<p>Okay, so I know this should barely even affect my decision to attend, but I'm still wondering... Is the CS major at Rochester heavily male populated? I realize that most CS programs at any school are male-dominated anyway, but what's the male/female ratio like at Rochester? Anyone know? As a female possibly entering CS, it slightly worries me to think about how comfortable I'd feel in that kind of surrounding... not that I have anything against guys of course! (duh lol) but I really wouldnt want to be singled out.</p>
<p>Right now, this is one of the last few concerns I have about enrolling at Rochester. Im still weighing my options, but I really just dont know anymore...</p>
<p>Oh, and lastly, how hard is it to switch majors at Rochester? What happens if I attend and it turns out I dont like CS?</p>
<p>Hi, Im a currently a a freshman at UoR and will most likely be a comp sci and english major.</p>
<p>Regarding your first question, there aren't that many female cs majors. This link, <a href="http://www.csug.rochester.edu/users/%5B/url%5D">http://www.csug.rochester.edu/users/</a>, pretty shows you the current cs majors. That being said, the classes Ive had so far aren't indictative of that. My programming class last semester had about a 40/60 female split and this semester that number dropped slightly. The enviroment for girls isn't that bad, the professors are real help and friendly to everyone. Two of my friends who are girls in my current cs class love it and have no problem. The trend of female cs majors over will probably rise in the next few years, so that shouldn't really be a concern.</p>
<p>Switching majors isn't too bad as long as you catch it early on. The cool thing about comp sci is that you can't declare yourself a major till you take three fundamental ground courses and discrete math, so by that time you'll either know if you want to be or not be a comp sci major So one of three things will happen in the course of freshman and the first semester of sophomore year,
1. everything works out you're a major, sweet
2. it doesn't work out, you flunk a class somewhere along the way, either comp sci is not for you or you try harder and be that major
3. comp sci really wasn't you're thing, but you took these four classes. Well then you're natural sciences cluster is finished and you have two years a semester to find yourself.</p>
<p>So its not to bad. If you have any questions specific about comp sci feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:ddalal2@mail.rochester.edu">ddalal2@mail.rochester.edu</a> or Marty Guenther, who deals with comp sci undergrad advising at <a href="mailto:marty@cs.rochester.edu">marty@cs.rochester.edu</a>. She is real nice btw and real helpful.</p>