Hi,
I got in VT for Engineering, UNCC for Comp Sci with Honors College, and NCSU for Statistics. I wanted to major in Computer Science/Engineering, and for NCSU got Stats (2nd Choice). I’m in-state for NCSU, so I’m not sure which one is worth it.
Please let me know if you need any more information.
If you want CS UNCC. I would say NC State for CS but you got statistics.
Are all affordable?
Would you be living on campus at all?
At VT, CS falls under engineering. At the end of your first year you could choose to major in CS/engineering. If your GPA is 3.0 or higher, your choice of major is guaranteed.
Yeah, money isn’t the biggest issue, but it still is a factor because VT is double the price for out of state. Yes, I would be living on campus.
I love VT but it is NOT worth double the price of NCSU or UNCC.
@STEM2017 @greymeer Thank you but would be pursuing Statistics at NCSU be worth it because changing majors is very hard at NCSU? Or is Computer Science at UNCC is better?
The Comp Sci program at UNCC looks pretty extensive…
If you really want Comp Sci you should attend the college that accepted you to Comp Sci.
I would not advise attending NCSU in the hopes of switching to one of their most popular majors. Especially since you already know how hard switching is.
If possible, you should visit both NCSU and UNCC right away and ask these questions to academic advisors and get a better feel for each program.
It sounds like Uncc is the best solution: with Honors you get to have a good on-campus experience, it’s cheaper, and most importantly, you were admitted to CS.
as an aside CS is a very difficult major and without knocking anything, you may find UNCC more enjoyable, less competitive than NC state. Malcolm gladwell has a theory that STEM majors should go where their grades/test scores are the top of the class not the bottom. It is my impression that grades for jobs are more important in CS than other COE majors
UNCC has a pretty good CS reputation.
@Greymeer yes, but it is relatively bad compared to NCSU and VT right?
Have you toured the schools? Campus wise, they are all very different from each other. I often feel that when you walk on to a campus, you get a feeling like you belong there…or not. Talk to students and see what resonates with you. Again, all so different from each other, I am pretty sure you will get a feeling at one of them that you lean towards.
Yeah, I toured the schools. They all were nice, I took dual enrollment classes at NCSU so I spent the most time there, so I liked that the most.
For CS, what really matters is what opportunities you’ve seized and what you personally have done, generally outside of class (using the college’s resources, the professors, etc. but self teaching is crucial for CS). That’d push me toward Honors College at UNCC.
@janaseena pretty much everyone at NCSU in COE has to CODA into the major even if admitted as one. So you can take all the CODA classes assuming you don’t have the AP substitutes - if you had 5s on AP calc BC, AP chemistry and/or AP Physics C mechanics those all count as As for CODA GPA. There’s also English 101 which also can be substituted for as well. In theory you could CODA into CS at NCSU. my point about it likely being more enjoyable at honors college and less competitive at UNCC still holds. But as long as you can enroll/substitute the CODA classes AND DO WELL it’s probably not that different than being admitted COE.
@janaseena I wouldn’t say that.