Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!sunburst!lin From: lin@sunburst.DAB.GE.COM (John Lin) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: Colleges Message-ID: <1130@ge-dab.GE.COM> Date: 6 Apr 88 23:21:46 GMT References: <12641@brl-adm.ARPA> <437@abcom.ATT.COM> <13837@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Sender: news@ge-dab.GE.COM Reply-To: lin@ge-dab.GE.COM (Jonathan Lin) Organization: GE Simulation & Control Systems Dept., Daytona Beach, FL Lines: 42 In article <13837@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> ddl@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Don Lewis) writes: >From article <12641@brl-adm.ARPA>, by bek@brl-adm.ARPA (Bryan E. Kelly ): >> >> I was wondering if anybody out there could recommend a good >> Computer Science and Mathematics school. Not a Stanford or Cor- > >The University of Central Florida (UCF) is supposed to have one of the >best CIS programs in the southeast. I know that they consistently rank >higher than UF (where I am now). As for their mathematics department, >I don't know anything. Also, I have heard that lots of scholarships are >available for UCF. > Is the school being considered for undergraduate or graduate work? This may be important in comparing schools which have relatively new graduate programs but established undergraduate programs. If it is undergraduate school, what type of curriculum is being considered? Some schools, UF included, offer CIS majors in different colleges (UF:engineering, liberal arts, and business). Would it be fair to compare an engineering CIS degree from UF to a liberal arts degree from another institution? What things are evaluated when someone says "xx university has a good CIS department, better than yy"? Does this mean better research opportunities? Better professors? More MIPS/workstations/disk-space per student? Fresher cheese on wheat? The point I am trying to make, is that the question needs to be much more specific, and subsequent responses need to be supported by some facts. There recently was a posting to a newsgroup which ranked the top 20(?) schools based on certain criteria. Could someone repost this if they still have it? Jonathan L. Lin Simulation and Control Systems Department General Electric Company UUCP: ...!mcnc!codas!ge-dab!lin 1800 Volusia Ave, Rm 4336 Voice: +1 904 239 3043 Daytona Beach, FL 32015