hey people need your help (programming studies)

[tolisss]

I recenlty decided that I want to study programming I was studying mechanical Enginnering lost my years on it :(. So i took the final desision to leave my country and go abroad to study what I love most. I m doing a search on the NEt right now on Univrsities that I could study programming. I prefer America for this studies.

can anyone suggest any good universities for that reason??give some links chit chat with me on that subject?

[CiberTHuG]

Out of curiosity, where do you live that you can't study programming?

As to suggestions in the States, well it depends on where you want to go geographicly, and how much you want to spend. I can give you a run down of some North Carolina schools.

North Carolina State University (NCSU/State): It has a good undergrad program. In my opinion they will pass anyone, they should really be stricter so your degree means something. But there are great resources and you can learn a lot. They also have Project Eos, which is worth digging into. It is based on Project Athena from MIT, which is probably the best university network in the country.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC/UNC-CH): It has a good graduate program. It is a liberal arts school however, so I wouldn't go there for undergrad. It is more expensive then State.

Duke: It is not a state school, so it is expensive. I honestly don't think there is anything all that special about computer science at Duke, but it is respectable (if it is even available).

University of North Carolina as Ashville (UNC-A): As I understand it, they have a pretty good comp-sci program. They are a much smaller state university, so they are cheaper.

Other schools that are worth looking into, Virginia Polytechnical Institute (VPI/Virginia Tech/Va Tech), Ross-Hullman, MIT, UC-Berkley.

[tolisss]

first of all I live in Greece :( all r ancient here :(. I choose the states cause I think its the best place to study progeamming the geographicaly I have no limitation I can go anywhere but I cannot spend a lot.

I m on my first hrs of reasearch so any more info would be helpfull in any good UNI for that course

[aknisely]

What's so bad about bringing computers into the same rooms in which Plato once stood?:)

I hear the local university (The Unitersity of Alberta (http://www.ualberta.ca)) has a really good Computing Sciences department. But it all depends what you want to study. Computer sciences at universities are more theoretical, down-to-earth work, whereas you can get a 2-year diploma from a vocational or technical school and work with high level stuff (Web applications, etc.). Just "programming" these days is too broad a concept.

[CiberTHuG]

I say learn the theoretical stuff. It gives you a much better appreciation of the mundane stuff (web programming and whatever). And the other stuff is so easy to learn.

[tolisss]

aggree with that I have learn programming all alone upto now and as time goes by and starting to learn the theoretical stuff (I m doing the wrong way I now) I see how easy i could solve some probelms i had in the past. Anyway the university is the best way to do some connections I mean with people , met people that have the same interests , find a job , if i go abroad to study I better find a job too (wish i could find one on my subject)

[aknisely]

There's no "wrong way," merely a different way. It's like the distinction between physics and mechanical engineering. Some people develop the ideas, other people put them to use. If you ask a scientist how to build a bridge, he'll tell you that isn't his field of expertise; engineers do that. Ask him about the affects of gravity, weight, and chemical reactions, and he'll have the answers for you.

Likewise, computer scientists might not know the best way to plan, deploy, and evaluate your Web application, but they'll be able to give you tools to make it run faster.

[tolisss]

maybe u r right but thats not why I make that post . need some help finding more info........