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<p>I just asked my upperclassman IS friend sitting next to me haha and he says:</p>

<p>“Python! because it’s easy to learn. Javascript! because it’s used everywhere. Also, some website stuff would come in very handy (the “trifecta” - javascript, CSS and html). I also highly recommend skipping 15110 and jumping straight into 15112 because 110 is a waste of time. A lot of IS is done in Ruby on Rails but I would NOT suggest jumping right to it as it is extremely confusing (I didn’t know rails before college but IS does a good job with introducing it).”</p>

<p>EDIT: “It depends on what you do. If you just do the bare IS minimum it is laughably easy. That’s why pretty much everyone in IS has either a double major or minors. If you’re interested in the techy side more than the businessy side, do a CS double or CS minor. Then the workload will become normal.”
To add onto that, nothing is really comparable to CS workload, maybe Architecture comes really close/same in comparison, but that’s pretty much it.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>I was accepted to CIT. The last few weeks i have got very interested in wall street and want to go into the computational finance degree. How easy will it be to switch schools now? I can either switch into tepper or mellon science. I would rather switch to tepper but either will do.</p>

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<p>@dumbel</p>

<p>Any tips on CMU’s supplement? Specifically, why did you choose CIT? I’ll appreciate any help.</p>

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<p>if you have been there say why u actually like it deep down. but im wanting to leave cit so</p>

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<p>Dumbbell, Comp Fi is the most competitive program here on campus as they accept only ~4-5 transfers each year.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/1482003-how-about-computational-finance-mathematical-department.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/1482003-how-about-computational-finance-mathematical-department.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i will be a freshman next year so i wont be transferring right into comp fi because this doesnt start til sophomore so i will try to transfer to tepper and if not then mellon college of science</p>

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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>How are research opportunities generally for undergrads? I’m asking with regards to math/CS.</p>

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<p>Do you guys think an alumni interview is worth it? I never interviewed before.</p>

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<p>It’s definitely worth it, especially since they have a whole question on their application about whether you interviewed. CMU is big on demonstrated interest!</p>