The school is actually quite small and the demand for entry is very, very high. While the expressed standards for entry are easy to meet, you'll find that the average person attending that particular institution for exceeds the requirements. Not only that but it's quite expensive to attend. The same is true for Stanford (generally considered the second best school of science and technology in the United States).rt052192 said:
I personally attended a Small College and am transferring to the University of Texas in the fall to finish my degree.
Also, with regard to the various fuming rage being directed at the university scam. My small community college was actually quite excellent in this regard. I was lucky enough to know precisely what I wanted to major in, and even if I wasn't, the first full year of college can be used in what are generally called "University Core" classes - that is, classes that everyone must have. The closest I came to getting screwed was when I took College Algebra and Trig as separate courses rather than taking the combined version (Pre-Calculus), and even this wasn't a problem so much as a personal choice (It had been 5 years since I had taken math and wasn't sure what I would remember). I have been given some bad advice from time to time (I was advised to take Differential Equations for example, only to find that it was not a required class in my major. This was a 730 AM class and it was BRUTAL). My problem is, even though my community college considered Computer Science to be an Engineering Discipline, it doesn't have the same standards. Differential Equations is a key course that any future engineer would need to master, but unless one is applying computher science to an engineering or physics problem it is hardly necessary.
University of Texas on the other hand has the problem of really, really enjoying charging various fees. You have to pay to apply to get in, pay a much larger fee once accepted to reserve your place, pay yet another fee to apply for housing, pay fees to partake in any student organization and so forth. I've already spent about $500 and not a penny of that is directed towards paying for a class, or housing or books.
