Computer Science Canada What School? |
| Author: | X Abstract X [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | What School? |
Hey guys, I'm a senior in highschool looking to pursue an education in Computer Science next fall in Ontario. Right now I'm looking at Carleton but I'm beginning to doubt my choice because it seems that everyone's stuck on Waterloo. I'm just wondering, what sort of disadvantage does going to a school other than Waterloo bring? Also, how does Carleton compare with the other schools in Ontario for Computer Science? Thanks. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What School? |
X Abstract X @ Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:37 pm wrote: I'm just wondering, what sort of disadvantage does going to a school other than Waterloo bring?
You don't get to start CS with Scheme. You probably will not get to do as much Math in your CS courses. Your co-op resources will likely be not as well established. But really, there are a lot of factors that go into picking a University that's right for you. What are you looking for? What attracted you to Carleton? |
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| Author: | Dan [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What School? |
Honestly the bigest disavenatge of not going to Waterloo is having to listen to the students and faculity who do go to Waterloo talk about how better Waterloo is at X then every other university in Canada. Do some research for your self and compare things like co-op programs, course clandars, campus, residence, etc and see for your self. Most peoleop are basied in there views of unversits so the feed back you will get will offten be slanted to one university. One big asepct of picking a university is if you want a large univerity or a smaller one. Large univesritys have more resources (tho they may be reculstent to use them on undergrads), more choice in courses, bigger clases and mroe students well smaller universitys will have less choice in your course slection but small class sizes and a closer comunity. |
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| Author: | jernst [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What School? |
Dan @ Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:48 am wrote: Honestly the bigest disavenatge of not going to Waterloo is having to listen to the students and faculity who do go to Waterloo talk about how better Waterloo is at X then every other university in Canada.
lol! |
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| Author: | dcvg [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:What School? |
To be honest, the only disadvantage I see is the co-op and even that can be resolved, just that you might have to do more work in that aspect. There is also the thing of UW having a great reputation in CS (which is the reason I chose waterloo) but I don't know how much that matters. You will probably have more fun at Carleton though, I go to Waterloo and know people both in Waterloo & Laurier and it seems people in Laurier are always having more fun. Maybe it's the grass being greener on the other side thing but not going to waterloo might not be such a bad thing as you will enjoy non-academic life a lot more. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:What School? |
dcvg @ Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:48 pm wrote: There is also the thing of UW having a great reputation in CS (which is the reason I chose waterloo)
But then you also have a choice of Universities such as UofT. |
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| Author: | Horus [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:What School? |
what's the disadvantage in coop @ carleton? I thought last year when I looked up university information, carleton have 100% coop rate while UW have like 98%. Reason I came to waterloo is that it's suppose to be the best university for computer science in canada and all my friend comes here. I know that recent view of waterloo is that it's a stupid university that spend over $85,000 on a logo that gives people an impression that life at waterloo is like a night club. However Waterloo is much better than that, the people who administer these stuff aren't the people who are going to teach you. The professors here are great. They teach you at a fast pace that I can just follow. I often fell asleep in high school, cause it takes my teacher 1 hour to explain a very easy question. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:What School? |
Horus @ Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:33 pm wrote: I thought last year when I looked up university information, carleton have 100% coop rate while UW have like 98%.
It's all "marketing numbers". If you get a co-op credit (that doesn't necessary involve having a paid job), you count towards the high statistic. If you can't get yourself hired and drop out to continue in a non-co-op program, then your statistic doesn't count and University gets to keep it's "100% rate" or whatever. "100%" doesn't mean "you are guaranteed a job". If you don't work on your resume and selling yourself, you will not get hired for a CS position. And Carleton will think of a way to not count that failure along with the "good students". I imagine that Waterloo's co-op program is larger, and so it's more difficult to hide all the students that are not employable. (Or they just realized that 100% is a silly sounding number). |
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| Author: | SurrealPenguin [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What School? |
As someone who did co-op at Carleton, and worked and talked with co-ops from Waterloo, I'd say their co-op programs are pretty similar in quality. Carleton does have the advantage of being in Ottawa, so there are more co-op placements in the city itself, which makes interviewing, etc. much easier. Also don't have to keep moving between cities. |
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