<p>It all depends on whether or not the discipline of study is in the area of liberal arts or science. If you are a English major a BA will serve you will. If you want a career in the sciences, you better have a BS to prove to future employers that you can take on phisics and calc. Going to law school a BA will serve you just fine. Post sponcered by <a href=“http://www.doorbrake.com”>www.doorbrake.com</a></p>
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<p>Your major, not the Arts/Science title of the degree, is what they are likely to look at in this case. Would you really say that a student who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Berkeley may not know physics and math?</p>
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Business OR scientific, there’s still a lot of beauty there! 
Kiddo is planning for a BS in CS/Math, to go on to PhD and “computer science”, whatever that is. But he knows that if he doesn’t want to continue, he’ll have great backup career options!</p>
<p>“Prestigious” matters if you want to be an investment banker on Wall Street. It doesn’t matter so much in the computer biz.</p>
<p>For CS I’d say the extra semester is worth the BS. What you really might want to look at to start your undergrad program, if you want to accelerate your studies, is a well regarded college that provides a 5 year Masters, so you can do your Master’s in a year.</p>
<p>At my daughter’s undergrad school, for example, a BA is 9 courses in the major vs BS at 17. This is going to make a difference in admissions, so check each school’s requirements.</p>
<p>Undergratuate programs in CS should have reasearch widely available. It is not ususual to do some. My daughter was also aiming at top programs, so she did 4 semesters and 2 summers of research. This makes for a competitive candidate and for some good and significant LOR (above the garden varity ‘did well in class’ ones.)</p>
<p>Why aren’t you posting this in the Grad school forum? And do you have any of the usual advanced math and science prereq’s the BS expects before Jr year? Looking around, I’ve found that most CS depts will lay out req’s for transfers. Have you considered much about undergrad and work, MS or phD? do you have a year to at least think it over?</p>
<p>My daughter is in a funded PhD at a top department right out of undergrad and I’d share more of the details if you care to PM me. Most of her class went straight to microsoft or google (yes prestigue counts right out of undergrad for those companies) but a handful went right to PhD.</p>
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<p>The two sometimes merge.</p>
<p>Although sometimes it doesn’t really matter.</p>
<p>And sometimes the ethics of Wall Street businesses are too sketchy that even my MIT undergrad friend eventually decides she will not be working for them after graduation. (She’s now working on colored QR codes.)</p>
<p>I would pick the major that has the best course content for the jobs I’m applying for. If one offers coursework that puts me in better stead to get a job within the industry, that’s the one for me.</p>