Engineering for UCSC and Undeclared for SJSU. Here’s what I’m thinking currently:

SJSU:
-Since the location is in the middle of Silicon Valley, it means a higher possibly for a great career?
-Harder curriculum or professors more lenient? CS hardest major @ this school?
-Classes in this major are extremely impacted making it take longer to graduate, 4.5 - 6 years
-More of a one way street kind of deal compared to UC’s where you still have the possibility of transferring to another UC.
-high risk high reward since it’s more highly regarded?

UCSC:
-Safer option? Since if CS is too hard there are other solid majors to switch to
-CS is solid here?
-Still possibilities for internships
-UC reputation with the name known

Those are just many of the considerations I’ve came up with. Which school should I go to?

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I’d go to UCSC over SJSU. SJSU is in the middle of Silicon Valley, while I guess you could consider UCSC to be on the outskirts. The locations aren’t going to make a big difference.

Both schools have symbiotic relationships with Silicon Valley, and both have good CS programs. In this case, I’d pick UCSC because I’d prefer going to a UC over a CSU.