Re: College


nikkiOwen@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hey, I'm a junior in high school and it's about time to start choosing
> colleges. My problem is that I just cannot find the college that's
> right for me. Now, I've viewed previous posts and pretty much all the
> responses say Caltech, MIT, Berkeley, etc. The thing is that I do not
> have a lot of money. What I do have is potential. I started off with
> BASIC on an old 68k Mac when I was about 12, then moved I to Java on a
> PC, then C++, and now I use C# .NET for most of my programs. It feels
> like I'm going to have to goto (pun) one of my crappy local colleges
> like UWM or something just to get a mediocre CS degree. Do you guys
> have any recommendations for cheap colleges that are known for
> programming? I have a 3.75 cumulative GPA right now, but I'm willing
> to bet I can bring it up to at least a 3.8 before I'm a senior. Also,
> my school (Riverside University High School in Milwaukee, WI) has a
> program with the local college so that students can take a class or two
> during the school day for free. Could this possibly help me get into a
> better (more expensive) college?

Did you ever read the and attempt the exercises in the book "The C
Programming Language" by Kernighan and Richtie? If so, that is roughly
the programming skill level they expect in CS 61 at UC-Berkeley. Or
did.

Also, if you are really want to get into UW-Madison, go find a local
college that has what is known as TA (Transfer Agreement) with UW.
Basically you more or less go to the local college for 2 years and make
sure you maintain like a 3.5 GPA. If the local college has TA, you
would stand a really good chance of getting into UW-Madison with just
one letter of recommendation. The reason I know this is because I know
two people that did this.

Chad

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