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UofT vs UW, CS vs SE
2016-03-24 12:47:38 Post No. 16952613
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UofT vs UW, CS vs SE
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2016-03-24 12:47:38
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Hi /adv/, I'm a high school student who is deciding whether I should study Computer Science or Software Engineering. I’m also debating whether I should go to UofT or UW. So far I've been accepted in both CS and SE at UofT. I haven't gotten a response from UW, but I'm confident I'll be accepted there for both CS and SE as well.
I live in Peterborough, so UofT is a couple hours closer than UW. I don't really plan to visit home that often though, so distance isn't really an issue. I haven’t submitted my plans for residence at UW. I’ve selected New College as my primary choice for residence at UofT.
The UofT engineering department has offered me a $6000 scholarship. I cannot collect the money if I take CS at UofT; I can only get it if I take the engineering program. My only concern is that the "SE" program at UofT isn't really SE. The closest thing they offer to an SE program is a Computer Engineering program where you can specialize in software in your "upper years". I'm concerned I would be wasting a lot of time learning stuff that is irrelevant to SE if I went to UofT for the engineering program. UW has a program dedicated completely to SE and its cut-offs for admission are higher than all the other programs (85%+ for CS at UofT and UW, 85%+ for CE/"SE" at UofT, and 90%+ for SE at UW).
I believe the co-op program at UW is superior to UofT’s co-op program. UW’s co-op program alternates between 4-month school terms and 4-month paid work, culminating in 2 years of co-op. UofT’s co-op program is a PEY (Professional Experience Year), where you take 12-16 months off. The UW co-op program gives you the opportunity to meet more employers and provides you with more experience overall than UofT’s PEY. I also have the impression it’s easier to find a job as a CS/SE UW graduate compared to a UofT graduate. Large tech companies like Google tend to favor UW graduates.
