Comp Bio @ CMU

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm applying next year and was hoping to get an opinion from someone who has been through or is currently in the undergrad program at CMU. I was just wondering how the course work there is, and how rigorous it is.</p>

<p>Just a few things about me:
I have extensive background in math courses taken, ranging from multivariable calculus and linear algebra to complex analysis and work with linear and nonlinear differential equations (including Frobenius and what not). I've also taken courses at my school involving Artificial Intelligence, Parallel Computing, and DNA Science. I've worked at a local university (George Mason) in their internship program for the head of bioinformatics there in a project relating linear algebra with amino sequences, and am currently working at NIH for a genomics application of CS.</p>

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

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<p>Could someone who has been through the program please respond if possible? I’d really like to know what it’s like and what the material is like. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Double-check this with Admissions but based on my knowledge it is not an option to apply to become a Comp Bio major as a high school senior. Applications into the intercollege major are invited from sophomores after one has taken or is in the process of taking 15210 and 03231.</p>

<p><a href=“http://lane.compbio.cmu.edu/education/bs-in-computational-biology.html”>http://lane.compbio.cmu.edu/education/bs-in-computational-biology.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Oh I see; so it wouldn’t matter whether I applied to SCS or MCS in order to get through to Comp Bio, assuming I take those courses if I get in?</p>