<p>does living in pittsburgh actually give me a better chance of getting into CMU SCS? also, i heard that cmu scs isnt just coding. What else is it?</p>
<p>lol can someone reply…</p>
<p>CMU gets its largest number of students from Pennsylvania, but I met more people from eastern PA than Pittsburgh. I don’t think location will help you out much other than you’d have the ability do an on-campus interviewer easier than anyone else.</p>
<p>Very little of the work in CS is actually coding. Most of it is problem solving and proof-type work moreso than just making X program do Y thing (that’s generally the easy part!).</p>
<p>I went to an information session last week and the guy said they favor local students</p>
<p>Even if true (which I severely doubt), that favoring is probably O(logn).</p>
<p>I don’t think CMU prefers local students. SCS wants the best students from all around the globe, and being local won’t really give you much of an edge.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP Comp Sci right now, and I can tell you that it is not all coding. CS majors will also study boolean algebra and digital logic and all sorts of other fun stuff.</p>
<p>I wish I could tell you, but it’s all very theoretical. Take a look at the course catalog if you want to know what’s offered. It’s on line. [2008-2010</a> Undergraduate Catalog](<a href=“2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog < Carnegie Mellon University”>2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog < Carnegie Mellon University)</p>
<p>Regarding your coding statement: The 1xx level classes here are generally code based and easy if you have a basic background in programming. The legitimately difficult classes here begin at the 2xx level. For example, 15-213 (Intro to Computer Systems) requires much more reading on conceptual material than actual coding… In fact, our first real coding assignment in that class did not begin until around halfway into the semester. 15-251 (Great Theoretical Ideas in CS) is basically a difficult pure mathematics course.</p>