On Mar 26, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Grant Robinson wrote:
On Mar 26, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Kimball Larsen wrote:
It's a terrible way to make a decision like this, but I think that
any school with "University" in the name will hold more clout than
any school that is known as a "Tech".
ITT Tech. Rhymes with Blech.
I know nothing about either school though.
It should be noted that most schools such as Virginia Tech and
Georgia Tech and Texas Tech are actually not "tech" schools in the
same way that ITT is a "tech" school. Each one is an accredited
university with 4-year programs in most every field imaginable,
graduate programs, and doctorate programs. Their common names are
not always their actual name. For example, Virginia Tech's actual
name is "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" and
Georgia Tech is "Georgia Institute of Technology". "Virginia Tech"
rolls of the tongue a lot easier, in much they same way that Georgia
Tech, MIT, and BYU are easier to say than their formal names. They
are all very good universities, and the brand name recognition is
only worth something for a select few schools, and that "brand-name"
recognition is different from field to field. I don't know what
those "brand-names" are in CS (except for MIT), but there you go.
Grant Robinson
Good point, and this is all true. Some folks have intimated that my
first post was advice not worth listening to - and I never claimed it
was. However, I wrote it somewhat blithely and off the cuff w/out a
very decent explanation: Hiring managers are not always technical
people, and frequently don't know the difference between a compiler
and a commuter. Who's to say they would know anything at all about
the fact that Virginia Tech is actually Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, and a very good school for post grad IT study?
Now, having said that, the OP stated the reason they wanted to go to
grad school was to pursue a career as a professor/researcher. With
this in mind, the name of the school means less, as the folks in the
hiring circles likely know of each each school's reputation already.
I was just speaking from the pointy-haired manager's point of view,
with a veiled (and failed) attempt at humor.
-- Kimball
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