<p><a href="http://catalog.wwu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=10&poid=4434&returnto=1885">http://catalog.wwu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=10&poid=4434&returnto=1885</a></p>
<p>Any thoughts on this program/school. My son has applied there and I am sure will be accepted. This started out as a safety school because I told him he needed to apply to one school in the region so he had a local/regional option in April/May if he changed his mind about going to school a long ways away. I am ok with him going to school anywhere in the country but want him to have options. He has actually become fairly interested in this school now although I don't think it is his first choice it isn't his last choice either.</p>
<p>Schools he applied to:
University of Alabama - Admitted with full tuition + scholarship
Arizona State - Admitted with good scholarship
Ohio State - Still Waiting
Purdue - Still Waiting
Santa Clara - Still Waiting
University of Washington - Still Waiting but only an option if direct admit into CS
Western Washington U - Still Waiting</p>
<p>He has a 33 ACT (35M/34E), a 3.99 UW gpa, a fair amount of programming and work experience. He will make the decision of where he goes but I would like to see him be intellectually challenged and have the best opportunities possible.
Thanks.</p>
<p>I’m not too familiar, but likely he can do well there. The dept should have a lot of strong students who didn’t get into UW direct either. Don’t assume it will be easy or anything. There are some very interesting profs there like Phillip Nelson, and it would be awesome to stand out and get to work with them.</p>
<p>@BrownParent I am sure there are strong students there and the profile of the CS students is likely significantly different from the university as a whole. I think he likes the fact that it is in/near a tech hotbed and seems to have good job placement (as do most cs programs today). </p>
<p>I looked up Dr.Philip Nelson and while he sounds like a good prof what is he known for that makes you aware of him?</p>
<p>He works in industry as well as teaching and I happened to have read recently someone on another board remark that he was the best teacher they ever had. </p>
<p>Yes it seems that employers hire locally in larger numbers, even ones that recruit nationally. So having a uni with local connections in a ‘hotbed’ is a big bonus over a roughly equivalent school elsewhere likely. But if he goes away and wants to work in the area at least he can come home and job hunt, a lot easier than someone with no home base there.</p>
<p>We are not exactly local. We live on the dry side of the state 250+ miles from Seattle but do have some connections over there.</p>