Uhm im a sophmore in HS and I wan't to know of some good schools for Coding software programming computer science and engineering. I absolutely love computers they fascinate me and im extremely good at math nd xceptionally good at science. I curently have a 91 average in math and a 87 science average and next year my electives will be in Computer science (thank god my school offers this course for two years) and business management and stuff. So i ws wondering what colleges would accept me you know obviously my SAT score counts and id say i could get a 1k-1.2k if i did my best i could get 1.35k cause i can easily get a 500+ in math and reading comprehension ehh i could gt anywhere from 200-500. I suck cause the readings ARE SO GOD DAMNED BORING. if i take writing ill pass with anywhere from a 400-600 on that part so overall i can get a pretty decent score. Now i need to know from experienced people or people who know people who do this line of work what a good college would be for this stuff and If you dare say It is too early for me i will hunt you down cause I need to know if i need to pick up my grades alot or something or just keep this up cause i can difinetley keep this up but i wanna know if i gotta try harder. I know VT maybe GAtech? MIT Definetley but thats like too hard to get in. i think i need advice.
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i don't live in US so i can't help you
but you should really get into the habit of checking your typos and paragraphs etc if you are gonna go into coding
you wouldn't want months of work to screw up because you misspelled something or failed to make a new line of code
I'm a computer science major, and I'd say that it really doesn't matter where you go to school.
The field changes so fast that any education that you get is going to be tailored towards what's going on in the field right now (i.e. Capstone classes). Within a year of graduating and getting a job, you might be doing stuff that they never talked about in any of your coding classes. So basically, a year or so after graduating, your education level/knowledge base is going to be equivalent to someone who payed half as much for their degree if you end up going to a more pricey college. Decide where to go based on things like job placement for graduates, internship opportunities, distance from your family, and cost.
P.S.
Community college is a great idea. It's cheap and often times you'll get a better education in the liberal arts and some of your basic computer science and math classes. Do you want to be in a class where the professor knows you by your student id instead of your name? I'd rather be called on by name.
Hope this helps-
MP
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i don't live in US so i can't help you
but you should really get into the habit of checking your typos and paragraphs etc if you are gonna go into coding
you wouldn't want months of work to screw up because you misspelled something or failed to make a new line of code
Lol, if you're only checking your code every couple of months, you're never going to finish any project. I'm sure he can write perfectly fine if he wanted to. How many people, besides myself, actually make sure that what they write on the internet is pretty much grammatically correct? Not many...
How many people, besides myself, actually make sure that what they write on the internet is pretty much grammatically correct? Not many...
I do.
I go to a 2 year community college where I'm getting a degree in CIS. My Visual Basic teacher told me that the average 2 year student will make 30,000 a year for their first 2 years on the job, whereas a 4 year student will make around 35,000. The problem is that the 2 year student will have gotten a raise to 35,000 after 2 years and would be on the same level as the 4 year student right out of college. The 2 year student will also have paid less for tuition and would be out of the hole within a year of getting a job. Whereas a 4 year student will have to work for 2 years to pay off tuition. He also said that, "often times an employer will pay for more classes if he really feels it to be necessary". My advice? Become an intern, then find a job.
I think I wasn't clear in what I meant when I said that 2 year colleges are better than 4 year universities. I meant that it's a good idea to get your associate's degree before going on to a university. It'll help you get an internship and it's cheaper than going 4 years straight at the more expensive university.
You really need the bachelor's degree for a couple of reasons. First, it's job security. If the company that you end up working for downsizes at some point in the future, they're going to get rid of someone with only an associates over someone with a bachelor's or a master's degree. Secondly, the bachelor's degree might put you in the hole further in terms of debt, and you might make as much as someone with an associate's when you get out of school, however, your prospects for upward mobility in a company are much greater with a bachelor's. They don't promote people to lead programmer, project manager, or any other semi-management positions if they only have an associate's degree. Or atleast it's not very likely.
Just my 2 cents. i'd suggest getting the associate's, then the bachelor's, then working and maybe getting a master's. That's my plan anyway.
Mobility within a company usually depends on your work ethic and efficiency. Job security in CIS isnt as big a problem as in most other industries because it is on the fastest upward trend in America. Also a person with a 2 year degree and 2 years of on the job experience will be less likely to be fired than a newbie out of a 4 year college imo. You'll have to weigh the risk for your self. You might end up taking 2 extra years of college for a job you could have gotten right out of a 2 year, or you might end up getting a slightly better job and advancing more swiftly in your field.
I will be getting a masters because I would like to be well versed in almost all coding languages. Lua and Python being my main two because If you know anything abtu Blizzard those are the two they use for all their games I do believe. Well at least Diablo 3. I would really like to eventually work for Blizzard on a shipped product that is my dream in life to get a job at Blizzard. If that doesn't work out which it will be very hard but nto impossible I will still go somewhere else and make games or anything OS, driver software. Other things aswell because computers are a big passion of mine personally they intrigue me to no end. I always want to know more about them.
To me I really feel a school matters because I learn one specific way and I need teachers who aren't always WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK. Because in reality thats not how it is. Its work with a bit of fun and thats how i like to be taught and I like it with minimal notes and a teacher who doesn't hve a drab boring voice that will lull me to sleep in ten minutes. So pretty much I need a school with energetic and fun teachers while having a curriculum that also fits the standards. I do agree the computer industry is everchanging and it always advances in one area or another and every year you go on the next year is more up to date than you are. The only other thing is I hate being in New York so I would need to be out of state it just provides me with a fun experience of going places meeting diffrent kinds of people. Stuff like that the aesthetics matter to me. I am lookign for VT or GATech because they offer the CS course as well as the Computer Engineering course and they are not only good schools but have a good student body with a nice campus I've been to both already I have relatives.
I don't really like Super small schools. They just make me feel too smart if i start answerin all the questions or there is just not enough people It feels like I'm part of a second family or something. I like havig diffrent groups of friends like I do now. I'm quite a friendly and diverse person, I have emo/goth, jocks, preps, and just normal no label friends. I enjoy being with each of them for a diffrent thing and It proves to be more fun then a small school with one group of friends like if one group does something really dumb I don't wanna be with them to do it. I always have a backup plan. So this being diverse thing to me helps alot. I just need somewhere I can fit in and enjoy myself
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Mobility within a company usually depends on your work ethic and efficiency. Job security in CIS isnt as big a problem as in most other industries because it is on the fastest upward trend in America. Also a person with a 2 year degree and 2 years of on the job experience will be less likely to be fired than a newbie out of a 4 year college imo. You'll have to weigh the risk for your self. You might end up taking 2 extra years of college for a job you could have gotten right out of a 2 year, or you might end up getting a slightly better job and advancing more swiftly in your field.
A bachelor's degree also keeps you open to other options outside of the corporate world. Teaching, namely. You're right that it's not a huge difference between the two, but I'm still of the opinion that the bachelor's degree is worth it, regardless.
It really depends on the person and what they want to do or how comfortable they feel with the various levels of education.
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but you should really get into the habit of checking your typos and paragraphs etc if you are gonna go into coding
you wouldn't want months of work to screw up because you misspelled something or failed to make a new line of code
The field changes so fast that any education that you get is going to be tailored towards what's going on in the field right now (i.e. Capstone classes). Within a year of graduating and getting a job, you might be doing stuff that they never talked about in any of your coding classes. So basically, a year or so after graduating, your education level/knowledge base is going to be equivalent to someone who payed half as much for their degree if you end up going to a more pricey college. Decide where to go based on things like job placement for graduates, internship opportunities, distance from your family, and cost.
P.S.
Community college is a great idea. It's cheap and often times you'll get a better education in the liberal arts and some of your basic computer science and math classes. Do you want to be in a class where the professor knows you by your student id instead of your name? I'd rather be called on by name.
Hope this helps-
MP
Lol, if you're only checking your code every couple of months, you're never going to finish any project. I'm sure he can write perfectly fine if he wanted to. How many people, besides myself, actually make sure that what they write on the internet is pretty much grammatically correct? Not many...
I go to a 2 year community college where I'm getting a degree in CIS. My Visual Basic teacher told me that the average 2 year student will make 30,000 a year for their first 2 years on the job, whereas a 4 year student will make around 35,000. The problem is that the 2 year student will have gotten a raise to 35,000 after 2 years and would be on the same level as the 4 year student right out of college. The 2 year student will also have paid less for tuition and would be out of the hole within a year of getting a job. Whereas a 4 year student will have to work for 2 years to pay off tuition. He also said that, "often times an employer will pay for more classes if he really feels it to be necessary". My advice? Become an intern, then find a job.
Fuck you, I'm a dragon.
You really need the bachelor's degree for a couple of reasons. First, it's job security. If the company that you end up working for downsizes at some point in the future, they're going to get rid of someone with only an associates over someone with a bachelor's or a master's degree. Secondly, the bachelor's degree might put you in the hole further in terms of debt, and you might make as much as someone with an associate's when you get out of school, however, your prospects for upward mobility in a company are much greater with a bachelor's. They don't promote people to lead programmer, project manager, or any other semi-management positions if they only have an associate's degree. Or atleast it's not very likely.
Just my 2 cents. i'd suggest getting the associate's, then the bachelor's, then working and maybe getting a master's. That's my plan anyway.
Fuck you, I'm a dragon.
To me I really feel a school matters because I learn one specific way and I need teachers who aren't always WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK. Because in reality thats not how it is. Its work with a bit of fun and thats how i like to be taught and I like it with minimal notes and a teacher who doesn't hve a drab boring voice that will lull me to sleep in ten minutes. So pretty much I need a school with energetic and fun teachers while having a curriculum that also fits the standards. I do agree the computer industry is everchanging and it always advances in one area or another and every year you go on the next year is more up to date than you are. The only other thing is I hate being in New York so I would need to be out of state it just provides me with a fun experience of going places meeting diffrent kinds of people. Stuff like that the aesthetics matter to me. I am lookign for VT or GATech because they offer the CS course as well as the Computer Engineering course and they are not only good schools but have a good student body with a nice campus I've been to both already I have relatives.
I don't really like Super small schools. They just make me feel too smart if i start answerin all the questions or there is just not enough people It feels like I'm part of a second family or something. I like havig diffrent groups of friends like I do now. I'm quite a friendly and diverse person, I have emo/goth, jocks, preps, and just normal no label friends. I enjoy being with each of them for a diffrent thing and It proves to be more fun then a small school with one group of friends like if one group does something really dumb I don't wanna be with them to do it. I always have a backup plan. So this being diverse thing to me helps alot. I just need somewhere I can fit in and enjoy myself
A bachelor's degree also keeps you open to other options outside of the corporate world. Teaching, namely. You're right that it's not a huge difference between the two, but I'm still of the opinion that the bachelor's degree is worth it, regardless.
It really depends on the person and what they want to do or how comfortable they feel with the various levels of education.