#UT Dallas vs Florida State University

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finite jackal
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Schools: UT Dallas vs FSU
Intended major: CS
Similarities: None, which is why I don't know which one is better

UT Dallas
Pros:

  1. Commuter school, so academics is really great
  2. A strong stem school, and CS department is decent (#63 in USNews). Research in this field is also good
  3. Dallas is great for job/internship opportunities
  4. Assuming that I get the AES scholarship, I'll only have to pay around $15,000 per year (around $8,000 cheaper than FSU)

Cons:

  1. Commuter school, so social life might be kind of dead (depending how "dead" it is, it might or might not be something I mind)
  2. Overall ranking is quite low (#151, but I'm not sure whether I should be concerned about this? Since overall ranking depends on all majors, and UT Dallas honestly isn't good at all for non-stem majors)

FSU
Pros:

  1. Overall ranking is high (#55 on USNews)
  2. Good social life/party scene

Cons:

  1. Social life/party scene MIGHT be too much
  2. CS ranking is low (#82), since FSU is more of an arts school
  3. FSU's location isn't exactly ideal for CS internship
  4. Assuming I get FSU's OOS tuition fee waiver (which relies entirely on a student's academics), it'll be $8,000 more expensive than UT Dallas

Tiebreaking considerations:

  • How much does overall ranking truly matter? Since #151 and #55 is quite a big difference.
  • How dead UT Dallas' social life really is? My high school is probably the most commuter school in the entire country (Oh, Asia...), people just come and go, and I honestly don't enjoy it that much, so if UT Dallas is where people do nothing but study, I'm not sure if I want to go there.
warped mica
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I’d say UT Dallas

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good engineering and CS programs

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Imo

hexed pine
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Ranking is not as important since you're looking at CS imo, unless your goal is FAANG or business type stuff. But to get a job, the ranking difference between the two isnt going to set you back

warped mica
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^^

hexed pine
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UT Dallas seems like the better option in terms of cost and academic quality

warped mica
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For CS I wouldn’t worry about ranking unless you are deciding between CMU and MIT yk

fair scroll
finite jackal
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Thanks, guys! I've been leaning towards UT Dallas too, but the #151 overall ranking was a bit off-putting to me. With this, I've made up my mind which school I'll go to if I don't make it into any reaches 😭

warped mica
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Overall rankings aren’t the best reference imo

lapis belfry
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UT dallas anyday, they have a strong cs department

latent bear
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I live in dallas

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UTD isn't in the most fun area of Dallas, very safe just not much to do but has an incredible CS department

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I used to take coding lessons there from students

latent marsh
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I live in FL and FSU is definitely a party school. It’s called “Tallanasty” for a reason lol. But on the other hand I’ve had several teachers who went there that LOVED the school, and their kids went who also loved it. Ultimately though fsu isn’t worth the OOS tuition price.

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warped mica
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UT Dallas.

If you're looking for IT, then FSU

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FSU is a T10 for information technology

finite jackal
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finite jackal
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What's an ischool?

warped mica
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school of information

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anyway, i would say for cs in this case

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ut dallas, austin, or san antonio

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but since ur asking fsu vs ut dallas

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ut dallas

finite jackal
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Allrighty

warped mica
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u have a better chance to get a better job with ut dallas for tech cuz ur in dallas and its a top 3 or 4 city in the us

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so youll find a job easier due to more ut dallas alumni around

finite jackal