<p>California resident. My son got into SJSU (San jose state university) and UW Seattle for Computer science</p>
<p>pros of SJSU:
1. Local and can stay home
2. less fees</p>
<p>Which one is better?</p>
<p>Did he receive a direct admission in UW CS major.</p>
<p>he received pre-major in UW. Not DA</p>
<p>Unless directly admitted to CS at UW, the competition to enter the CS major later can be fierce. Ask about it on the UW forums. Is he admitted to the CS major at SJSU?</p>
<p>Net prices? Debt? Other criteria? No other admissions?</p>
<p>If he goes to SJSU, depending on the student and the distance from SJSU, it may be preferable for him to live on campus during frosh year if you can afford it, though the commute option can be kept in reserve for future years if the money situation gets tighter.</p>
<p>@ucbalumunus
Sorry, I didnt mention earlier. in SJSU also, he got it as undeclared though we declared the major. His stats are 3.8 W UC GPA, 3.5 UGPA. ACT: 34 and SAT: 2190
UC Sandiego and UCSC- waitlist. rest all UCs rejected. </p>
<p>So his options are SJSU, UW, or community college. In the east coast, he got into penn state, purdue, UFL into engineering. </p>
<p>Finances are not an issue. PArents both as software engineers can fund. SJSU is 6 miles away from our house. </p>
<p>If finances are not an issue, I’d look into Penn State, Purdue, and UF before community college.
Only the top 30% students (all excellent in STEM fields) are admitted into CS at UWashington.
SJSU with on campus life may be a safer choice but the college and major are impacted so check to see how it affects his opportunities to take classes (did he get into honors?)</p>
<p>If finances are not critical I’d give him the away experience. It will likely lead to much personal growth. But he may have the best chance to get into CS in SJSU. Except for the sure bets if you want to pay that much, those are all good choices. UW would be the best choice to me if he was in CS as that’s a great program and a fun area to go to college. But another poster here mentions only 1 in 3 are likely to get in. But take a look at the UW CS pages at the related majors and see if any of those interest him should he not get into the CS or CSE. </p>
<p>Tough situation on the UCs. I don’t know if there is a way to express interest in UCSC for coming off the waittlist. I’d think they would be interested in him. Probably UCSD has more kids on the waitlist with stronger UC gpa.</p>
<p><a href=“http://cs.sjsu.edu/Programs/cs_advis/cs_advise.html#Want_to_Change_of_Major_”>http://cs.sjsu.edu/Programs/cs_advis/cs_advise.html#Want_to_Change_of_Major_</a> describes the procedure to change major to CS at SJSU. He may want to contact the SJSU CS department directly to check whether approval would be automatic if he meets the stated criteria, or if the stated criteria merely would allow him to enter a competitive admission process with no assurance of admission to the major.</p>
<p>The other schools are all respectable for CS, although it may be worth checking whether he is in the major or must enter another admission process into the major.</p>
<p>CC would presumably be the option to have a second chance at a California public university other than SJSU, right? Use <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> to check whether course work for each target school’s CS major is available. Berkeley in particular is hard to find, since its CS 61A, 61C, and 70 have no equivalents at San Jose area CCs; Laney has 61A and Diablo Valley has 61C, but they are rather far. Four of five UCLA lower division CS courses are available, but not all at the same CC other than Laney or Chabot. Transferring without needed course work means having to take “catch up” course work after transfer, possibly delaying graduation or limiting the number of upper division courses one can take.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus </p>
<p>"CC would presumably be the option to have a second chance at a California public university other than SJSU, right? "</p>
<p>Yes, that is right. For purdue, UF, Pennstate, he got the major assigned.<br>
regarding CC, there is honors program offered by Foot hill college -cupertino which gives priority admission to UCs and CSUs and majority of (75%) get accepted to top UCs as transfers. That is another reason to lean towards CC.</p>
<p>TAP or TAG to various UCs (but not UCB, UCLA, UCSD) is offered by various CCs.</p>
<p>According to the listing at <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> , Foothill is missing a lot of CS courses for most of the UCs. So a student attending Foothill may need to look around other CCs to fill in the missing courses before transfer. What UCs would he target if he started at a CC?</p>
<p>Starting at CC does not seem like a particularly attractive option, other than for cost reasons, due to the missing course issues at the CCs in your area for many of the presumed target UCs.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus<br>
We are also looking De Anza CC. He would target UCB, UCLA (I know it is hard) UCD, UCSD, UCI and Calpoly.</p>
<p>Any other suggestion for a good CC honors in bay area? Mission, west valley etc</p>
<p>De Anza is not great at CS course coverage. Not including common math, physics, English, etc. courses, coverage for CS major specific courses is:</p>
<p>to UCB: 0.5 of 4: <a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST;
to UCLA: 2 of 5: <a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST;
to UCSD: 4 of 7: <a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST;
to UCD: 4 of 5: <a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST.
to UCI: 2 of 9: <a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST;
to CPSLO: 3 of 6: <a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST;
<p>Some missing courses may be findable at other CCs. As noted before, many students do transfer with missing courses, but then their post-transfer schedule is crowded with “catch up” courses.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus<br>
I thought that all courses should be completed in CC for transfer applications. If one is enrolled in one CC, can he/she complete the pre-requisites in other CCs. </p>
<p>Do you know a CC which meets all courses? I can do the research. But, if you have any data available, I appreciate if you can provide some data.</p>
<p>As noted above, for UCB, a combination of Laney and Diablo Valley provides the best coverage. Chabot or Laney appears to be the best for UCLA. Realistically, there may not be one that best covers all, especially if staying close to the San Jose area. Other potential issues are that some CCs may be overcrowded, since they do not limit enrollment using an admissions process.</p>
<p>Thank you @ucbalumnus for your input and guidance. </p>