Hey yall. Sup? Just seein if anyone here had any idea of a good college for an aspiring computer programmer. I've got the grades/standardized test scores to go to most places I think. So.....anyone know?

what kinda scores? and how much $ are you willing to spend and how far from home are you willing to go

-G

I kinda want to stay in the southeast. I live in Alabama. Dont worry about money stuff right now.

 

As to grades, and dont take this as bragging please cause I dont mean to brag.

4.0 GPA, and actually I havent taken the ACT or SAT yet but on the PLAN ACT....the practice one that is just like it I made a 28, predicted score on the actual ACT of 29-30. My brother got the same, then got a 32 second time....and I pretty much follow in his footsteps. I forget what he actually made on the SAT but it was in 99th percentile of the country.

 

So I am not saying that I will definately get those awesome grades but just wanted to know some of the good programming colleges. Thanks

I hear Georgia Tech is good for that.

 

Congrats on your high scores. That'll help you get into school and probably reflects your motivation to learn new things... doesn't mean much once you get there, though.

 

Do you know what major you're going for?

take your SAT and come back to me. you can have GREAT marks in school and still get into a crappy school :/

-G

Where I am going right now (Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.) is the number 1 undergrad engineering college in the country for 6 years running. This includes CS, and software engineering. I personally am I software engineer, and can tell you that if you want to program, this is the place to come. Small classes, my biggest so far is 36, all the CS profs have phds from the major universities (Princeton, CMU, and MIT to name a few), you are required to buy a sweet laptop from the school that includes all sorts of software and comes in a hardware configuration not available to the public. The students are all nice people, there is a great learning support system (this college is tough, btw, a 4.0 in HS means didly here, sorry), and the campus is about as nice as you will get in Indiana. I could go on all day. Visit rose-hulman.edu for more info, but i am warning you the site doesnt do justice to the school. And just think, if you go there, you will have a TAC member as an upperclassman who can help you out with everything but HW cause I suck at it. : )

WELL sneaky, how old are you? if your in the 11th grade by now your already behind in the ball game of taking the SAT's. be sure to do taht as soon as possible. the gpa, your classes, and your SAT score are the 3 things colleges look at.

-G

Talk to your counselor. Number one thing to do.

I am in 10th grade. Should be takin the SAT early in 11th grade. And I know that having a 4.0 isnt the most important thing to colleges, but it is still a plus. I kinda talked to my counselor and she wasnt real sure, said she could look into it though. I think my brother and parents are having a conference with her to look at his options, and I am guessing that that is what will happen with me.

take your SAT ASAP. and take it a couple of times. the best score from each section goes to colleges. the reason for the earliness is you can take it more if you take it eariler

-G