Double Majoring Neuroscience/Computer Science Sans Experience in Latter?

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<p>So...I really want to study computer science.</p>

<p>I don't know how it happened. I've always adored computers (and technology, in general), but only as a consumer. </p>

<p>But a few years back, I fell in love with psychology, and upon reading Pinker's "How the Mind Works" and Kosslyn/Koenig's "Wet Mind", I came to focus on cognitive and brain science and one thing led to another and...now I really want to understand computers and computation. I want to be able to program and perform algorithmic analyses. I want to think like a computer scientist.</p>

<p>I don't really want to work in that field, per se — I'm still a mind science geek through and through — but to be able to get a degree in it would be awesome. And because computer science is so intertwined with the cognitive sciences today, I know that its contribution to my future success will be immense.</p>

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<p>So I'm really interested in the idea of double majoring in computer science and in neuroscience. However, I'm really wondering if I have it in me.</p>

<p>I have very little experience in the field, you see. I know some Python and much more computer scientific theory than I should because of my infatuation with cognitive science, but I'm seriously concerned about how I will perform and keep up in class, and juggle it with my other major commitment, especially if I end up at an academically rigorous school.</p>

<p>CAN someone without a lot of computer experience double major successfully in computer science and a biology field in a strong academic setting? </p>

<p>Or am I really pushing it?</p>

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<p>I would appreciate some insight on this issue.</p>

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<p>unless you have photographic memory like some genius I know who triple majors in 3 science fields, I highly discourage it. I can tell you from experience as a junior majoring in Computer Science that I did not achieve a decent GPA without sleepless nights and gray hair, and had to sacrifice fun activities just for classes. without programming experience, you cannot determine how difficult this major is, even though others will bull***** you into thinking so. now, take one of my former roommates who majors in neurobiology - her whole life is consumed with classes.
try to consider a major that combines both cognitive science and computer programming. this may either be a psychology field at your school or a computer science field. you can also major in one and minor in the other. but if you major in both, be prepared for misery.</p>