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Colleges in Twin Cities, MN
Rhino
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Anyone undergrad at any colleges in the Twin Cities? I'm doing a CS degree at [private college I'd rather not name] and not terribly impressed with there CS department.
Does U of M have a good CS course?
Does U of M have a good CS course?
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It depends on what you're looking for, there's lots of schools around here to pick from if you want to stay in the cities.
I'm looking for school that I'll come out with more then a degree. Something challenging, something that will really give me my monies worth.
I'm paying $2K + books for class and they aren't teaching me shit. For example, "advance" programing; they teach Java right? So I pick up a few java books, read a few hundred pages and write a game. I come in class expecting some in depth shit, but they are teaching about fucking ints and god dam arrays. The fucking guy spends 3 fucking hours - 3 fucking hours - on how to setup a basic fucking program (main) and how to deal with ints, while loops and arrays.
I mean holy shit, this is a 300 level class and there are still diciking around with this Jr. High bullshit. I'm paying over 2+ grand for this class you think they would at least go into something worth the time. It would of been better of me to stay home and read more out of the books I order from amazon.
I got an offer from Urbana-Champaign (Uof I) - full scholarship for both under and grad. (I'm orignally from IL). My friend says it's a good CS school, but unfortunately due to work I can't move back there. Is U of M decent? Is it about the same as U of I?
The private school I'm going to is seriously pissing me off with this bullshit they are spewing. I want to study the more advance stuff... I'm almost willing to give up my job and move back to IL to goto U of I - but hoping something around here is good.
I know many people that say U of I is really good. Is that true?
By Big 10, you mean they are in the top ten of CS departments?
How far into your current term are you? It is pretty discouraging how basic your class seems to be.
By big 10, he meant their conference for sports.
Are you getting paid more than a scholarship is worth, if so, why are you going to school in the first place. Maybe I'm missing something but why not go to school in Illinois if you'll get that much money, surely if you're so talented you've already got a decent job I don't see why you couldn't land one in scholarship town?
How do you not know what the Big 10 is?
Well, my job pays more then the scholarship if you add it all up and my work currently pays for 100% of my tuition. So, money wise on paper it would be better to stay up here. I love learning though, and dream of not having to put up with all the work stress and just focus on studying and learning new stuff about computers (I love computers). The only downside right now, is I don't have much time for school (since I'm working and other responsibilities) and what time I do have is stuck in these classes.
For clarification, I didn't say that stuff.
That said, I agree with Black. U of I U-C has a much stronger CS program, so if you have a full ride there and are talented to match, you probably ought to go there. If you're stuck in the Twin Cities for something that's irreplaceable, then you'll have to figure out what it means to you.
Again, it depends on what you're looking for.
I used to live here for four years. I go back every once and while to see friends that didn't leave that black hole. The U of I is a good school, but those small towns will drive you nuts if you've lived anywhere else (most people there have never left that area O_O)
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The courses are good and some can be very, very hard. I'm looking at you, Compiler Theory.
If you do go to the U of M, be prepared to deal with the large, ponderous school bureaucracy. And you may or may not be able to get into the courses that you want the first time around. I forget the specific priority, but upper classmen get to register first. So you may be waiting a few semesters to get into the classes you need.
Anyways, you can check out the program, courses and everything else at the website:
http://www.cs.umn.edu/