Santa Clara University for CS

<p>This school certainly does not fit the profile of schools that my son has been looking at but his track coach went there and it has been suggested as a possibility. I think it was suggested based on the alumni factor as well as location. The only California school under consideration has been USC. The primary reason for this is we don't see much in the way of merit scholarships coming from the California schools.</p>

<p>Does anybody have any thoughts or knowledge about the CS program and job prospects coming out of SCU?</p>

<p>Santa Clara’s good for CS. I’ve worked with several Santa Clara grads, and they were all very competent.</p>

<p>And you can’t beat the location when it comes to looking for a job.</p>

<p>Thanks, That is good to hear. It seems like it would be good just due to its location and industry contacts. If he decides he really is interested in pursueing SCU he will have to get some significant scholarships as I am not willing to pay or enable him to spend ~$200k on an undergraduate cs degree.</p>

<p>Anybody else?</p>

<p>I looked at the CS program on the website and woah…</p>

<p>They should give you a Math degree also. One the few schools left requiring all of that math.</p>

<p>Of course I like it…I was Math/CS myself.</p>

<p>Still…you should be more than prepared when you graduate.</p>

<p>^ Thanks. I had noted that it appeared heavier in math than many of the programs we have looked at. It does appear that differential equations was dropped after 2011 and replaced with discrete math. Every stem major should have to take differential equations just because I did!</p>

<p>how supportive are the fellow students? The program? I know that some schools have high drop out rates, have weeder classes, and no one really cares if someone drops out. Other programs are set up to help students through the boring and super difficult classes so that there is higher retention. Can anyone comment on that in CS at Santa Clara?</p>

<p>If you look at the various companies in the Valley, they all recruit from Santa Clara’s engineering department and that is saying a lot. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, all have booths at their career fair looking for strong students. That being said, the college your son goes too will have no affect on his ability to land a job. In the software industry, no college name is above the whiteboard interview, it is all a matter of how skilled he becomes and I think that Santa Clara would give him good tools to succeed. </p>

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