<p>Is it hard to switch from business school admissions to pre-computer science?</p>
<p>My parents, both UT Alumni, have been putting a lot of pressure on me enroll in the finance degree program, mostly because it's a fairly easy major that will lead to a good job at graduation.</p>
<p>There's a part of me that wants to take a more challenging path and go for computer science. However, I wonder if it's worth giving up my business school spot for the brutal pre-computer science sequence. Some people tell me I'd be a fool to not stay with McCombs since it's the hardest college to earn admission but one the easier to finish in because the average GPA is around 3.4-3.5 (super easy grading), and 'D' grades are enough to pass a course; whereas 'C' is required for all comp sci courses, and you can only repeat a course once before being kicked out of the major.</p>
<p>A good friend of mine said that the failure (D or F) and drop rates (Q) in the first few CS courses (CS307, 315, 310) is cumulatively almost 50%, and that the work load is staggering compared to liberal arts and business courses. </p>
<p>Is it possible to take CS courses while maintaining business major status? Maybe that way I can see if I can handle it while not giving up on finance as a fallback major.</p>
<p>Any thoughts are appreciated. Sorry that this comes across a bit convoluted.</p>
<p>CS courses are very hardcore no matter where you go honestly. i took an introductory CS course and was really challenged. how curious are you in CS? depending on how you feel about CS, that will determine whether you are successful while doing the business and CS courses... i iamgine you could also convince your advisor to let you do general ed. requirements+CS coursework if you tell him you want to transfer into CS. so that you won't have wasted coursework.</p>
<p>consider that introductory CS courses are very, VERY big. almost all big classes like that are going to be meant to weed out the kids who just don't care/are in it for the money/suck at life...that would explain the 50% drop rate.</p>
<p>well, seeing how accountants often use programs/computers for auditing and bookkeeping, I don’t see how computer science wouldn’t help, especially if the company an accountant works for uses an auto-auditing program. Understanding the innards of how these programs work and how best to set them to work for you would definitely help. Plus if you make turing’s scholars, that’s an honors program which graduate schools would look positively upon. Regardless, graduate schools would look upon computer science/accountancy majors as having deeper knowledge of information systems in the accountancy process.</p>
<p>Definitely take computer science classes freshman year; I think you will regret it if you don’t give it a try. (Maybe you’ll decide you prefer McCombs.)</p>
<p>I agree with MidwestMom2kids.
Take the computer science classes the freshman year or else you will regret it. I am in the same boat. Now, I am taking computer science classes in my 4th year of college. Also start taking the required math classes as well.</p>
<p>Can I ask why you don’t just do MIS? You sort of get the best of both worlds with it as it combines technology and business and it’s the #4 ranked MIS program in the country.</p>