Is BC well-known for STEM in the career field? Is their program, I hate to ask it like this, good? I’m interested in computer science and I’m wondering if a stem degree from a good liberal arts school like BC is as good as one from, say, Northeastern? I know BC is known for business and nursing, but what about STEM?
There are other good stem schools I’m considering but I’m a legacy at BC and I like the feel of the campus.
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For computer science, Northeastern/BU/WPI (as well as of course MIT/Harvard) would all offer better programs for it in the Boston area. General STEM is a bit broader and each department varies too much to generalize 100%, but overall those schools would also offer better programs for that as well, but not by some huge gap.
It’s not bad and would do the job - but on-campus recruiting for CS is a lot less compared to the others mentioned, and more big tech companies target those above as well. If you really like a lot of aspects of BC over other schools, you’d be fine at BC.
I am more concerned with the on-campus recruiting aspect, which you answered. In my opinion, Boston isn’t the tech center of America so if there aren’t recruiters, then I’m not sure that I would get a jump on an internship or a job. Thanks for actually responding.
I wouldn’t agree with that at all - Boston has an absolutely huge scene for both software and medical, which increasingly needs a ton of software. Frankly, it competes with Silicon Valley and the like.I would challenge you to name other cities with better opportunities in CS besides Silicon Valley and maybe Seattle.
Combined with the number of college students in Boston, it makes it a recruiter’s dream. So, when they look to recruit for CS in Boston, they have plenty of options. BC’s department size, reputation, and location all make it secondary to those mentioned if a company has to pick select schools to recruit from in the area. That said, there are many that recruit from BC as well as the others.
BC (and Northeastern) isn’t really known for STEM, and is very expensive/stingy with aid.
What other options are you considering? If you’re from, say Illinois, Michigan, or Wisconsin, your state flagship would be a far superior choice for CS. Much better programs, deeper industry contacts, better recruiting, etc.
Many Northeastern STEM departments (Engineering, CS, and some of the hard sciences) are some of the better-known disciplines at the school. While places like UIUC and Michigan obviously offer top programs, Northeastern’s CS would be a significant step up from many. As far as industry contacts, the co-op program would beat out most CS departments alone. Tons of big name tech companies recruit on campus for CS and hire regular co-ops (Google, Intuit, Facebook, Apple, etc)
Additionally, at many of the top CS schools that are state flagships (i.e UIUC, UW, UCB, etc) , the major is capped and admissions are much more competitive to the department itself.