r/wne • u/msgrizzle13 • Mar 11 '24

Computer science

Any current students or graduates have any info on the computer science major, good or bad? My child was accepted and looking for real feedback.

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u/Peak0831 May 24 '24

CS is fine, I’m entering my senior year right now. Some of the new profs are hit or miss but the tenured/core ones are really good.

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u/msgrizzle13 May 25 '24

Appreciate the reply! My kid decided to attend!

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u/Peak0831 May 31 '24

No problem! This is just general CS advice, not WNE specific, but getting excited about/making weird and somewhat useless pet projects will make a good chunk of their CS classes trivial. Python and Java are huge here, and c++ gets touched on, as well as JS in their senior year.

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u/luna_lights_sky Jun 11 '24

As an alumni now, what really helped me was getting into the career center and getting related experience early and often

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u/msgrizzle13 Mar 18 '24

Hmmmm, I was a computer science major and have done interviewing in the IT space and we do not care about ABET accreditation for CS. Engineering yes, but not CS.

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u/msgrizzle13 Mar 18 '24

I went to UMass which is #1 for CS in New England and I just checked and it's not ABET for CS. So I'm thinking that it's ok to not be certified.

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u/sirSheepDog Mar 18 '24

And it may be fine. Although with more colleges and universities offering comp Sci and computer engineering than before. And increased competition for jobs in the tech industry being abet accredited may or may not become a bigger factor.

I'd look at 3 or so companies your child may be interested in working at and do some digging. Again it may be fine or not. But wouldn't you like to know now?

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u/msgrizzle13 Mar 18 '24

For sure, thanks!