<p>Who here wants to major in computer science? I want to, and probably will. Good thing a computer science course is not a requirement, because I can't take it in my senior year since it conflicts with my French course :(</p>
<p>Its a possibility. I'm looking into double majoring. I won't be majoring in comp sci alone though.</p>
<p>Right not its a fun thing for me. I've heard when you do "fun things" for a living, they turn boring and not fun :(.</p>
<p>I will probably double major as well- computer science & engineering (possibly electrical).</p>
<p>I probably will.</p>
<p>I'm a CS major. :)</p>
<p>kirby, what's it like?</p>
<p>all i can picture is programming all day. is it like that at all?</p>
<p>Computer science????What's the use???</p>
<p>Explain real-life situation.</p>
<p>i liked doing this in class but the idea of doing it all day everday throughout university and then sitting in a cubicle at work is really kinda depressing</p>
<p>In my mind, I'm thinking more about being the next 'Google' guy :D (a.k.a. what Larry Page and Sergei Brin have right now ;))</p>
<p>mexican_dude: Computer Science is the foundation for all the programs you use on your computer. Computer Engineers make the hard drive and actual computer, but computer programmers come up with the programs you use (Internet Explorer, etc). Famous computer programmers, like GaryKing pointed out, include the founders of Google. In today's world, Computer Science has become an invaluable major, fetching some of the highest salaries for college grads.</p>
<p>In any case, without CS, 'Silicon Valley' wouldn't be half of what it is today; the other half being ECE (Electrical & Computer Engineering).</p>
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<p>For some of your courses it will be. Courses like introductory programming, data structures, object-oriented programming, multimedia and that sort of thing pretty much all your assignments will be coding. Other courses will be more mathematical, like formal syntax, program design and verification, algorithms etc. So you'd want to be reasonably good at maths as well as programming to be a CS major. There's also a lot of project work, working on larger pieces of software. 3 of my friends, 3rd year CS students, wrote a Linux game for their project this year. </p>
<p>Also on a totally non-academic note, out of 67 of us that will be in sophomore-level CS next year, there's only 10 girls. Lots of choice for us. :D</p>
<p>Edit: And to the OP, if you want to get a start yourself, get a Java book, download the SDK, and try doing some coding yourself. It will help you to get an idea of whether you like it or not.</p>
<p>mexicandude, your games are the creation of computerscience</p>
<p>kirby, lot of nerds for you huh?
jp</p>
<p>Well yeah... but one of the hottest guys I've ever met is doing a computer science PhD... :D</p>