<p>So... if you guys were accepted to UCR, UCSC, Cal Poly Pomona, and San Jose State, which college would you guys choose for engineering? I know if i got accepted to great schools like UCLA or UC Berkeley... then i wouldve gone there.
However, which school would you guys choose from my list for computer science major?
i put UCR and UCSC on the list because they are UC schools and they teach materials theoretically. I also put cal poly pomona and san jose state on the list since they are known for engineering... im not sure about computer science though. (but i heard people from san jose state get a lot of internship opportunities because they are close to silicon valley.)
What do you guys recommend?</p>
<p>anyone???</p>
<p>I wouldn’t choose UCR just because it’s one of the worst UC’s and is ranked kind of low in general. The other schools are pretty equal in academics. So I would choose UCSC since it’s in an awesome city and has a great campus.</p>
<p>Too bad you couldn’t get into UCI.</p>
<p>Forget the rankings and go where you want to. Do you want to be near the beach or the mountains? In a rural, suburban or urban area? Do you want to live on or off campus? Check out the campuses, and talk to the students. Find out which campus you will be happiest at. If you look at the websites and academic qualifications of the various CS professors, you’ll see that you can get a great education at any of these schools.</p>
<p>UCR is not a bad campus. if anything, it’s a testament to how great California higher education is (or use to be). consider: put UCR in maybe… 15-20 other states. in that case, it’s probably the public school in the state. and UCR is the lowest ranked of all the UCs. </p>
<p>it’s like saying you’re a terrible NBA player. well you keep getting signed and make money playing basketball, so you must be fairly decent…</p>
<p>and pomona has a good engr program. i duno about the comp sci one though. educationally, i can’t imagine it being really different. consider living conditions and not just academics. ive been to UCR, and i didn’t care much for the environment. ive heard lots of good stuff from ucsc, living wise though.</p>
<p>hmm i don’t really care about the environment or anything… I really just want to go to a school that has a a great program for computer science. I think that’ll make a me happy. I don’t think UCR or UCSC are really known for their computer science program. So I’m kinda stuck between Cal Poly Pomona and San Jose state… I want to go to CSU because I don’t think I am going to be a theoretical guy like UC students and I think i’m better fit at learning by hands
Should I just go to Cal Poly Pomona or San Jose State…or should I just go to CC and transfer to Cal State San Luis Obispo???</p>
<p>I would go to a CC first, but that’s just me.</p>
<p>So many people dismiss UC Riverside out of hand. US News ranks it higher than University of Missouri, University of San Diego, University of Vermont, SUNY Stony Brook, Texas Christian, University of Oregon and Washington State. </p>
<p>When I attended Pomona College (top ranked LAC), the head of the Pomona Chemistry Dept transferred to head the department UC Riverside. A few years later, the head of Pomona’s Biology dept left to found the department at CSU San Marcos. This type of thing isn’t reflected in the rankings, that’s why you need to look at the individual professors, not just US News lists. Come up with your OWN list, with things that YOU value in a school.</p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona. Because it looks like an up-an-coming university unlike all the others on your list. Half the price of UCR and UCSC and has a learn-by-doing philosophy. Of course Cal Poly SLO is better overall, but I would definetly pick CPPomona over the other three you listed. Also, consider what UCLA mom said about people from top LACs heading other Cal State departments or UCs. I think that for computer science CP Pomona is the better deal.</p>
<p>i wouldn’t take into account where professors are transferring. a lot of times, those are because the new school offers something the old school wasnt (MONEY). there are plenty of cases where a young superstar in a field goes to a school that has zero rep to start the department or something.
(eg. keith worpol, a really great organic chemist moved from UCI to NYU. NYU is nowhere on the map in terms of organic/synthetic chem). </p>
<p>besides, these are research type issues, not undergraduate education issues. </p>
<p>and from purely academic, id say either pomona or santa cruz. probly pomona.</p>
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<p>But that’s my point. The better professors move around. One more who moved from Pomona College while I was there was the microbiology professor who was the head of the Medical Admissions committee. He was probably the best professor I ever had, and was a superb lecturer. He transferred to Cal Poly Pomona. That is why I said not to merely look at the US News ranking, but to instead look at the individual professors. There are some outstanding professors at the Cal States as well as places like UC Riverside.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a job in computer programming or computer engineering after getting your BS, I think San Jose State is the place you want to go to. It is located in Silicon valley and reportedly its graduates are highly regarded and sought after by the industry there. It can be argued that UCSC and UCR have stronger Physics departments than SJSU but in the real world, how many CS or Engineering majors take much more advanced Physics classes than the required three semesters of Calculus based General Physics which are the same whether you take them at a UC or a CSU?</p>
<p>Cpp>ucsc>ucr>sjsu</p>
<p>Calpolyengineer, I think SJSU has a better reputation than UCR</p>
<p>I heard Silicon Valley was dead during a certain period… Im not sure about now… but is there a chance that Silicon Valley will be dead again? If Silicon Valley becomes dead, would it affect SJSU, Cal, and Stanford students who are looking for jobs in Silicon Valley?</p>
<p>look at just the most basic list of some of the companies there:
[Silicon</a> Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley]Silicon”>Silicon Valley - Wikipedia)
Adobe Systems
Advanced Micro Devices
Agilent Technologies
Apple Inc.
Applied Materials
Cisco Systems
eBay
Google
Hewlett-Packard
Intel
Intuit
Juniper Networks
LSI Logic
Maxim Integrated Products
National Semiconductor
NetApp
Nvidia
Oracle Corporation
SanDisk
Sanmina-SCI
Symantec
Yahoo!</p>
<p>if the silicon valley was “dead” I’d be really worried about the rest of the country too for CS. CS pretty much IS the silicon valley in the US.</p>