Is georgetown comp sci any good?

Applying to College
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<p>I want to do comp sci as a major in college, but also do premed. Is this even possible?</p>

<p>Also, is Georgetown Comp Sci a good program at the school? I know they have a good liberal arts program (i.e. poli sci), but is their comp sci/pre med programs respected? </p>

<p>Also, is CMU really that hard for Comp Sci? I'm pretty good at Comp Sci, but I need to work on my skills.</p>

<p>Finally, do you guys think I'm reaching to high? My counselor says those two schools are reaches, but idk if i should listen to her.</p>

<p>Extra Info fyi:</p>

<p>Freshman Year (W GPA 3.65)
Advanced Algebra II
Honors English I
Honors Government
Latin II
Physics I
Comp Sci I</p>

<p>Sophomore Year (W GPA 4.3)
Advanced Pre Calc
Academic English II
Honors Biology
Honors Chem
Honors latin III
Honors US History
AP Comp Sci -> 4 on test</p>

<p>Junior Year (just started)
AP Physics B
AP Calc AB
AP Euro
Honors Latin IV
Honors Global Studies
Honors Comp Sci 3
Academic English III </p>

<p>I have no idea what I'm taking senior year.</p>

<p>I have not taken SAT's yet (and I'm not going to be one of those kids that say I haven't taken them yet but will hope to get a 2300+ because every single kid who says that ends up with like a 2050).</p>

<p>EC's:
Cross Country (17:30 5K)
Track and Field (4:47 mile, 10:23 2 mile)
Volunteer at red cross
Started a tutoring business </p>

<p>Thanks for any help!</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Yes, almost always. You’ll burn through most of your electives, but it should be arithmetically possible at any school.</p>

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<p>Bluntly, no. They have some smart and hard-working faculty, but very little depth (check their faculty page, look carefully for how many are joint with another department or visiting) and not much in the way of resources/facilities. Recently IBM gave out some Big Data installations to several universities, including Georgetown. Most schools, it went to the CS department. Georgetown, it went to the business school.</p>

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<p>Yes.</p>

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<p>Georgetown’s CS department appears to emphasize topics that relate to politics and national security.</p>

<p>[Computer</a> Science | 2013-2014 Fall and Spring Course Catalog | Georgetown University](<a href=“http://courses.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=List&ProgramID=16]Computer”>http://courses.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=List&ProgramID=16)</p>

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<p>You’re fortunate to have a wise counselor. You should definitely listen to her.</p>

<p>Georgetown is not the best choice for a CS major. Nor is the mix of premed and CS a good recipe for an eventual medical school “success”. Medical school admissions are extraordinarily selective. </p>

<p>Focus on premed and dabble with a course or two of CS. If you do that Georgetown is an excellent choice.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it’s a reach, and it’s not very strong in computer science.</p>

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<p>If you’d be strong in CS, then being a premed CS major would be ok. And, it’s good to have a back up plan since most students who enter college as “premed” never go to med school.</p>

<p>However, if you’re not certain that you’d get A’s in the CS courses, the math, the premed prereqs, then it’s a risk.</p>

<p>Your BCMP GPA and cum GPA will both be looked at by med schools.</p>

<p>Talk to your parents about how much they’ll pay for college.</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>NO! I would look into other schools.</p>