University of Utah, Computer Science Acceptance

[kernel32]

Hi guys,

I am accepted by University of Utah and I am offered by 26k/year as a RA. How is UU good at Computer Science? I probably will be in the parallel computing laboratory. What about is the campus? Can you inform me about campus and the state?

[was1984]

I'm at the U right now for my MSEE. I love it here, and you like the outdoors you will too. If you are more of a city person, I'd caution against the university. I live very comfortably on 24k a year right now, so 26k a year is plenty to survive very comfortably. I live in a very nice house with 2 roommates for $400 a month.

The campus is really kind of lame, to be honest. It's a commuter campus and there isn't really much to do around campus.

The U's CS department is fairly strong, especially in computer graphics. I don't really know a whole lot about individiual groups, since I'm an electrical engineer.

[newms]

Utah has a pretty good reputation in Computer Science. It's not a top 20 school, but is usually ranked around top-30ish. It's really good at computer graphics as was1984 says.