r/WhitmanCollege

Hi I’m transfer student in CS. Standing Junior. I will be attending Whitman College this Fall as junior, and I’m very anxious right now. I heard and know that Whitman College is really good school. But I heard that CS department is not prestigious and it will be difficult to land a job after graduation. Even though I got a good financial aid package the cost is still high. My family is pushing me to finish my bachelor’s, but I know they will spend a lot of money(I’m international student and for my family it’s like selling a house to provide me with education) but I’m very stressed about thoughts that I won’t be able to land a job in US market nowadays (It’s very competitive). I do understand that landing a job or getting internship depends more on a person rather the college he is attending and writing this post more like to get off this thoughts.

I just want to know more before I go to Whitman, CS majors how is it to study in Whitman College?

Whitman graduates, do you think you could’ve achieve more with different university on your resume?

Also, why I didn’t choose other uni? Because the Whitman is only I can afford right now , and I like this school a lot.

Please, I need any advice on this kind of a topic.

My kid and I visited Whitman last week and loved the school. My kid has some reservations about Walla Walla, coming from a larger city (Portland). Admittedly, it was a during the summer, so there wasn’t much student activity.

For those coming from bigger cities, what do you think of living in Walla Walla? The wider area is beautiful, and my kid is into the outdoors so maybe that also helps.

Thanks for any input.

EDIT: I’ve gotten great responses. Keep them coming. Thanks.