How tough is the comp sci major?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>I managed to get As in AP Comp Sci and a 5 on the AP test but I'm sure the college classes are a hell of a lot harder. Also I'm good but not great at logic which I think is what CS is all about(ie. I got an 82 on last year's AMC 12). How do you think I'd do in this course.</p>

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<p>The CS major at UCLA -</p>

<p>First year wasn't too bad. Of course they were just introductory classes.. I didn't take AP comp sci in high school (is that Java?) but still do pretty well in all the classes so far. Obviously, the projects take a lot of time, but the professors definitely give you a reasonable time frame to complete them. A lot of the "over-achieving" CS majors finish them days before they are do.</p>

<p>Basically depends how much you enjoy actual programming and how fast you can learn. Just take the classes - if you do well in them, great. If you don't, then you can always make a change.</p>

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<p>AP CS A or AB?
anyways, CS 31 and 32 were very similar to AP CS except it's in C++ so there's a few new things</p>

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<p>OH WOW ITS GRARK! where have you been all my life</p>

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<p>:D I've been hanging around.
you're the one that's usually not here :P</p>

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<p>Here as in... CC or LA.</p>

<p>:P</p>

<p>Btw, heroes in rieber vista, don't miss out.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies so far. Could you cs guys tell me some of your math and cs scores in high school as well as amc scores so i have something to compare myself against?</p>

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<p>You should be getting 100+ in the AMC 10/12. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>There were some crazy AMC scores from our school and the magnet school nearby, haha. But they went off to MIT and such.. I think I scored around 116</p>

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<p>haha both :P</p>

<p>You have an advantage if you got a 5 on the AP test. I know of some CS majors that didn't even realize CS was available at the high school level.
But I took CS 31 with no CS/CSE majors (Rohr took a poll) and although some had previous programming experience, man some of them could kick my ass in that class >.<</p>

<p>0_0 last time I heard about AMC was in elementary school (maybe I wasn't listening)</p>