(com sci minor) = graduate in 3-3.5 years vs (no com sci minor) = graduate in 3.5-4

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<p>My adviser told me a com sci minor would definitely help me in grad school. On the other hand, I don't know if my future area of research will involve programming with C++. I'm a noob with programming, and I haven't been bothering to review what I've forgotten over the summer.</p>

<p>If I decide to keep the minor, it's going to be a lot of extra work, but the payoff may be beneficial.</p>

<p>If I decide to drop the minor, I can graduate in 3 years. But my freshmen GPA was terrible (low 3.0s), and It's impossible for me to get a 3.9+, only 3.8+, and I would feel kind of naked without a possibly useful minor to back me up.</p>

<p>My current ambition is to get 4.0s from here on and get within the top 5 in grad school (don't hate)</p>

<p><strong><em>I F-ed up the title, hopefully you can piece it together</em></strong></p>

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<p>It’s kind of a clear choice from what you’ve described - take the minor.</p>

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Yeah, you’ve kind of made it clear that you want this minor. Except for the fact that you cannot graduate in three years.
And I personally don’t think that the trade-off is worth it, unless you have a financial necessity and want to cut down a year no matter what.</p>

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<p>A little extra work for a huge gain in the long run.</p>

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<p>yes, you’re right. I’m living at home, and I’m getting very, very sick of it. I’m trying to find the time to plan moving out.</p>

<p>Aside from the fact that I REALLY, REALLY want to graduate early, I’m also very new to programming. In my first programming class, I started with a completely blank slate. I went to the help room a ton, but eventually my circumstances took a toll, and I literally Failed it. I retook it.</p>

<p>Right now, I am just completely torn over this, because i feel like this is a very important decision - for various reasons. Personally, I haven’t gotten a hang of programming, and I’m really not looking forward to it. On the other hand, it may be beneficial.</p>

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<p>Just a freshman, but if I were you I would definitely get the minor.</p>

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<p>no offense dude, but ur just a freshmen :(</p>

<p>I think a better question would be If I do get the minor, what will I do with it? How will it help me. I’m certainly not going to write big time apps, because the actual com sci majors do that.</p>

<p>Someone on another thread I made for this said that the minor would not matter in grad school admission. With that crossed out, it comes down to will I ever apply what I learn?</p>