The University of Texas - Austin

Date: Oct 19 2002
Major: Computer Science (This Major's Salary over time)
The Computer Science program here is excellent - the first course is full of challenging weekly assignments unlike the things my friends in other reputed universities are doing. The projects involve about 15 hours of work every week. If you have little or no experience in JAVA or C++ I recommend you take the JAVA basics class CS 303E. The training you get is of a high quality. Campus life is also excellent although most of the social scene is oof-campus. There is a shortage of on-campus housing (6000 places for 38000 undergrads) but there is a lot of housing available just off campus. The computing facilities are great and several of the CS department faculty are superstars in their own fields.

The size of the university should not deter you from coming here. Join a couple of student organizations and very soon you will find that you recognize more and more faces in the crowd. An advantage of this size is the excellent availibility of scientific & research resources.