Anything to read or do to prepare for computer sciences?

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<p>Hi, I'm going for computer sciences this year but I don't have much experience with programming or stuff like that... Should I be worried? It seems like a lot of the people I know that went to school for CS have been messing around with that kind of stuff for a while. Is there anything I should read or do to prepare for this major or should I be able to pick it up as long as I pick the right classes?</p>

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<p>what year are you in?</p>

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<p>I’ll be a sophomore even though I’ve been going to school for a while now… these will be my first classes in CS</p>

<p>I just talked to my friend who went to UM Dearborn and he told me to try to find out what language they focus on in Ann Arbor so if anybody could enlighten me, it would be appreciated.</p>

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<p>I think they focus on C++ for most classes. It’s not to difficult to pick up the gist of it either. This website is a good place to start learning some stuff: <a href=“http://www.learncpp.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.learncpp.com</a>, </p>

<p>Also you can buy pretty good tutorial books for $10-$20 on Amazon.</p>

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<p>in engr 101 they teach c++ and matlab</p>

<p>i wouldn’t worry too much about the languages, though. how you think is a lot more important than the syntax – you’ll find that once you learn one language, you can catch on to others very quickly.</p>

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<p>We used Phrogram in Eng 100. I think they move all over the place.</p>

<p>I agree with nubs, understanding how everything works, algorithims, etc. is more important than syntax.</p>

<p>I learned Java my senior yr of High school, then I had to switch to C++ for Eng 151 which wasn’t too bad once I got the hang of it. Then in Engr 100 it switched to Phrogram, which was even easier to get this time. Basically, the language won’t really matter eventually</p>

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<p>From what I know, most people in EECS 183 or ENGR 101 are new to programming. If you want to be better prepared though, practice writing programs, solving simple programming problems, and thinking algorithmically. Exams in ENGR 101 are open book anyways, so don’t get too hung up on memorizing syntax.</p>