[CS-FSLUG] Seeking opinions

[David Aikema]

On 4/26/06, Nathan T. <celerate at gmail.com> wrote:
> several DeVry schools call themselves Universities. One of the things
> of note is that they can run their classes either in the morning or
> the afternoon, but they also don't have much in the way of time off.

A lot of universities will schedule classes at all times of day,and if
the university you attend is big enough then you'll have some
flexibility as to when you want to attend classes.

> If I go to post-secondary now it's more for myself than for any
> employers. I want to get a good computer science course for my own
> benefit, but I know that most schools concentrate on Windows so the
> real cool stuff will take place afterwards when I can afford more
> books and have time to read them.

Most schools concentrate on Windows?  If you're looking at Computer
Science programs Windows is just a potential platform for
implementation (perhaps even the preferred platform for
implementation), but a choice of platform should almost irrevelant.

I would expect that you learn more about theory and concepts and less
about programming for a particular platform in a C.S. program - this
being what differentiates it from the vocational school approach

As Tim mentioned - what else (or what subareas) are you interested in?

> By the way. If anyone in the list lives near a good post-secondary
> institute and has room for a boarder, send me an e-mail. I would
> prefer remaining north of the Canadian border :-) .

If you get into contact with a local church (or some Christian group
on campus) once you've found a place to attend, I suspect that they
could probably hook you up with something at least on a short-term
basis.  As a first-year out-of-town student odds are you'd also most
likely be able to get a spot in a campus residence.

Dave