The Oregon Institute of Technology

Date: Dec 07 2005
Major: Computer Science (This Major's Salary over time)
OIT is a great school if you know exactly what you want and are willing to work very very hard. Klamath Falls is a nasty little town with not much to recommend it except for good hunting & fishing within close proximity, and remarkably clear skies (if you like to look at the stars…). The school is a great place with several good departments and teachers. The math and physics departments are staffed by native english speakers (not easy to find…).

You will work your ass off, but it will be worth it in the end. Microsoft cherry picks several graduates from the software engineering department every year.

Excellent faculty, very good support staff (you spend a lot of time waiting in lines at some schools, but not OIT, finaid and scheduling lines are short and quick…)

They accept

anyone that can fog a mirror

as we used to say. Consequently, they have about a 75% dropout rate. Great place to go if you were a terrible high school student, waited several years to go to college, then decide to go back to school when you're fed up with crap jobs (i.e. me). If you make it past the first semester or two, you'll probably make it to the end, but it will be a long road, and don't expect to get out in 4 years.

There's not much social life, but I met my future wife while a student and managed to make several life long friends there. Adversity breeds deep friendships.