I went to a very small (850 students), liberal arts college, located in the middle of Podunk, Nowhere. (Ripon College, for those who care, in Ripon, WI.)

Its CS department was part of the math department, and had one "full-time" professor. All the basic CS courses were taught by math professors. The computing facilities were very basic (the Mac+'s went away my sophomore year) and I was considered one of the top computer gurus on campus, despite the fact I didn't own a computer.

Sounds pretty rough, huh?

I also received individual attention. Both my advisors knew me by name. The college president still recognizes me, 3 years later. I never had a class of more than 20. All my CS courses were classes of 10 (or less). Because we didn't have all the neat-o facilities, we had to study ... *gasp* ... the theory! I got to learn why something worked, in a way you can't in a class of 50+.

About facilities ... you can always learn to do the same with more. Once you're spoiled, it's very hard to do the same with less.

If you're looking for research opportunities, just do stuff on your own. That's what we did. :)

In reply to Re: Where is your school? by dragonchild
in thread Where is your school? by xphase_work

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