<p>Is it worth majoring in CS at UGA or should I consider transferring to GT. I am concerned about the opportunities at UGA as a CS major versus GT's CS program and all of GT's networking with companies such as Google, Amazon, etc. </p>
<p>I study engineering, and I was worried about this too, but you shouldn’t be. UGA is a big, well respected name. I have a ton of friends from high school who are absolutely HATING C.S. at Tech right now because they aren’t learning anything because of the difficulty. If you are happy at UGA, don’t transfer to Tech just because of the name. My dad (who went to Tech) acknowledges that Tech makes a bigger deal of themselves than the rest of the world does, and his friends from UGA got jobs just as easily as he did. </p>
<p>Dependin on wat u wanna do later in life. If you want industry, then GT is the way to go. Few industries recruit at UGA except for Drop Box. As a CS major at UGA, i highly advise u to choose tech over here at uga. tech has world class cs program and well respected by industry. Be careful though, GT CS is harder, but you will learn more</p>
<p>Go to GT unless you want to major in Management Info Systems (a computer science and business mix). We have a top MIS program but I wouldn’t bother with CS here.</p>
<p>Have to disagree with Amandaphoria. I know several UGA computer sciences students have released apps which are already earning decent dollars. Also, know of several students who have gone on to work for Microsoft, Google, GE, and several other big name companies. Know a few more who have gotten top notch internships. GT program is more rigorous but often all that does is force you to work on homework when you could be using that homework to work on innovative CS solutions. </p>
<p>One son took GT multivariable calculus while in high school. The professor came in one day complaining that the administration had called him complaining that he was giving out too many A’s. He was upset that he was being forced to arbitrarily assign students lower grades. Some of Tech’s lower grades is a result of such practices, not harder course work.</p>
<p>As an executive at a Fortune 100 company, I can also vouch most companies would prefer to hire a computer science major over an MIS major. The CS kids know the details and can learn the big picture. It’s much harder to master the details of CS if you don’t have the foundation of CS course work.</p>
While it’s true you could get hired as a CS major from UGA, very few tech companies actively recruit here, whereas at Tech, their co-op program is huge. You could go to the Terry career fair (even being outside of the business college) and likely find a good internship or full time job but it’s less tailored to computer science.
The program is definitely more rigorous at Tech but maybe that’s a good thing in terms of real world application. I know two CS majors here who feel like their professors and classes would have been more useful at Tech. It’s sort of like taking an AP class vs. on-level.
Tech’s GPAs are horrendous and I think their grading policies are way too tough. It forces out great pre-med students that feel their grades will never be high enough to get into a good program after graduation and puts the students who do stay through a lot of unnecessary stress. However, the two CS programs are really not comparable. GT is 9th in the country for CS and UGA is 90th (from US News and World Report)
Obviously experiences differ from person to person but I don’t think I would come to Georgia for CS and I love it here. When someone here tells me they’re a CS major, I immediately think they got rejected from Tech. That’s not a mindset you want employers to have about you.
I wonder why several of the Foundation Fellows I know are majoring in computer science? I certainly wouldn’t consider them Tech rejects.
I don’t doubt that you CAN succeed in the program. I have a good friend from my high school IB program that’s a Foundation Fellow here, a CS major. The big advantage there, the real selling point to employers, is the candidate themselves. Foundation Fellows would shine no matter where they went to school, but most likely received a great scholarship from UGA that was too good to pass up. At least that was my friend’s train of thought. Companies want to hire those students because they’re Fellows, not because they’re UGA CS majors.
I didn’t mean to cause any trouble! This is just the general student consensus on the program from what I’ve gathered in the past 2 years.
No trouble caused. I just don’t like it when posters pass on inaccurate advice as gospel.
I think that the UGA CS program is good and if you’re evaluating it as a standalone option, it’s likely that you get a job and a pretty good one if you work hard. But when comparing it to Tech’s CS program, it’s a lot more difficult to get where you want to go. It’s not that you can’t, but in a direct comparison, I’d pick Tech over UGA for computer science. Personal opinion but others may feel differently.
Just curious why you didn’t attend Tech since they offer a MIS degree and you feel they offer superior computer related programs. After all, an effective MIS department is far more about technology rather than serving as a mere conduit of information to management. Did you not get in?
I added the MIS major later on and UGA’s program is pretty highly ranked at 12th nationally. I was never that interested in most of the STEM majors, so I chose UGA over Tech.
You can’t go wrong with a CS major, though, at either school. Those skills are very in demand and you’ll certainly have a job when you graduate.
Funny, when I hear MIS, I think of someone who flunked out of CS. The truth is, go to the school you like. Amandaphoria is giving you horrible advice. Do not go to a school because of its name. Go to a school that you feel like you will succeed in. Whether that is UGA or GT is totally up to you. Amandaphoria has no idea what she is talking about. The name of the school will get you so far. It is your grades and side projects that companies will look at. If you go to GT and your grades suck, then good luck bc the GT brand will not save you. The classes are not harder at GT. In fact, they are easier or about the same in material. An example is that GT starts out Python while UGA is starts out in Java. Python is much more beginner friendly. Then why do so many people get bad grades in tech you ask. Simple, in tech, the professors simply do not care about their students. (Note: This is not true of all professors at tech.) I know this because my friends go to tech and a lot of my dad’s friends / former students are professors at tech. Also, UGA has a much better social atmosphere which is important in the software industry. Good social skills is something people learn too late in CS in other schools. Which is a shame, because it takes a team to create and deliver good software.
Hi, I just read the whole thread about your discussion. I have been admitted to UGA for MS in CS for Spring 18. I have an admit from New Jersey Institute of Tech as well. Can anyone suggest which one would be better ? Will appreciate your help on this 