UCSD data science vs Umass Amherst CS

[bleak raven]

ucsd

[rancid dew]

U might wanna look into UCSD Math-CS

[muted brook]

I'll look into that

is Umass cs good or bad, I'm honeslty confused some ppl say its a safety some ppl say its a t25 or t20 for cs like is it well known for cs?

[rancid dew]

One place below Purdue/UMD. Pretty solid option

[rose steeple]

^^

rough tiers are:
cmu, mit, berk, stanford
uiuc, gt, umich, cornell
purdue, wisconsin, umd
umass amherst, virginia tech
for some comparison

[rancid dew]

Put in UT Austin and UW seattle in tier 2 too

[crisp vault]

Ucsd is a very good data science school though

In terms of comparing Amherst CS to UCSD Data Science, UCSD is better, that's what I would say

[crisp vault]

I thought UIUC was tier 1 ngl

Imo it should be

[muted brook]

I'm looking to major in cs tho thats another prob

Ik ucsd is amazing for data science but want to transfer to cs

[muted brook]

how far off is umass from purdue,wisconsin,and umd and is umass or vt better for cs cuz i do have vt as another back up option

[wide grove]

Fo reference- according the US News (one of the more accurate sources) UMASS Amherst Computer Science is ranked 24th. UCSD is ranked 12th. So ranking wise- UCSD is known to have a rigorous and well known computer science/engineering program.

Of course, rankings are not everything. Given this, I am sure you will be able to succeed at either school, so I would definitely thing about location/campus culture as it is very different across these two schools. Also, I know you mentioned liking the Boston scene so I just wanted to let you know UMass Amherst is a 2hr car ride, and I have heard from several students the campus can be 'isolating' without a car.

I hope that helps!

[rancid dew]

OP just meant that it is ranked like one point below mit/Stanny etc

[crisp vault]

Oh yeah

[dreamy timber]

UW is tier 1 bro

[rancid dew]

Tier is a wrong word to use

I meant it like one step below MIT/Stanford etc

[next trail]

yeah switching to cs is impossible at sd

but even as a data science major youd still get a lot of other opportunities that are related to cs (supercomputer center, research opportunities, hdsi itself, etc)