<p>I just moved here to the Silicon valley, and will be transferring to one of the college here. I need some help in deciding which college for computer/electrical enginnering???<br>
which college has the best recruitment rate?
obviously i know there is Berkley and Stanford.
what other colleges are around here????</p>
<p>Santa Clara University(private), San Jose State(public)</p>
<p>^
Hit the nail on the head.</p>
<p>does anyone know the recruitment rate from SJSU? Also how is UCSC?</p>
<p>Berkeley*</p>
<p>I was going to suggest UCSC. I dunno about recruitment, though.</p>
<p>It depends on the economy but I think maybe Santa Clara has a slight advantage over SJS. But have you thought about Cal Poly SLO, I think that one definitely has better recruitment rate from Silicon Valley employers.</p>
<p>Santa Clara is probably much better than SJSU.</p>
<p>TooRichForAid: I don't think so. CPSLO is much more south, and isn't known for strength in computers (engineering, yes, but not in computers).</p>
<p>SJSU claims that according to USNWR, it ranks the nation's 5th best undergraduate computer engineering programs.</p>
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Computer Engineering colleges in Silicon Valley
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That is what the OP asking?
Kyle,
There is no such college that teaches computers, you mean CS, if that is the case I beg to differ with you, having worked with lots of people graduated from Cal Poly SLO, any school that's good with engineering usually good with CS. It's a TECHNICAL SCHOOL for CRYING OUT LOUD. I think CS is considered a technical subject also. Also, these 2 subjects go hand in hand. UCBerkeley have EECS for that reason.</p>
<p>In addition, most kids from the Bay Area attend Cal Poly SLO because it's closer to them, about 1-2 hours away, not that south, it's north of Santa Barbara and South of Gilroy.</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO is a great school, however it is more than 3 hours from the bay area.</p>
<p>i lived in silicon valley until up to about last year. sjsu really isnt that well regarded in the bay area and i doubt any employer would like it more than any other 4 year state school. Although cal poly is also a state school, it definitely has a better reputation than sjsu and will get you a job much quicker than sjsu. of course cal poly isn't anywhere near the bay area, so if location is a problem, santa clara is a good (but pricey alternative). i personally like the campus vibe at santa clara, lots of palm trees, stanford architecture, engaged sports program, clean facilities. lots of people there will be the movers and shakers of silicon valley (several real estate developers come to mind) it surely is a "good school", but the general consesus of students in silicon valley (among the cc type) is there is no way in hell they would pay 170k+ for a degree from santa clara. it is such a lovely school but it has hardly any prestige (even in its own backyard). it is often used as a safety, but those shooting for ivy-caliber don't even bother applying there. if i were you i would go to community college for 2 years (west valley is the best, deanza second)</p>
<p>TooRichForAid:</p>
<p>"There is no such college that teaches computers, you mean CS"</p>
<p>I don't quite understand you. Clarify?</p>
<p>"any school that's good with engineering usually good with CS"</p>
<p>I wouldn't say "usually," rather "often," but certainly not always. CPSLO isn't known for its computer science, and I doubt that it's a feeder school for top employers in computers (though I could be wrong). Other schools such as Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, MIT, and Stanford are known for both engineering and computer science. It is indeed a polytechnic university, though I still don't think its compsci department is one of the top ones.</p>
<p>"most kids from the Bay Area attend Cal Poly SLO because it's closer to them, about 1-2 hours away"</p>
<p>I don't know what San Luis Obispo you're talking about, but the one I'm referring to is in southern California (my town is actually a little farther north and is considered to be in so Cal). According to mapquest, San Jose to SLO is a three-hour drive (almost 200 miles); from San Francisco, almost four hours.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=&2l=&2g=&2pl=&2v=&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=San+Jose&1s=CA&1z=&2pn=&2a=&2c=San+Luis+Obispo&2s=CA&2z=&r=f%5B/url%5D">http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=&2l=&2g=&2pl=&2v=&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=San+Jose&1s=CA&1z=&2pn=&2a=&2c=San+Luis+Obispo&2s=CA&2z=&r=f</a>
<a href="http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=&2l=&2g=&2pl=&2v=&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=San+Francisco&1s=CA&1z=&2pn=&2a=&2c=San+Luis+Obispo&2s=CA&2z=&r=f%5B/url%5D">http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=&2l=&2g=&2pl=&2v=&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=San+Francisco&1s=CA&1z=&2pn=&2a=&2c=San+Luis+Obispo&2s=CA&2z=&r=f</a></p>
<p>I wouldn't say "most" kids from the Bay Area go to CPSLO; maybe some, but not most, and it's certainly not closer than Santa Clara, etc. My area is a definite feeder area; tons go to the school, and I'm willing to bet that the majority of the students are from southern California.</p>
<p>Anyway, my main point is that the school shouldn't be included in this discussion as it isn't in Silicon Valley, which is defined as follows:</p>
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Geographically, "Silicon Valley" encompasses the northern part of Santa Clara Valley and adjacent communities in the southern parts of the San Francisco Peninsula and East Bay. It now reaches approximately from San Mateo (on the Peninsula) and the Fremont/Newark area in the East Bay down through San Jose, centered roughly on Sunnyvale.
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley</a></p>
<p>is there anyone out there that could give me more information about SJSU campus recruitments.</p>
<p>Also what about UCSC?</p>
<p>Kyle,
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TooRichForAid:</p>
<p>"There is no such college that teaches computers, you mean CS"</p>
<p>I don't quite understand you. Clarify?
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<p>computers is not a major.</p>
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and I doubt that it's a feeder school for top employers in computers (though I could be wrong).
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Is CISCO consider top? HP? and a lot of other companies( Not Google and Sun). I know I worked with a lot of them. But I think you diverge, the OP did not ask for tops, OP listed UCBerkeley and Stanford already and those two are tops.</p>
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I don't know what San Luis Obispo you're talking about, but the one I'm referring to is in southern California (my town is actually a little farther north and is considered to be in so Cal). According to mapquest, San Jose to SLO is a three-hour drive (almost 200 miles); from San Francisco, almost four hours.
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The one in Southern California is Cal Poly Pomona, the one near SJ is Cal Poly SLO
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I wouldn't say "most" kids from the Bay Area go to CPSLO; maybe some, but not most, and it's certainly not closer than Santa Clara, etc. My area is a definite feeder area; tons go to the school, and I'm willing to bet that the majority of the students are from southern California.
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I think you still thinking of Cal Poly Pomona in the above statement.</p>
<p>In these discussions, the term computer engineering is used interchangeably with computer science. There are quite a difference between the two. Roughly speaking computer engineering is more involved with hardware while computer science is more involved with software.</p>
<p>"computers is not a major."</p>
<p>I know.</p>
<p>"Is CISCO consider top? HP? and a lot of other companies( Not Google and Sun)."</p>
<p>Perhaps CPSLO grads went on to that, but that doesn't mean that the school is a feeder school -- "I doubt that it's a feeder school for top employers in computers" is what I said.</p>
<p>"The one in Southern California is Cal Poly Pomona, the one near SJ is Cal Poly SLO"</p>
<p>I know the difference between the two (my school sends tons to one, some to the other). Here's the logic:</p>
<p>1) Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is in San Luis Obispo, California.</p>
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<li>San Luis Obispo is ~200 miles away, nowhere near San Jose (not a 1-2 hour drive, but a 3-hour one).</li>
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<p>"I think you still thinking of Cal Poly Pomona in the above statement."</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Where are the statistics that Cal Poly SLO has a strong computer science department (or even that SLO is in nor Cal) that has a good recruitment rate?</p>
<p>(And at any rate, the city of San Luis Obispo is not in Silicon Valley.)</p>
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2. San Luis Obispo is ~200 miles away, nowhere near San Jose (not a 1-2 hour drive, but a 3-hour one).
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<p>It depends on who's driving, I know when my spouse drives, he can make it there in 2+ hours
because from SJ to LA, he can make it in about 5+ hours.</p>
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Where are the statistics that Cal Poly SLO has a strong computer science department (or even that SLO is in nor Cal) that has a good recruitment rate?</p>
<p>(And at any rate, the city of San Luis Obispo is not in Silicon Valley.)
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<p>Where are the statistics that say not? Cal Poly SLO near enough to Silicon Valley and it's a technical school, so of course students graduate from SLO not only has one but few offers. I said this as my experience working in the Bay Area for more than 10+ years, where is your point of reference?</p>
<p>I know it's not Silicon Valley but it's certainly nearby if you leave in Silicon Valley.</p>
<p>"I know when my spouse drives, he can make it there in 2+ hours"</p>
<p>If it's a distance of ~200 miles, and you're able to get there in 2 hours, he's going an average of 100 miles/hour (high even on the highways).</p>
<p>"Where are the statistics that say not?"</p>
<p>As I said before, I'm going on general knowledge. But you asserted that it does have a higher recruitment rate. Do you have support for this claim?</p>
<p>"Cal Poly SLO near enough to Silicon Valley"</p>
<p>~200 miles is a pretty liberal definition of "near" in my opinion.</p>
<p>"I said this as my experience working in the Bay Area for more than 10+ years, where is your point of reference?"</p>
<p>That's irrelevant; go by the merits of my argument only.</p>