@skieurope My ECON kids took accounting classes and (some more) at MIT and they were not added in the Harvard GPA.
One follow up question if someone is enrolled in MIT, if they take classes @Harvrad, Does GPA added back to MIT GPA?
@nynycasino1234 I can’t say how it was then, but now, they are calculated in. But really, for the most students, it’s moot. Other than the 35-45 students a year that take Corporate Financial Accounting at MIT, very few make the trek.
The concept of cross-registration is one of those things that sound very cool to incoming students, but then the reality sets in - the academic calendars don’t line up and the travel time to/from MIT can impact one’s options for classes at Harvard.
I don’t know MIT’s GPA policy
Harvard does offer computer vision. I think it is CS283. They also have an extension school where they off some of the non traditional CS classes. As a general rule they don’t ask to see your CS grades when applying for a CS job. They just want to know what classes you have taken and what skills you possess
@collegedad13: I stand corrected about computer vision. FWIW: In my son’s experience, I can’t recall anyone asking him about his CS classes, his CS grades or his CS skills (although those could have been noted on his resume). Employers such as Google, Facebook, SnapChat, Spotify etc just wanted to know if he could do the work. And those companies initially judged his skill level via a skype-like interview where he was given a problem and was expected to solve it in real-time, as the interviewer watched and listened to his thought process. Once he passed the initial interview, those companies paid for him to do a site visit and complete additional in-person interviews at their main offices. Not sure CC will allow this, but here’s some sample Google Interview questions: https://www.interviewcake.com/google-interview-questions
Caltech’s CS program is also on the theoretical side as described by @Telluric for Harvard.
In some cases, people report getting better financial aid from Caltech than from MIT. (And some report the reverse.) Also check CMU.
As a female, she probably has somewhat of an admissions advantage at MIT, Caltech, CMU, and Harvey Mudd. (Mudd also gives some merit aid.)
@Telluric Thanks for explaining it.
Thanks @Ynotgo. Are there any other colleges that offer theoretical based curriculum. I agree that it helps to being a girl.
But the story I hear from my kids I think world is full of equally intelligent and hard working female students thus it will not be much help. I am asking just to cast a wider net as school you site are super recahes. Thanks
It’s not highly ranked. Most of the other schools have caught up to the ivy leagues, and in many cases, surpassed, especially in technology. If you go to a private school, make sure they offer generous need based grants. Too many student loans can sabotage an early career. If I were you, I would go for as big of a scholarship as I could get. In the end, it won’t matter where you went to school. Employers are more interested in what you know.
@coolguy40 HYP are cheapest colleges, followed by MS. Cheaper than in state schools.
Computer Science is pretty much theoretical at most colleges.
Some schools have alternate majors such as Information Tech or Information Science etc,
that might be more trade oriented towards job placement. But the assertion that the ivies are more theoretical is not accurate, any program in CS is heaving in Math, proofs, algorithms, OS and compiler theory, and even upper level classes that sound more practical are usually more theory. For instance I studied database systems in an upper level undergrad/grad course, and it was more how to BUILD a SQL Server than how to USE SQL Server. Theory over application is the rule not the exception in CS.
Note that emphasis on theoretical foundations often comes with projects to implement the theory (like the building of the SQL server in the database course example, or writing a compiler in the compiler course).
@nynycasino1234 probably way too late, but there are a number of places where education is nearly free if any of your kids have National Merit Semifinalist awards in their state. Look at NJIT, U of Oklahoma and U of Alabama.
At bigger schools where your daughter can take graduate level classes, it might work out, and then get a PhD funded, but one would have to work hard, very hard at these lower ranked schools, outside of the classroom, take more math and physics, maybe too. Lots of computer science kids take graph theory, abstract algebra, linear algebra and combinatorics to work on theoretical computer science and one can do this at most big state schools these days.
Its not quite what the ranks say, if a student graduates number one with a double major in math and CS at a big state program they can and will get into grad school. Especially if they do REUs and get some great jobs. Its not all about the Ivy League in CS, not at all. I may get booed off this thread, but its my opinion. I had a kid go to Case Western
and a kid at GaTech. The Case Western kid got into 12 funded PhD programs. Kind of overkill, but the Case faculty advised to apply to many, he happened to get into all of them, from CWRU. . I went to MIT, I got credits for taking Japanese at Harvard in the 1980s, we did cross register for foreign languages at Harvard and they were excellent. Now MIT teaches Japanese and one cannot take
a class thats offered at MIT over at Harvard. It was not a problem for me to take the Mass Ave bus to Harvard and back. Quite a few students live near Central Square.
Thanks @Coloradomama thanks for the input.