<p>Many computer science majors go to Stanford to continue their education in undergrad but I've heard that Yale is also quite strong and has a better student:teacher ratio.<br>
1. Is that true?
2. Yale is more known for humanities so would applying as a Compsci or science major and expressing serious desire and ambition for these two areas make admissions easier? </p>
<p>I'm a Compsci junkie, and I'd live to double major in Compsci and either business or economics. Thanks in advance for your replies!</p>
<p>Yale CS undergrads go all over the place to continue their education. Check the CS alumni on their site. Here’s something I posted recently:</p>
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<p>That said, while the ratio at Yale CS might be better (not sure, I’d have to check), it is much smaller and doesn’t have nearly the resources that Stanford CS has, nor does it have all the renowned faculty that Stanford CS has. While Yale CS is good, it just doesn’t approach the quality (breadth and depth) of resources in CS that Stanford has. That’s largely because Stanford has a very old CS department that’s dominated for decades, since it was important in spawning Silicon Valley.</p>
<p>As for making admissions easier, I don’t think that’s quite the word to describe it. Perhaps “less hard,” but that’s only if you’re an exceptionally strong science student anyway. Yale is known to be trying really hard to recruit strong science students–the kind that would otherwise go to Stanford or MIT. It sends them likely letters, hosts them for a science-filled weekend long before Bulldog Days, etc. So if you can demonstrate a strong aptitude for science, the kind that would get you into Stanford or MIT, Yale would jump on that.</p>
<p>Hmmmm, would being a semifinalist for Intel, and creating iPhone app, starting a foundation for neuroscience development in 3rd world countries, and doing well in some Olympiads show a strong aptitude and ambition for both science and CS? Also, what if you won a chemistry competition hosted by university of Maryland? I can’t think of what else I could do to show my interest and aptitude in science besides those things and getting my research published (which I’m working on =))</p>
<p>These were all last year. I am sure similar people were given admissions this year too. Are there any codewar prizes that relate to CS? I remember seeing a harvard 2014 admit won a major international award in August last year as part of a team.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, it was very interesting! I’m glad to know how successful Yale has been in recent years in recruiting and fortifying their science departments. Thing is, I’m quite good at science and during I’m going to be competing in national Olympiads for chemistry and physics, maybe math also. However, my passion lies in computer science, and I’d like to double major in that along with something along the lines of economics/business. Any suggestions for how I could prove my passion in these areas even with a strong background in science? I’m concerned because I’m competing most in the areas of science and math, but don’t want to go into undergrad to pursue either.</p>
<p>Excellence in mathematics is often a solid indicator of potential for excellence in computer science. Admissions officers are well aware of this. So keep up the good work in math and that will serve you well. (This connection between math and engineering seems to be clear to most people, but apparently the connection between math and CS is not obvious.)</p>
<p>A common route to show some computing ability is participation in a robotic competition where you take on software development. If you want to go beyond that, you should try to take a programming or CS course offered at your school, and follow it up with some summer research that interests you where you use computing. The research area doesn’t have to be in CS, but could be in math, science, or engineering.</p>