“the name of the school will matter a lot when I rise up the corporate ladder…”
That’s actually the last thing that will matter. Unless that is an inadvertent comment about facebook’s corporate culture.
The head of apple is an Auburn grad.
Facebook appears to be unusually more college-ranking-elitist compared to other computer companies.
If you mean total cost of attendance, the UCB out-of-state price is greater than $60k:
What if you can’t get a 3.3 and therefore don’t get into CS? Will your dad have enough money to pay for you to transfer back to Texas or to a private university in California (a 3.2 will not get you into CS at a UC except perhaps Merced???) Perhaps look fr the santa Clara U CDS to see if that’d be an option.
Also, did you get some sort of scholarship at Cal? (It’s supposed to be 62k this year).
Are you familiar with the M.E.T. program at UCB?
It could satisfy many of your interests and make Berkeley worthwhile.
http://met.berkeley.edu/
Cost-wise, coming out of UT will provide you with greater flexibility to begin your
profession without the debt that would likely prevent you from taking riskier career choices.
The Regents just recently an increase to OOS for the UC’s (3.5%). It is going to cost you $65K per year. Dad is willing to pay that?
@hop, you have to be admitted to MET straight out of HS, no?
Hook 'em
@MYOS1634 if the OP is unable to get the 3.3 GPA to be admitted to CS at Cal, it is doubtful that he would be able to gain admission to CS at UT as a transfer student.
Yes, and odds are 50/50 hence the question about dad being able to pay wherever s/he ends up transferring to.
Purple that’s correct, the M.E.T. is only available as a freshman and requires a supplemental essay.
So if the OP hasn’t already applied, it’s too late for them, as one cannot transfer in either.
I would probably get disowned if I couldn’t meet the 3.30 GPA.
I Think you are better off at UT. I have personally chosen to attend UCB for the EECS program, now I am second guessing, after being able to access other aspects of my choice. My parents too convinced me that it would be great for internship and start up culture, and recently I have been looking at various data on Glassdoor and other job sites and realized that there are 5 very competitive schools in that area who all apply for the same jobs, which means you are competing with Stanford, Caltech, Mudd, and UCB kids for the same opportunities. Also lots of tech companies are moving to Austin and Atlanta in the last 5 years and those area for various reasons including affordability is becoming popular among tech companies. Last week especially with all the scrutiny going on with FB and other Tech companies the tech stocks took a big hit. I am not too well versed in the financial markets and such but this podcast from Wharton on housing prices in Bay area compared to Austin indicates a positive trend in Austin and Atlanta and downward trend in Bay area.
I would love to hear what other CC pundits have to say
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/challenging-market-real-estate/
@doneinamonth, well, CA has a ton of top tech jobs and both Caltech and Mudd are tiny, so they’d graduate only a handful (possibly less than 100) CS majors a year. Still, the difference between Cal and UT-Austin isn’t big enough to justify the huge difference in costs. And it’s another public anyway. If you’re going to spend a ton more, CMU at least is private. But you don’t need to and you have a terrific cheap option in UT-Austin. Austin also has a tech scene.
Both Cal and UT-Austin are in the top 20 by where CS grads end up:
https://m.slashdot.org/story/208691
Also both are in the top 10 among employees at top Silicon Valley companies:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com/967985/silicon-valley-companies-like-apple-aapl-hires-the-most-alumni-of-these-10-universities-and-none-of-them-are-in-the-ivy-league/amp/
@sorashiro
Wrt #31 do not underestimate how difficult it is to get a 3.3 at UCB. It’s absolutely nothing like a 3.3 in high school. 3.3 is a high threshold.
A direct admit into a top CS program at a top in-state public with a lower GPA threshold to remain in the major versus entering with as undeclared with competitive admissions into the major at an OOS public with a higher GPA threshold? Seems like a no-brainer to me – UT all the way! If you were talking UT versus MIT, CalTech, or Stanford, it might give me pause, but in-state UT vs. OOS Cal? Complete and total no-brainer!
What you do with internships and research opportunities will depend on how proactive you are and these, in turn, will help define how successful you will be in placement after graduation.
Also, have you looked into the Entrepreneurship program at UT’s Macomb’s? They have a number of resources for those interested in start-ups:
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Centers/Kelleher-Center/About-Us
You can minor in Entrepreneurship:
https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Centers/Kelleher-Center/Academics/Entrepreneurship%20Minor
UT.
"Facebook appears to be unusually more college-ranking-elitist compared to other computer companies.
Of course the joke is that maybe if they recruited from non top-10 companies, they wouldn’t be in the spot they’re in! Here’s their methodology:
"In fact, more than half of Facebook employees graduated from a top 10 college, taken from a sample of public LinkedIn profiles.
In comparison, just under 50 per cent of Amazon employees were hired from colleges outside the top 100 of Forbes’ list of the top schools in the US. Less than 10 per cent of its employees are from a top 10 college."
The top- 10 Forbes are HYPSM along with Cal Tech, Pomona, Brown, Penn, Duke.
Cal Tech and Pomona are great at CS but don’t have enough grads to make a dent in silicon valley. The only two colleges in the top-10 that significant presence in high tech in silicon valley are Stanford and MIT.
With that GPA requirement, choose UT Austin.