<p>proudwismom - yes, I know it’s not that close to the Twin Cities but it’s not as remote as I originally thought. Careerwise, I’d like my son’s school to be somewhat near a major metropolitan area and I’ve always liked the Twin Cities area for some reason. Not that I’ve ever visited :)</p>
<p>Any more suggestions?</p>
<p>You already know I’m not a fan of our PASSHE schools with the tuition hikes of late. </p>
<p>West Chester has been very inadequate from all I hear in aiding with job search. </p>
<p>Add to you list of questions to ask the department or career services, the number of recruiters for the CS major.</p>
<p>ECs - Don’t discount his writing summer courses/weekend courses.</p>
<p>Birmingham is not going to be anything like Philly. I haven’t visited UAB yet, but someone remarked to me it was more like Widener’s Law school campus in Wilmington, DE. My son doesn’t consider that very city like as compared to Center City.</p>
<p>Hi
Have you checked out the UA ACTS program at the U of Alabama? My son has really liked it and I have seen a lot of growth in him so far.He will be returning in the Fall as a Senior.My son really enjoyed his mentor she would help him but was not a babysitter.</p>
<p>Just make sure he knows that a CS degree is a rigorous program and you take a lot of math and the core classes that UCBalumnus details. Website development and design may be an elective for a class or two in most programs.</p>
<p>Maybe Manhattan College, Stevens Institute, Siena College, RPI,</p>
<p>Thanks for the additional posts.</p>
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<p>Check out the Colleges That Change Lives list.
[Colleges</a> That Change Lives | Changing Lives. One Student at a Time.](<a href=“http://www.ctcl.org/]Colleges”>http://www.ctcl.org/)
These are all small, private liberal arts colleges. With a couple of exceptions (Reed, Whitman) they are less selective than the top 50 or so schools on the US News national LAC list, but offer some of the same benefits as those schools (small classes, total focus on undergraduates, vibrant intellectual atmosphere). An AA male should be a strong candidate at these schools if he has a B+ average and his test scores are above average for enrolled students. </p>
<p>You can get some indication of available aid by downloading the “Common Data Set” file for any school of interest. Section “H” shows, for example, the average percentage of determined need that is met by college aid.</p>
<p>The CS offerings at some CTCL schools may be limited. That’s one reason I recommend Hampshire (a CTCL school that allows cross-registration at 4 other area colleges).</p>
<p>Birmingham is a LOT slower than Philadelphia. I’m from Atlanta myself, and I’ve been to Birmingham several times - southern cities are really quite different from Northeastern cities.</p>
<p>Manhattan College is nice but it’s in the Bronx. A more residential area of the Bronx, but the Bronx is still part of NYC, so you may want to consider that wrt to his preference for not being within a city.</p>