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by geebee
4450 days ago
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This is an aside, but why do people use "ivy league" as synonymous with "top ten" in the world of software development? At the graduate level, there are only two ivies in us news's top cs list http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-gradu... I couldn't find specific CS rankings at the undergraduate level, but for engineering in general, the same thing (this time, only one ivy on the list, Cornell) http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/... I understand that there are problems with methodology here, and I have no doubt that many ivy programs are excellent, but it's still strange that people would use "ivy league" as shorthand for elite CS programs. My guess is that Fog Creek's perspective is heavily influenced by its east coast location? Also, general education tends to matter more for undergraduates, so it could be that the general prestige of the "ivies" is a bigger factor than the specialized nature of departments where it comes to raking graduate programs or specific majors. |
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