Few questions about Turing Scholars.

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>I'm interested in CS at UT and I have a few questions about Turing Scholars:</p>

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<li><p>What kind of person is it geared towards? Is it for people who already are pretty good with computer stuff, or just people who want a more challenging workload? I am 17 and I have no good experience with programming and stuff. I sort of found my passion for computers some weeks ago.</p></li>
<li><p>How intense is the workload? I really don't want to spend most of my time doing work. I know this sounds very anti-CC, but I kinda want to have fun in my first years of college. I want to balance out work and fun, and I feel like Honors Programs may tip that balance.</p></li>
<li><p>How hard is it to get into?</p></li>
<li><p>I am in the top 7% of my high school in TX, so I get into regular UT automatically. If I apply to Turing Scholars and I get rejected, do I get rejected from all of UT? If not, how does it work?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I’d have to say that it would just be more rigorous than the basic. Not sure how hard it is to get into it but I’m also trying to apply to get in, just not sure If I can since I just got here as a transfer student. I would def talk to an adviser for more info. Sorry I wasn’t too helpful =/</p>

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<p>Turing is really hard and many of the people who were in the program last year are switching out. If you have at least two to three years of comp sci experience; then go for it.</p>

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<p>From <a href=“http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~turing/admissions-freshmen.html:[/url]”>http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~turing/admissions-freshmen.html:&lt;/a&gt;
Outstanding students who have weak or nonexistent high school CS backgrounds are encouraged to apply for the Turing Scholars Honors Program; if accepted, they will be expected to complete one CS class at UT or some other college before embarking on the programming portion of the Turing Scholars curriculum.</p>

<p>When they say outstanding, I suspect they really do mean outstanding because all of the people I’ve met in Turing already had a CS background (i.e. they competed in HS). The freshman curriculum is basically an accelerated version of the normal Computer Science curriculum, so it might be tough for somebody with little experience in programming. </p>

<p>as for #4, even if you get rejected from Turing, you’re most likely in for Computer Science, which shouldn’t discourage you. You can still end up doing research if you look for the opportunities.</p>

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<p>All right, thanks a lot.</p>