How good is the Computer Science program at Boulder and Colorado School of Mines?

College Search & Selection
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Experiences/Stories are appreciated :slight_smile:

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I don’t hear Colorado School of Mines mentioned much as a CS school. It is pretty specialized… I’d stick with Boulder given the choice.

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My husband has a software development consulting firm and has hired two Mines grads in the last year and is hopeful to hire 2 more this Spring. He’s been very impressed (much more so than the CU Boulder candidates (he hasn’t hired any from there)

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For undergrad, I don’t see much that distinguishes one program over the other. Either should be fine. If you feel more comfortable at one of the schools, go there.

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@intparent @oldcmcalum @simba9 Ok, with my weighted 3.5 GPA, (I’m from California) do I have a chance?

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Can you afford OOS tuition at Boulder? You have a pretty great state system in CA, not sure why you would want to look elsewhere and spend more…

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@intparent Yes, we can afford tuition. Money isn’t a problem here. All I’m asking if I can get in.

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Average Unweighted GPA for Colorado School of Mines was 3.8.

http://inside.mines.edu/UserFiles/File/president/IR/CommonDataSet/CDS15.pdf

Average Unweighted GPA for Colorado U Boulder was 3.57

http://www.colorado.edu/pba/cds/cds14/index.htm

Check the dataset’s for all the schools interested to see how you compare.