Re: College
- From: nikkiOwen@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 11 Jan 2006 19:30:15 -0800
Chad wrote:
> 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
Ok, this gives me a lot to think about. What I'm getting out of all of
this is that I should go to a good local school (i.e. UW Madison) to
get my undergrad CS degree, then goto a douchebag, whitey, republican
school like MIT, Caltech, Stanford, etc. to get my graduate degree. UW
Madison is actually looking pretty good for me. I took my PSAT and
meet the average entry scores pretty accurately, and I'm already taking
a crapload of AP courses. I have heard that it is supposedly the top
school in the state, which is cool, but I'm still keeping an open mind.
I don't think I'm going to need a TA due to my good grades, and I'm
not all that poor. I just can't afford to goto a really good school
right away. I can probably afford any in-state public school. Oh yea,
I forgot to mention in my first post that Wisconsin has a reciprocity
deal with Minnesota, so I can goto any public school there for
Minnesota in-state tuition. Man, I'm really kicking myself right now,
because I had the chance to get a full scholarship to UW Madison
because I'm a minority (50% Mexican homie), but I didn't want to do it
because you had to go there for almost the entirety of the summer for
every year of high school. I guess it's better this way, because
instead of hanging out with a bunch of losers at Madison, I can do more
programming, which is what really counts...right?
.
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