[tslathrow]

Unrelated: Don't go to UChicago if you want to study CS. The department isn't built out.

Consider UPenn SEAS or Columbia Fu for a similar tier CS program.

It's really excellent for economics (which I was considering), but ended up not going to Chicago after talking to some of the comp sci majors.

[davidmr]

It might not be what you were looking for, but to say it's not "built out" is a bit of a reach. I don't see how a department whose faculty include Alexander Razborov and Laszlo Babai can be considered lightweight. If you're interested in theory, UofC is a very good place to go. Are they upenn, columbia, cmu, etc.? No, but they're not trying to be. It's much more an extension of the Mathematics program than at many other places.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Razborov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/László_Babai

[dcre]

That's not completely fair: the math department is world-class, and the computer science department is sort of an offshoot of it. It does have a very theoretical bent. That doesn't mean it's bad.

[sillysaurus2]

He didn't say it's bad, but rather that it's not built out. It's true that all else equal, UChicago isn't a good choice for CS.

Anyone have thoughts about UIC? djb is a professor there, and it seems like their CS department is pretty extensive.

[onedev]

As well all know though, UIUC is where it's at for CS.

[selectodude]

Of course, but I would say UIC is very good as well.

[platz]

nor NIU