How would somebody respond to this question or give me some hints to it!!!?

Question

Please discuss how a University will help you achieve your personal and/or career goals in Computer Science?

Answer 1

it will put my resume on top of everyone elses and almost guarantee that someone that knows more than me will get turned down for the position i get since i slide through college with all d's, got a couple of answers texted to me during finals and got my degree! i'm not saying that you're going to be like that but i am saying that there are a lot of jobs that people could get without a degree that don't even get considered because they don't have it. there are jobs that i agree that someone should have to prove to the state or whoever that they are qualified/liscensed to do but there are many more that shouldn't be that way. it just occured to me that i shouldn't answer questions that talk about college because i am highly opposed to it and could go on forever. sorry.

Answer 2

Computer science is an interesting field, because you can be very good at it without much formal education; a lot of really good programmers are kids with no lives who sit around in their rooms all day programming/hacking/etc. It's great to have knowledge, but they don't have a handle on it, and they likely don't know how to share their knowledge with others.

The biggest things that a university will do for you are giving you credentials and communication skills. If you don't go to college at all (2-year or 4-year), you are sometimes legally limited in your paycheck. If you go to a 2-year college, you'll probably learn plenty about computer science, but chances are high that you'll learn about a specialized field of comp sci, and that could set you up for becoming obsolete in later years; also, your peers will be drastically different in a 2-year college. You'll be in an environment where a lot of the kids want to get in and get out ASAP (though this isn't always true). In a university setting, your peers will be a lot more academically-oriented, though not always smarter. What this means, though, is that your learning experience will probably be better at a 4-year university.

The big draw for a university, though, is the credentials. Employers will see that you were dedicated enough to get through all four years, even if you weren't going to use all that you learned.

This is all coming from a computer science student presently enrolled at Texas A&M University.

Answer 3

1) The chance you are likely to be hired to work in this field is next to 0 if you do not have a college or university degree.

2) University/College is a place for you to learn OTHER SKILLS (eg problem solving, reading, management, team work, handling pressure, deadline, research <-- very important...)

Answer 4

it would help you achieve your career and/or personal goals by gaining satisfaction in the power and knowledge of computer science. You will benefit from a wide range of knowledge in ...... and..... which will help you to.......

Answer 5

I prey that you are not trying to get us to wright a personal statement for you. Get a job and don't go to University.